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{ace of spades}
05-11-05, 08:35 AM
Hi guys, do you think its possible to fit a water cooling system into this case:

http://www.directron.com/xqpack.htm

What is the smallest water cooling system you can get?

Thanks,

james
ZachM
05-11-05, 09:04 AM
You probably could get some sort of water cooling to fit in that case. I have seen it done in smaller environments. The system will probably only perform on par with good air cooling because of the size limitations though. You will probably end up having to do some custom work to get it all to fit.
MassiveOverkill
05-11-05, 09:38 AM
I'm thinking of using my existing Kingwin H20 setup in this case on my next rebuild if I can find a suitable micro-ATX 939 board. Of course, the 5-1/4" radiator would be relocated to the rear 120mm fan.
VballCoach
05-11-05, 02:40 PM
yeah! I think I'm gonna get the green one to replace my custom painted HP that I wc'd for my kids. right now it has a BIM with two 92mm Push/Pull on resin shrouds.
The marineland s660 powerhead is in a 4x4 conduit box pumping to my DIY rotor w/b.
I love this case. I can't wait to get it and set it up for my kids.
Sneaky
05-11-05, 04:07 PM
on gruntville a while ago, someone watercooled a shuttle (took some serious modding tho - pump was half outside of the case) but with new parts like the uber-small MCP350/DDC pump, you'd probably be able to pull off a completely internal system
sunrunner20
05-11-05, 04:34 PM
I say it can be done, but you'd end up w/ like a 120mm rad (don't think any heatercores will fit exactly 120mm) and a small pump. You will also might end up needing to use copper tubing or smaller diamater tubing to fit tight bends, along with it being 99% chance that your "stuck" with a T-line.... Not that they are a bad thing! :cool:
bryan_d
05-11-05, 04:57 PM
You could probably fit an Evercool WC-202 in there but performance wouldn't be the best.
{ace of spades}
05-16-05, 01:21 PM
Thanks for the help guys. Im definatly going to go for this, will this sound louder than your normal [stock] cooling set up and will it produce much better results? Also ive heard that i cant overclock my micro atx board too much, is this true?

Thanks,

James
VballCoach
05-16-05, 01:58 PM
Thanks for the help guys. Im definatly going to go for this, will this sound louder than your normal [stock] cooling set up and will it produce much better results? Also ive heard that i cant overclock my micro atx board too much, is this true?

Thanks,

James


what board do you have? I haven't had much luck with matx boards oc'ing but most of the time I just run them stock...
ghettocomp
05-17-05, 01:06 AM
Dimensions for Unit(DxWxH): 13.8" x 11.2" x 9". Cu'ft: 1.52
that case is similar in size as my htpc box. I dont see any reason why not.
even if it is smaller, a few modifications will allow a lot of things to fit well.
ghettocomp
05-17-05, 04:10 AM
...to my DIY rotor w/b. ......

post some pics of that... DIY interests me, much...
VballCoach
05-17-05, 04:42 AM
post some pics of that... DIY interests me, much...

http://users.rcn.com/nanikeala/watercooling/wb1.jpg
http://users.rcn.com/nanikeala/watercooling/wb2.jpg
http://users.rcn.com/nanikeala/watercooling/waterblock3a.jpg
ghettocomp
05-17-05, 05:35 AM
I think I saw that somewhere around here..
interesting build..
DarkAssassin
05-17-05, 08:57 AM
"I am Pentium of Borg. Accuracy is irrelevant. You will be approximated." :p

That's nice, I love your sig. Being a next gen fan, I find it hillarious. :) lol
ghettocomp
05-18-05, 02:56 AM
That's nice, I love your sig. Being a next gen fan, I find it hillarious. :) lol

I think it was something that used to be floating around the 'net some time back. About when Pentium chips were to have been found with a math flaw. It seems to go well enough with my avatar pic so I kept it.