Thermaltake Armor + BIX 2 or 3?

Mobious · Feb 18, 2006

I went the Thermaltake Armor (Al) route rather than my CM Staker 830 idea but have come to a block. W/C is the way I want to handle this one, and I plan on placing the radiator up front like a lot of other people have. I got a friend of mine whos got a BIX3 up in front (hes only got the power button and a DVD-RW installed, theres no more room) and stores his HDDs in the rear rack, and it works perfectly for him. My question is weither or not I would benefit from throwing down the extra $$$ for the BIX3 or just stick with a BIX2 and more drive bays (which I don't really want/need). Basicly, is there a BIG performance diff between the BIX2/3 (1/2"ID)?

-Mobious-

Otter · Feb 18, 2006

Whether or not you'll notice the performance difference depends on how much heat you're trying to get rid of. If you've got two dual cores and two high-end video cards, all overclocked, and maybe a V-8 engine or a small nuclear power plant, and you're trying run as close to silent as you can manage, the extra rad and fan will help a lot. Odds are your loop wouldn't be overloaded with the 2 fan rad, though, hence the larger one won't make a big difference.

Flip-Mode · Feb 18, 2006

I agree with otter here, you will not see any benifit from the BIX3 over BIX2 unless you are heavily overloaded.

inkfx · Feb 18, 2006

I was looking at the Armor and can you fit a BIXII in the front with no modding?

Flip-Mode · Feb 18, 2006

inkfx said:
I was looking at the Armor and can you fit a BIXII in the front with no modding?

Yup

Mobious · Feb 18, 2006

Yes, theres a bunch of people on this forum that have done it (sorry, forgot who you are) which is what gave me the idea to begin with.

inkfx · Feb 18, 2006

Great, and I guess its the same with the Stacker. I will definatly be picking one of these up and selling this PC75, its a good case but I suck at modding and id just screw it up.

otogrim · Feb 18, 2006

BIGGER RAD = BIGGER BALLS. lol jp. But in all seriousness unless your volts are through the roof and components overclocked, then you should be fine. I have a freakin MCR220 that handles my opty and 2x 7800gt just fine. So that BIX should be more than enough

Tat2monsta · Feb 18, 2006

heres mine

i modded mine a little on the side so it easyer to get to...but it fits fine without any mods

fuzzba11 · Feb 18, 2006

BIX2 works great. I did some mods to hide the wiring behind the motherboard, and I swapped out the USB at the top for a fillport.

ObiwanShinobi · Apr 14, 2006

So how did you actually mount the radiator on the front?

-aDaM^ · Apr 14, 2006

nice pix

ziggo0 · Apr 14, 2006

That's f'ing sexy! I just wish I could get my water to glow like that

Daddyjaxx · Apr 14, 2006

inkfx said:
Great, and I guess its the same with the Stacker. I will definatly be picking one of these up and selling this PC75, its a good case but I suck at modding and id just screw it up.

Only the original Stacker...not the 830 really since there are a couple less 5 1/4" bays with the 830. By the time I fit my rad, controller, floppy and CD, there is no room for drives. Even if I ditch the floppy, I have two hard drives and they are outside of the case right now.

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