Watercooling w\ Antec 900

d3adpoetic

d3adpoetic

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Ive been looking into water cooling recently. The only thing i would need to cool is the CPU,i plan on getting a quad some time soon and would like to upgrade to liquid cooling if possible. I have a 750i FTW board so the FSB heatsink doesnt have its own heatsink,so i cant water cool that,and i dont feel confident taking my GTX 260 apart...so right now my CPU is the only thing that would be water cooled.

Any suggestions for my project? The lower the price the better. Thanks.
 
you can probably fit an xspc 240mm radiator in the front, and if you need extra cooling, you can probably get a radbox and an mcr-320 radiator, you'll need fans, as for a block, i would recommend the gtz cpu waterblock if you want to cool the chipset, you could use an ek 780i northbridge block(from what i read) and if you do decide to cool the nb, i would recommend the enzotech southbridge heatsink oh, and you'll need a pump, unless your willing to get an aftermarket top for the mcp 355, i would suggest getting a liang d5 pump, you'll also need barbs like these, or these(and this) also, you'll need to get this size tubing.
i think that's everything
 
nope! you cant fit the rad upfront with out having to do some serious mod's...

i know ive been there, if you arnt wanting to do any mods then fitting the rad outside on the rear is your only option.

theres to much clearence needed for the top and bottom of the rad-honest its a right pain in the arse
 
I had a radiator with a radbox and 4 fans on the back of the 900 for a while.
I couldn't find a place inside for one with out modifying it like funky said.
 
with my antec 1200 i have a dual rad upfront and it takes up 8 bays, granted 2 of them are not fully taken up but it means you cant put anything in the bays.

there isnt enough bays in the 900 to throw away 8 of them, then you cant fit the hard drive cages in because there is not enough room.

you could however put a single rad upfront and a single rad on the back (inside) and link them together, if you are wanting the liquid cooling contained inside the case.

i would suggest a radbox like pies mentioned and just rear mount it...
 
so many options! thanks guys.

i dont want to do a lot of modding to my case if i can help it. i like the two fans in front so i want to keep those. i also have 2 dvd drives,and a floppy so my whole front is taken up. i would like it all to be internal if possible,i just dont like things hanging around everywhere. i was looking at a radiator the size of only one 120mm fan,not the double one...would that be enough?

i was looking at something like this...i was thinking about sticking it on the inside back of the case,but theres not enough clearance so even that would have to sit on the back somehow.

so many parts,so little room.

ill have to put some pics up so you guys can get a visual of my problem.
 
i know my cable management sucks,lol.

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@d3adpoetic

Hey, I may be wrong, but I think you have your Tuniq mounted backwards. It appears to be blowing down onto your GPU.
 
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