Water cooling an Antec 300

[p_o_s_pc]

As the title says this project is about water cooling my Antec 300. Things maybe slow for awhile as i am waiting on parts.

GOALS
Fit everything for a water cooling setup INSIDE the case and keep a clean look.

The rig as it stands. As you can see i have some work to do if i want to fit a 120mmx2 rad in there

Post any thoughts and idea's you may have

 

[erocker]

It's not a 300 but this Panzerbox was quite small. Maybe it will give you some ideas.

 

[Chicken Patty]

alrighttttttt,

 

[brandonwh64]

Panzer box is taller allowing the dual rad up top but the 300 might require a single rad?

 

[erocker]

Panzer box is taller allowing the dual rad up top but the 300 might require a single rad?

It may actually be shorter with the orientation of the PSU mounting. The 300 has a single fan, but a saw and a dual rad mount would work.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Panzer box is taller allowing the dual rad up top but the 300 might require a single rad?

i have a dual rad and trust me it WILL go in.Looks like i am going to have to do alot more cutting then first planed but shouldn't be much harder

I am going to be removing the HDD bay and the whole front of the case to get everything cut also the bottom part of the 5 1/4 bay is getting cut out. I am going to have to buy a rivet gun

 

[brandonwh64]

See were erockers dual RAD is and were the motherboard try ends at the top? It looks perfectly designed BUT his motherboard tray is VERY close to the top and could hit or block the dual rad from being mounted

 

[aCid888*]

Cut the front out of the A300 and you can place a 2x120mm RAD in there.

 

[brandonwh64]

Cut the front out of the A300 and you can place a 2x120mm RAD in there.

I was thinking of this also! take out the whole hard drive bay and use it for the rad and mount your hard drives in a 5.25 to 3.5 adaptor under your CD/DVD drive

 

[p_o_s_pc]

i have a dual rad and trust me it WILL go in.Looks like i am going to have to do alot more cutting then first planed but shouldn't be much harder

I am going to be removing the HDD bay and the whole front of the case to get everything cut also the bottom part of the 5 1/4 bay is getting cut out. I am going to have to buy a rivet gun

See were erockers dual RAD is and were the motherboard try ends at the top? It looks perfectly designed BUT his motherboard tray is VERY close to the top and could hit or block the dual rad from being mounted

Cut the front out of the A300 and you can place a 2x120mm RAD in there.

I was thinking of this also! take out the whole hard drive bay and use it for the rad and mount your hard drives in a 5.25 to 3.5 adaptor under your CD/DVD drive

read my post that i also quoted

 

[brandonwh64]

LOL POS i totally missed that! yea it will look GREAT!

 

[p_o_s_pc]

LOL POS i totally missed that! yea it will look GREAT!

my goal is to have it look something like this one but with push/pull fans and my setup is alittle different as i am going to be using a OCZ Hydro pulse and a Swiftech micro res and my rad is shaped alittle different (that causes a problem)

 

[ERazer]

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Edit: this will get me ideas whenever i decided to go under h20, i also have antec 300

 

[aCid888*]

I have an A300 I'm not using...make a decent job of this and you may well persuade me to WC mine.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

I hope i make you guys decide to do the same to yours. Keep in mind this is my first bigger mod i have done.My last time water cooling i just ran the tube out of the back of the case and had the rad sitting on my desk I didn't even want to mess around with it but this time it has to look nice and be able to move it...

Now tomorrow i should have the HDD bays out and have a idea of how the rad is going to mount.

I got an email and my pump is on back order who knows how long that will take

 

[p_o_s_pc]

sorry but i didn't get anything done yet as i forgot that today was training day so i had to hit the gym for a while today and was too tired/sore when i got home. I have plans most of the weekend so i plan to work on it monday after school

 

[(FIH) The Don]

i would do the same as in #12

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[p_o_s_pc]

i would do the same as in #12

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funny you should say that... That is what i have started on doing.I only got to drill out the front rivets couldn't get to the other ones with the drill so i am going to have to break the Dremal out

 

[p_o_s_pc]

I need some advice/ you opinion
Black tube or clear tube?

If clear it will show the green coolant in it.

 

[mlee49]

Always bet on black! Black tubing is dead sexy and will match your case very well.

 

[pantherx12]

Clear tubing but with dark liquid inside looks epic : ]

 

[mlee49]

What about the dyed tubing? Basically get clear tubing and some black dye and "cook" the tubing in the dye for various amounts of time to get a nice smokey color.

 

[Fourstaff]

Clear tubing but with dark liquid inside looks epic : ]

Makes me think that the coolant needs a change 1 year ago

My vote goes to clear, if the coolant needs changing then you will instantly know. Also, a bit of contrast would be nice.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

wow fast replies. I am not sure

I am thinking of doing everything in "blackout" way(black mobo,black case,black GPU,black tube)

then at the same time i think the contrast idea would also look cool. so more input please

 

[pantherx12]

I put about 6 drops of black dye into my loop, was enough to make the water very dark whilst still being clear enough I could see particles if they ever built up.

Here's picture of the loop

Clear/blue uv reactive tubing with black UV reactive water.