Water cooling an Antec 300

[Bot]

i use g11. not a perfect and/or permanent solution but i was not willing to shell out for an extra block. this is just a folding rig. not for looks really. have to take it down every six month or so for cleaning.

i actually took that board out and replaced it with a p5k premium i had laying around

 

[p_o_s_pc]

JR is this for you bro

what you think guys?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Dom pointed out in the "your PC ATM" thread that my water block isn't on right... Nice to see someone pays attention to details. I sent money out today for the other rad so when it gets here i am in for another day of taking the loop down

 

[Chicken Patty]

Dom pointed out in the "your PC ATM" thread that my water block isn't on right... Nice to see someone pays attention to details. I sent money out today for the other rad so when it gets here i am in for another day of taking the loop down

I did that with my Apogee GTz, I remember FIT busted my balls about it and when I finally did switch it I saw no difference at all in any aspect. However, each block is different and if it's designed that way it's for a purpose, but I personally saw no difference idle or load.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

I did that with my Apogee GTz, I remember FIT busted my balls about it and when I finally did switch it I saw no difference at all in any aspect. However, each block is different and if it's designed that way it's for a purpose, but I personally saw no difference idle or load.

while i have the loop drained to change the rad i might as well change the block around if anything maybe it will even out temps or do nothing at all

also the Apogee GTZ has its holes is a different place they seem to be almost at the top/bottom while on the SCW they aren't even close to that


EDIT:how do you guys feel about this block
http://www.crazypc.com/products/xwb-01-930810.html

I have cash in hand right now to buy it if i want/feel it would be worth it but i would skip the new phone(not like i really need another new phone)

 

[Chicken Patty]

while i have the loop drained to change the rad i might as well change the block around if anything maybe it will even out temps or do nothing at all

also the Apogee GTZ has its holes is a different place they seem to be almost at the top/bottom while on the SCW they aren't even close to that


EDIT:how do you guys feel about this block
http://www.crazypc.com/products/xwb-01-930810.html

I have cash in hand right now to buy it if i want/feel it would be worth it but i would skip the new phone(not like i really need another new phone)

Of course, you might as well. As far as that block, no experience.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

I mostly just am considering it because i like the way it looks and would fit in nice with my setup the blue-ish block kinda stands out but its not a big deal.. I will google it for reviews and threads to see what i can come up with

 

[niko084]

Another thing you could do and I have been thinking about it is dropping my optical drive down a slot or two and putting a 280mm rad up to and cutting the space for the second fan, maybe put a little metal grate and let it extrude out the top, you could make it look pretty nice pretty easily.

Lots of people have done the 240mm rad up front, if you get a thin one, you could even put another 120mm rad in the back on the inside pretty easily.

I was thinking about doing the 120mm on the back and a 280mm up top previously.

 

[p_o_s_pc]

thats a good idea. I have thought about it but i went for the easier way to do it. I am thinking about getting another 120mm rad and putting in the back but i will wait and see how temps are when i get the other rad

 

[p_o_s_pc]

it looks like the Thermalright block would be good for my AMD rig but wouldn't do so good on my i7 because the block its self is kinda small and just covers the IHS of a AMD chip and IIRC the i7 is bigger

 

[(FIH) The Don]

EK supreme maybe?

 

[p_o_s_pc]

EK supreme maybe?

thanks but i don't really need another WB i was just looking at them to see if there was any that looked cool but am also considering another block

 

[(FIH) The Don]

oh..... my bad then

 

[p_o_s_pc]

oh..... my bad then

thanks for recommending a block i am going to look it up right now and see if its worth passing up a new phone

 

[(FIH) The Don]

np bro, its a 45$ block, so its not the best but i've heard they are decent.
im gonna get one soon for my very first wc setup

 

[p_o_s_pc]

it does look kinda cool but not sure if i would be worth replacing the block that i have with it... I may just switch the rad out and see how temps are right now i don't think there bad at all i just need to get some good 120mm fans and i'm sure things would be fine

 

[p_o_s_pc]

working on trying to get the wires cleaned up alittle. Its coming along slowly but its still progress none the less

 

[Chicken Patty]

As long as your are showing improvment be happy dude. If I show you my first builds in the TT Armour Case and the ones I have put up recently, you'll notice that my WM has came a long way bro. It takes a while to get to where you want, but it's worth the effort

 

[p_o_s_pc]

time to bump this up with a update

I replaced the rad with a swiftech 220 and painted it flat black to match everything else. I have a BI 140mm rad and a 140mm fan on its way to add to the loop. I also replaced the tube and used more zipties also mounted the pump with more then just the sticky pad that it has on it.

 

[Zehnsucht]

Nice work on your 300 It was a fun case to mod and watercool
I had one as well (see sig).

 

[[Ion]]

Looks good p_o_s, your case is really becoming more of a shell as time goes on

 

[p_o_s_pc]

Looks good p_o_s, your case is really becoming more of a shell as time goes on

what do you mean?

 

[Chicken Patty]

Good work Tim, it's came a long way

 

[[Ion]]

what do you mean?

Well, you've removed all of the drive bays, so it's just a "shell" around the outside of the case, instead of having all of the caselike components inside (drive bays, etc)

Nice mod, I'm digging it

 

[(FIH) The Don]

taken from Zehnsucht rig

this is a rather good idea