Water cooling an Antec 300

Zehnsucht · Apr 17, 2010

(FIH) The Don said:
taken from Zehnsucht rig

this is a rather good idea

No trust me, it's not worth it. The extra gains you get compared with the fan speed needed is crazy. The setup seems good in theory, but in practice not so much. I had ultra kazes 35mm fans (not running at full blast of course) so even if you have the static pressure it's not enough.

Chicken Patty · Apr 17, 2010

Zehnsucht said:
No trust me, it's not worth it. The extra gains you get compared with the fan speed needed is crazy. The setup seems good in theory, but in practice not so much. I had ultra kazes 35mm fans (not running at full blast of course) so even if you have the static pressure it's not enough.

Now that you mention it I've also came across certain reviews and what not that also state they don't perform very well.

(FIH) The Don · Apr 17, 2010

well it does look awesome

but if it performs like shit then i guess its not worth it

Chicken Patty · Apr 17, 2010

(FIH) The Don said:
well it does look awesome

but if it performs like shit then i guess its not worth it

yeah they look great, when they first came out I was like :eek:

But yeah, not the greatest performers.

(FIH) The Don · Apr 17, 2010

i mean, if it performed good, then its a perfect solution for cases that only have room for dual rads,

but yeah......i guess the flow gets weird when you make a setup like that?, but i dont know

p_o_s_pc · Apr 19, 2010

[Ion] said:
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

Thanks bro.. I will have a update soon when i add the extra rad

DTV DRAGON · Apr 22, 2010

looks good ,glad i found this, I will be modding my antec 600 soon once all my w/c parts arrive, I will start a thread like this as well, great work and nice pics!!

(FIH) The Don · Apr 22, 2010

look at this

made by mnpc, i think it looks awesome, (600)

DTV DRAGON · Apr 22, 2010

hey yes its sorta familiar looking nice!

p_o_s_pc · Apr 22, 2010

an update. As my rig sits ATM it looks like shit. But i had to do something to get my i7 crunching again. I am waiting for the barbs to setup my other rad. Once i get them in i will move some wires around so i can get the small rad(one in the pic) in there and a 120.2 both in there. Also will trim the tube,etc

temps are around 67c under 100% load (crunching) and overclocked to 3.8ghz(3.9ghz is unstable at the higher temp)

sNiPeRbOb · Apr 22, 2010

where will you be putting the single 120 radiator?

ERazer · Apr 22, 2010

wats up the zip ties? just wandering

(FIH) The Don · Apr 22, 2010

anti kink/bending

Chicken Patty · Apr 22, 2010

zip ties = cheap way of holding things in place and not letting them kink either

DTV DRAGON · Apr 22, 2010

seeing this thread makes me wish I had all my parts here, I cant wait till I can start to hack away at my case, and zip ties are like duct tape, ..you can repair just about anything with them lol

p_o_s_pc · Apr 23, 2010

Chicken Patty said:
zip ties = cheap way of holding things in place and not letting them kink either

(FIH) The Don said:
anti kink/bending

ERazer said:
wats up the zip ties? just wandering

what they said

nothing like a $1 anti-kink. Also using them on the rad because they are just temp till i get everything in then will be replaced by clamps but because of the barbs(i think fatboys) i don't have to even have anything on them for it not to leak just some extra safety

sNiPeRbOb said:
where will you be putting the single 120 radiator?

It will be in about the same place and the 120x2 will be where it used to be. That is if everything works out.btw its a single 140mm :rolleyes:

sNiPeRbOb · Apr 23, 2010

would it be possible to mount a 1.120 on that back case fan? that'd be a neat place to hang one.

Chicken Patty · Apr 23, 2010

sNiPeRbOb said:
would it be possible to mount a 1.120 on that back case fan? that'd be a neat place to hang one.

That plus some angled rotaries = WIN! :rockout:

sNiPeRbOb · Apr 23, 2010

CP, I think you and I need to write up a Mission Statement for an Inpromptu Milita Group led by you and I that would read "Convert all others to WC, and convert those that WC into EXTREEME WCers, and the rest will be left to die..." lol

p_o_s_pc · Apr 23, 2010

sNiPeRbOb said:
would it be possible to mount a 1.120 on that back case fan? that'd be a neat place to hang one.

if it was a 120 yes but its a 140 so its a no go :ohwell:

(FIH) The Don · Apr 23, 2010

p_o_s_pc · Apr 23, 2010

(FIH) The Don said:

???

sNiPeRbOb · Apr 23, 2010

p_o_s_pc said:
if it was a 120 yes but its a 140 so its a no go

where there is a will, there is a way. Time to cut the hole in the back of the case larger for a 140 fan

(FIH) The Don · Apr 23, 2010

p_o_s_pc said:
???

\/\/

CP, I think you and I need to write up a Mission Statement for an Inpromptu Milita Group led by you and I that would read "Convert all others to WC, and convert those that WC into EXTREEME WCers, and the rest will be left to die..." lol

Chicken Patty · Apr 23, 2010

sNiPeRbOb said:
CP, I think you and I need to write up a Mission Statement for an Inpromptu Milita Group led by you and I that would read "Convert all others to WC, and convert those that WC into EXTREEME WCers, and the rest will be left to die..." lol

I agree. I got a few parts here for my next build, just gonna need a bit more but it'll get done

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Water cooling an Antec 300

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