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Processor | Intel i7 10700K |
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Motherboard | Asus ROG Maximus XII Hero |
Cooling | 2x Black Ice Nemesis GTX 480 - 1x Black Ice Nemesis GTX 420 - D5 VPP655P - 13x Corsair LL120 - LL140 |
Memory | 32GB G.SKILL Trident Z RGB 3600Hz |
Video Card(s) | EVGA GEFORCE RTX 3080 XC3 Ultra |
Storage | Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 500GB/1TB - WD Blue SN550 1TB - 2 X WD Blue 1TB - 3 X WD Black 1TB |
Display(s) | Asus ROG PG278QR 2560x1440 144Hz (Overclocked 165Hz )/ Samsung |
Case | Corsair Obsidian 1000D |
Audio Device(s) | I prefer Gaming-Headset |
Power Supply | Enermax MaxTytan 1250W 80+ Titanium |
Mouse | Logitech G502 spectrum |
Keyboard | Virtuis Advanced Gaming Keyboard ( Batboard ) |
Software | Windows 10 Enterprise/Windows 10 Pro/Windows 11 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | My PC runs FiFA |
Thanks a lot for your advice,Knox 29, I'll throw my proverbial "2 cents" worth of "advice into this thread. Like you, I have a HAF 932 Adv case. You would think for as big as it is, it would be good for custom water cooling but in reality it is not. No problem with a 360 rad up top, but putting a 240 in front requires modding etc. I originally had a RX 360 at the top internally and a 120 rad internally to the rear without modding. It was real tight and I decided I wanted more rad space (obviously as described later I love extra rad space). My choices were to heavily mod the interior of the 932 or install a rad externally to the rear or buy a big case like the Corsair 900D.
I had just bought the 932 and didn't want to take a big loss. The top rear has punch outs for running hoses and I got over the fear of mounting the second rad externally (the XSPC mounting brackets sure helped).
I mounted a XSPC EX 360 in series with the internal RX 360. I mounted the EX 360 externally, vertically to the rear. Worked well.
Now for the fun, admittedly crazy rad part. Late last year I got the "itch" for a bigger rad (the curse of all custom water coolers) and spotted a new Watercool MO RA3-420 with fan enclosure and pedestal feet for sale on Ebay. I was hooked.
Made an offer which the buyer accepted and now I owned a "bruiser" external rad. Nine 140 mm fans,2 sets of Koolance quick release couplings and tons of new tubing later I was ready. I removed the external EX 360 and coupled the internal RX360 to the external MO RA3-420. I had always used a XSPC D5 bay/res. Again, due to the worry of "enough flow rate" I changed to a XSPC Twin D5 bay res where the pumps run in series.
From my experience, the single D5 was enough for the RX360/EX360 combo and even the RX360/MO RA3-420 combo but now there is no doubt the twin D5s in series helps the flow rate and in turn shaves a few degrees off the top end when stress testing, even with the MO RA3.
Bottom line is the HAF 932 case really doesn't have the room, internally, for a lot of rad space. If you want that much room, start with a Corsair 900D or spend the $$$ and buy a Caselabs case OR do what I did and mount an external rad ( if you can do it go 480).
I know that the haf 932 adv its not that big but it does his job, for the radiators, I have 1 240 at the top internally and 1 480 at the back,