Corsair 1000D RGB Build Questions

Hey all,

 

I just picked up a Corsair 1000D case and I have a few questions as I am designing my (first) custom water loop RGB build.

 

As far as my custom cooling loop goes, I want:

Front: 2x EK XE 480mm radiators in push/pull config

Top: Either (1 or 2)x 420mm radiator or (1 or 2)x 360mm radiator and i'm not sure what kind of fan config i want here.

 

Question #1:

According to this video: [ame]

[/ame] the 1000D does not fit 2x EK XE 480mm radiators up front AND a 280mm radiator up top. This person couldn't get the front most fan to fit on the top radiator and had to do a bunch of case modding to move the radiator back to get it to work (I'm not quite at the point where I am comfortable doing that).

 

So what actually fits in this case as far as radiators go? I definitely want the 2x EK XE 480mm radiators up front. So what are my options up top? I can't find an extra 8x120mm fan tray accessory in stock anywhere (otherwise I would just do a 2x EK CE 360mm setup up top and be done with it).

 

But this image here: https://i.imgur.com/blP1mNA.jpg which I found on a build log here, seems to show that 2x480mm up front and 2x480mm up top seem to fit (which I assume should hold true even if the top was a 420mm). But I don't know what thickness that top rad is. So it's getting hard to know what will fit where...

 

Question #2:

I like corsair fans, they are great. But I have never really known what the difference between the HD vs LL vs ML differences are when it comes to static pressure (which is what I need for the radiator setup correct?) and performance. Also, when considering RGB, I know some fans you can see the RGB from both sides, others from one side. I'm not sure which direction to go here.

 

Thanks all for the help!

This recent thread has a good discussion of the various RGB fans: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=182179.

 

There are a couple of build logs as well that may be of interest to you: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=180073 and http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=178402