aggie5857 Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Wanted to install something like this to the far right of the case. http://www.koolance.com/water-cooling/product_info.php?product_id=809 Can someone suggest how this can be done? Would i need to drill holes and use some sort of bracket? Id like for it to look like this: http://blog.corsair.com/?p=630#more-630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bl0ss0m Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 Most likely drill holes, or take advantage of the E-ATX mobo mounting holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggie5857 Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share Posted November 5, 2009 Can anyone be more specific or show me some pics of their setup and how they did it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x509 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Can anyone be more specific or show me some pics of their setup and how they did it? I would like to add a bit. Assuming that you have the space to mount a reservoir anywhere to the right of the motherboard area, do you want to mount the reservoir as high as possible, that is, as near as possible to the radiator? :confused: Or, should you mount it as low as possible, so that it is as close as possible to the pump? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 It should not matter if it's near the pump or near the radiator. Water cooling is a low pressure system and pump location should not be critical. Our forum is not geared for DIY water cooling. You may want to search some other forums that deal with DIY water cooling to get the best advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x509 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Thanks for the comment. I know this is not a watercooling forum but it is an 800D forum. ;): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Thread's perfectly fine since it involves mounting in an 800D, but if you want to start a discussion on the merits / intricacies of WC, then please start a thread in the non-Corsair area at the bottom of the forum :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbeard Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I never implied that the thread is in any way improper. But, there are literally endless possibilities and combination when you are talking about DIY water cooling. So, a forum based on DIY water cooling is a much better source for this type of information. All the case is in this instance is a hard point to attach an as yet undecided water cooling component. The idea is to help the customer find the best source of information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x509 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I never implied that the thread is in any way improper. But, there are literally endless possibilities and combination when you are talking about DIY water cooling. So, a forum based on DIY water cooling is a much better source for this type of information. All the case is in this instance is a hard point to attach an as yet undecided water cooling component. The idea is to help the customer find the best source of information. Thank you. As the OP for this thread, I could not agree more with what you are saying. I posted my question because of the possibility ;): that the more experienced water-cooling guys might have some "secret" to offer. That's all.:laughing: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggie5857 Posted November 9, 2009 Author Share Posted November 9, 2009 I have seen a couple of pics of something like this already done. I just wanted to see how they did it and if it can be done without modding the case. This case is to beautiful to go poking holes all over the place. let me show you what i wanted to do more or less. My idea came from a case i saw on performance-pcs. It is different but id like to do it in the corsair case. Anyway here is what i want to do. Click on the product images to see what i am taking about. http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=262&products_id=26503 I would also like to set up my radiators up like this inside the corsair case. Click on the product images to see what i am talking about. this looks sweet. http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=262&products_id=26505 A combination of both would be sweet and i would like to do it in the corsair case with my own choices of radiators, reservoirs and pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 personally i would get a long velcro strip and use that to mount to the backplate. no screws or nuthin!! just remember when initially filling the stystem the res has to be the highest point to remove all the air especially if a rad is above the res. /.02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x509 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 just remember when initially filling the stystem the res has to be the highest point to remove all the air especially if a rad is above the res. OK. So you are saying that the res has to be higher than the CPU waterblock? Even the bottom of the res, or enough of the res so that the fill line is higher than the top of the CPU block? Thanks for pointing this out, by the way. :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 no, what i meant is just during the initial "air bleed" time it would be wise to lay the PC on its side so the res is the high point to get all the air out of the radiator if mounted on top. once its filled you can stand the PC back up again. you dont have do it that way but it is best for initial filling to get any trapped air out of the rad. the pressure of the pump will eventually get all the air out, i just like to speed things along. also dont get sucked in to all the additive hype for the liquid, 10%antifreeze as an anti-algae/bacteria agent and 90% distilled water is the tried and true method. good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsx241 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 See my build here: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showpost.php?p=425624&postcount=32 I didn't want to drill holes either, so I used these http://www.hardwareandtools.com/invt/u514784 to fasten to res holders to the motherboard tray. They are very sturdy and secure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sascwatch Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I used the holes that were already there and the brackets that came with my rez. I went to the local hardware store and picked up some longer screws that would thread into the motherboard tray. I cut a little slit out of the rubber grommets where needed for the rez mounts to sit flush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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