Water cooled setup

**clocker** · 09-03-2008, 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by lynx

The dynamic pressure loss (which is what affects the flow rate) round any bend is inversely proportional to the square of the radius of the bend.

Using an gentle arc is always preferable to using a sharp bend.

Can't argue with that.
However...sometimes "best practice" and "what's possible" don't play nicely together and a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

I my experience, 90° fittings make little to no difference to cooling and can make the tube routing 100% nicer.

**Acid_death69** · 09-03-2008, 07:16 PM

wont it effect the speed of the flow abit?

**Detale** · 09-03-2008, 08:27 PM

He is doing great with school, likes it so far.

Lynx you smart smart guy

**Acid_death69** · 09-03-2008, 08:31 PM

cool, you got any more pics up?

**Detale** · 09-03-2008, 09:14 PM

Not yet. I spent the time I had today cutting holes for my wiring in the MoBo tray and I'm going to drill the holes for the fillport/drain port. Let me ask you guys what you think. Where should the drainport go? Im thinking here

I was also thinking maybe it should be mounted on the bottome of the case?? Im not really sure yet where the best place is for the thing. I also may decide to leave it out too.

I am going to mount the fill port here

**clocker** · 09-03-2008, 10:07 PM

I wouldn't drill any holes in that case- ESPECIALLY that case- until you know for certain it's going to work.

**Acid_death69** · 09-03-2008, 10:39 PM

yerr i agree with clocker, tis to much of a nicer case to muck up incase you get it wrong. i would try and experiment with it first.

**Detale** · 09-04-2008, 12:19 AM

Well too late, even if it doesn't work I can always use the fillport so not that big a deal.
Not too many pics today fellas sorry.

Clocker, how much performance loss will I get by making the fans blow through the RAD I don't think I have a choice. I have to keep the PSU to the far side of the case so that the wires will reach and then the rad doesn't fit in the back with the PSU so the only way out I can see is to move the rad to the near side but then I don't want the fans to be in the front because I want to show off my shiny red radiator. So what choice do I have but to blow the air through the rad out of the case, any suggestions would be great

Pics of the Fill port not too shabby

inside

Also today I did manage to come up with a decent "hanger" for my Vid card. I got a piece of 1/8" X 3/8" aluminum and bent a 90 on it and I'm hanging the card suspended from the fan rack on top, easier than I thought too.

I then drilled holes at both ends and screwed the top and used a nut and bolt at the bottom through a hole in the card. I used electrical tape to avoid any shorts just on the part that makes contact with it. What do you guys think?