Hellcat_gamer

Well I'd prefer to be a smaller case to make it easier to pick up and just carry but dosnt have to be a cube case. I used to have an Aerocool DS cube and that was nice

Ahh I see. I was going to look at my options before I drilled a case but I'll definitely remember to get those grommets.

Well I've been carrying and driving with my case in the back seat, and no problems yet. But yes I wasnt sure if i should have the radiator fittings themselves be quick connects or a couple inches of the tube outside the case.

So transporting my corsair 900D Obsidian around can get quite tiring and hard sometimes, so i've been looking for alternatives. I still want to keep my water cooling loop that contains a EKWB D5 pump, and a Thermaltake 480mm radiator. Obviously you cant really find a smaller case that holds that size of radiator, but i came around a post somewhere that someone had an external radiator. Rather then cutting holes into my case, i remember my old case (Areocool Deadsilence cube) had holes in the back for tubing, but that cant hold ATX motherboards. What other case might have these holes for tubing, or a better alternative. My plan was to have my 480mm rad be on a stand with quick disconnects and to use a smaller ATX case, which also can hold the Asus strix 2080 ti OC and the D5 pump.

The tubing was 3/8 in inner diameter. The pump has barb fittings, so that's covered. I think I'm good, I just have to fill it with the coolant. I'm going to try the 10 part distilled water and normal coolant (I believe it 1 part I'll look back.)

Ok. I just checked to see if the pump works, now I'm going to cut the hoses off. Ok because I always thought that customs loops are very cautious and not good for moving around.

Ok let me start over. I'm not transporting my computer constantly with a custom loop, unless if you are saying I can carry my computer sideways and keep the coolant in. Second, I just want to see if I can change just the radiator on a H100I V2 to a 480? Would I be able to just add coolant until it's full? Is that not how a AIO is? I would like to have the fans on quite mode and stay at the 60°C. My setup is more of the most ridiculous bold desktop that makes my friends think I brought a space heater to their house (true story actually). I just want to know if its possible to just switch out the radiator and keep it an aio? Sorry if I came off pissy, wasnt supposed to work a full 10 hours today and I'm irritated. Lol

But I'm only buying a radiator, hoses, and pump. I'm going to fill it 100% of water and not have any air in the system, similar to a AIO

So if I want to make a loop but like an AIO I'm not including a reservoir because it won't have air in the entire system? If that makes sense.

So my computer is moved constantly from friends to friends and such. I have a Corsair H100i Pro as a cooler. It struggles to cool the I7-9700 when I overclock it and run it hard so I stopped over clocking it. I just went to a push and pull method with the fans and it helped but still louder then hell running at 100% holding 145°F. Now.....I couldnt find an answer that said no to my question....can I make a custom closed loop with a large radiator? I dont want a normal custom loop as my computer is constantly being moved around and will most likley spill coolant. I'm assuming I'd need to probably change the fluid and tubing at least every 6 months. I have an old H100I V2 (I'll see if the pump still works) that i want to try and just cut the tubing at the radiator end, and install a 480 radiator. (Yes I know its ridiculous, kinda the point of the whole build). I could buy the pump, hoses, and radiator separately but not if i even think it might not work. I can fill it with no air pockets no problem, but is it even worth the time to experiment? Do you have any other ideas or tips? 20190731_005203.dng