PC011 Dynamic Liquid cooling plans

[Brett Taggart]

Hey, there its been a while since I have been on this forum, but I guess this topic could also be put in the New builds planning category, but it's more related to water cooling, so I felt it stuck well here. 

 

I have purchased myself the beloved PC 011 Dynamic in the hopes of transplanting my existing water cooling set up to it, with a little expansion in the form of an extra radiator, something a bit slimmer, but onto the dilemma.                                   

I currently own an EK X360 kit which included all the parts that I needed at the time, such as the pump block etc, but also a 60mm thick 3x120mm radiator that does a stellar job of everything cool in my current case but has no room for a second rad. 

I have done some basic measuring and I am worried that there would, in fact, be no room to fit my current radiator anywhere without coming into clearance issues with either RAM or the second radiator I want to fit.

 

I preferably want to use the side mount (besides the motherboard tray) and the top mount as I don't want the interference with getting all the front panel connectors plugged in behind the radiator.

 

 

So I am asking if anyone here has experience with the case with fitting multiple radiators, and thick ones at that to let me know if my plans would work? 

 

Would be much appreciated. 

 

Thanks

 

From kiwi land.

[MaratM]

I've managed to put 3 360's into Dynamic

The side one was the trickiest (I had to mod front IO) the list of rads:

Top - EK-PE 360

Bottom - HWLabs 360 GTS (slim)

Side HWLabs 360 GTS (slim)

The compatability list for Side rad was discussed here

[Brett Taggart]

47 minutes ago, MaratM said:

I've managed to put 3 360's into Dynamic

The side one was the trickiest (I had to mod front IO) the list of rads:

Top - EK-PE 360

Bottom - HWLabs 360 GTS (slim)

Side HWLabs 360 GTS (slim)

The compatability list for Side rad was discussed here

looking very fine sir am only planning on using two, however. Would it fit if I was to mount the rad on the inside of the side of the chassis and a slim rad at the top? 

[MaratM]

4 minutes ago, Brett Taggart said:

looking very fine sir am only planning on using two, however. Would it fit if I was to mount the rad on the inside of the side of the chassis and a slim rad at the top? 

xe might fit at the top and the slim one on the side inside the chassy. however i doubt that xe will fit with a top rad 

[Brett Taggart]

So you'd recommend putting the XE at the top and a slim rad on the side? im not sure if there is 85mm of clearance between the top and the mobo tray, or is it offset enough not to worry? 

[MaratM]

I can not provide the exact measures at the moment but according to cad file provided by lian li the distance between top mobo stand and the top of the case is around 96mm. it might be a really tight fit but it will fit

[Brett Taggart]

how did you get your cables to fit?

[TheNaitsyrk]

5 hours ago, Brett Taggart said:

Hey, there its been a while since I have been on this forum, but I guess this topic could also be put in the New builds planning category, but it's more related to water cooling, so I felt it stuck well here. 

 

I have purchased myself the beloved PC 011 Dynamic in the hopes of transplanting my existing water cooling set up to it, with a little expansion in the form of an extra radiator, something a bit slimmer, but onto the dilemma.                                   

I currently own an EK X360 kit which included all the parts that I needed at the time, such as the pump block etc, but also a 60mm thick 3x120mm radiator that does a stellar job of everything cool in my current case but has no room for a second rad. 

I have done some basic measuring and I am worried that there would, in fact, be no room to fit my current radiator anywhere without coming into clearance issues with either RAM or the second radiator I want to fit.

 

I preferably want to use the side mount (besides the motherboard tray) and the top mount as I don't want the interference with getting all the front panel connectors plugged in behind the radiator.

 

 

So I am asking if anyone here has experience with the case with fitting multiple radiators, and thick ones at that to let me know if my plans would work? 

 

Would be much appreciated. 

 

Thanks

 

From kiwi land.

I just bought that case. Lian-Li 011 AIR, so I can fit more. I have 240mm Rad and 360mm rad to fit from EKWB (phoenix lineup).

[Brett Taggart]

yeah looked at the air then looked at the cost really, plus I have new fans to go into the dynamic anyway, just have a thick radiator here that I want to use and i don't want to put my build together just to find out that it wont

[MaratM]

2 hours ago, Brett Taggart said:

how did you get your cables to fit?

they all extentions, there is enough space at the back of the case to get all the cables there. The top rad is slightly offset so there is no ptoblems to get the EPS cable through the top grommet and into the motherboard

in the ideal world it is bets to get or make custom cables with the exact length.

[Brett Taggart]

2 minutes ago, MaratM said:

they all extentions, there is enough space at the back of the case to get all the cables there. The top rad is slightly offset so there is no ptoblems to get the EPS cable through the top grommet and into the motherboard

in the ideal world it is bets to get or make custom cables with the exact length.

ahh thanks for letting me know that there is enough room for a radiator, I think I'll stick my thick radiator on the top, 85mm should come under that threshold and placing the thin radiator on the side seems fairly logical. I'll be sure to post updates as the last of the parts come in, certainly early next year it'll done  

[zbryant91]

I am running this case and have a XE360 up top. No issues there. I also have a PE 360 on the side and a SE 120 on the bottom. Was running a SE 360 on the bottom but added a 2nd 1080ti and lost that capacity. 

[Brett Taggart]

11 hours ago, zbryant91 said:

I am running this case and have a XE360 up top. No issues there. I also have a PE 360 on the side and a SE 120 on the bottom. Was running a SE 360 on the bottom but added a 2nd 1080ti and lost that capacity. 

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I have to say that's very impressive, I hope my build will turn out similar (my specs are very different than what's on my signature) other than the cables as of yet.  I assumed you put your radiator behind the mobo tray? could I see from a more side on angle how the tubing is run? , I hope there aren't clearance issues there as well Lastly do you think if i bought like a 30mm rad it be able to fit it on the front side of the mobo tray or would it be best at the back? Sorry for all the questions lol

 

Thanks

 

[zbryant91]

Yea, the side rad is behind. If you put the fans behind the tray, a slim rad should fit on the front side. I'll try to get some more pics tonight. I don't think there would be enough room to run tubes if you ran anything thicker than a thin rad. 

[Brett Taggart]

16 hours ago, zbryant91 said:

Yea, the side rad is behind. If you put the fans behind the tray, a slim rad should fit on the front side. I'll try to get some more pics tonight. I don't think there would be enough room to run tubes if you ran anything thicker than a thin rad. 

oh, I will have (but now am in possession of) a 30mm 360 rad. The second issue I am going to run into is where to put a separate pump and res in the case, no i don't have a combo plate for either of my DDC or D5 pumps, so I need to find a way to mount one that has a direct feed from the res. hmmm   

[zbryant91]

Do you run both pumps in a series? I've been thinking about getting a 2nd pump because my temps are a bit warm and to have redundancy. 

[zbryant91]

Here's some new shots of my setup. Hope it helps.