Good custom loop watercooling case?

[zombieshy_guy81]

So right now i'm rocking a Cm H500P for my system but im not entirely loving it since the airflow kinda sucks and it attracts a ton of dust, plus my brother wants my case for his build so i figured i would save him the money, and im wanting to upgrade to a new case that has pretty good support for Custom full loop water cooling preferably kinda in the same style as the H500P and sub $150 (atx and at least 240mm Rad support too). I was eyeing the ThermalTake View 71 but im not crazy about it not having a PSU shroud at the price point. Basically anything but the NZXT H500 and preferably Styled kinda similar too the H500 with a full side pannel window and below $150. Thanks!

[mxk]

I mean if you try hard enough you can water cool in a lot of cases. You could just get a CM H500m, with the mesh panel for more airflow and do a smaller loop in it.. Fractal Design offers good cases, like the define R6 which has a bunch of room in the front for reservoirs and radiators.

 

It's $10 over your budget but man is this a great case

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/n297YJ/fractal-design-define-r6-black-tg-atx-mid-tower-case-fd-ca-def-r6-bk-tg

 

[zombieshy_guy81]

4 minutes ago, mxk. said:

I mean if you try hard enough you can water cool in a lot of cases. You could just get a CM H500m, with the mesh panel for more airflow and do a smaller loop in it.. Fractal Design offers good cases, like the define R6 which has a bunch of room in the front for reservoirs and radiators.

 

It's $10 over your budget but man is this a great case

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/n297YJ/fractal-design-define-r6-black-tg-atx-mid-tower-case-fd-ca-def-r6-bk-tg

 

As you said about the H500m since the front panel is mesh does the top panel get the same all mesh treatment? and if so could i order a replacement top panel? My main problem with this case is my main gripe with it and if i could fix it i would probably keep it

[Derrk]

for an open loop, it's a lot easier to build in a full atx case - it gives you more room for your reservoir, loop layout, and additional rads. I recommend getting more than a single 240mm rad if you're going to cool both cpu & gpu

[zombieshy_guy81]

1 minute ago, Derrk said:

for an open loop, it's a lot easier to build in a full atx case - it gives you more room for your reservoir, loop layout, and additional rads. I recommend getting more than a single 240mm rad if you're going to cool both cpu & gpu

Yeah, my plan is to buy a second Rsd off my friend who does a lot of water cooling for cheap in the future

[tarfeef101]

If you can find a Corsair 760T I think that'd be easy and nice-looking. I wish I had a chance to build in one before I started downsizing (now I don't do anything above mATX)

[mxk]

9 hours ago, zombieshy_guy81 said:

As you said about the H500m since the front panel is mesh does the top panel get the same all mesh treatment? and if so could i order a replacement top panel? My main problem with this case is my main gripe with it and if i could fix it i would probably keep it

I don't remember off the top of my head, but I do know they made it since the H500p had dog shit airflow.