case with specific radiator mounts? (or an easily modded one)

[BootyDustBandit]

okay so I am doing a build that uses a hybrid GPU and an AIO for the CPU.

The GPU has a 240mm radiator and the CPU AIO uses a 360mm one and finding a case that has rear 240mm is stupid difficult 

now, i'm not a complete tool so I knew of at least one case that has it for sure, that case would be the corsair 1000D.

okay, so first off, no, just no. I am not blowing this builds budget on a case that supports one more system than I need and would force me to order a separate rack for the 360mm top radiator mount (not to mention it just doesn't look all that great in my opinion.
now here is a reason I may get the 1000D. 

the plan is to have the build sent back to me to be outfitted for full custom watercooling and a parts upgrade next year in February. This means the ample room for watercooling loops provided by the 1000D would be very convenient.

Anyway, what other cases are out there? I am searching newegg with their power search thing and litterally zero cases actually support rear 240mm even though i set that as a filter perimeter.

(also the quadstellar from deepcool would work but it would suck to custom watercool)

[DailyProcrastinator]

Why not get a case that can use the 360mm AIO as the intake and put the 240mm rad at the top for exhaust?

[Daniel644]

while it's ideal to have the rads functioning as exhaust, just go with a case that has room for one of them to go on the front intake and one in the top (exhausting), finding cases with a 360 front and 240 top are much much easier to find without killing the budget.

[BobVonBob]

I think for that setup you would want a front 240 and top 360 (or vice-versa).

[DailyProcrastinator]

The Define S2 is perfect, 420mm top, 360mm front, and 280mm bottom radiator support

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/mMkj4D/fractal-design-meshify-s2-black-tg-atx-mid-tower-case-fd-ca-mesh-s2-bko-tgl

[BootyDustBandit]

@JM21 @Daniel644 @BobVonBob the 240 cooler for the GPU is a hybrid and will not reach the top or front of any case, and even if i found one that it would reach I would have the problem of it looking really stupid.

[DailyProcrastinator]

25 minutes ago, BootyDustBandit said:

@JM21 @Daniel644 @BobVonBob the 240 cooler for the GPU is a hybrid and will not reach the top or front of any case, and even if i found one that it would reach I would have the problem of it looking really stupid.

Are you sure? I am willing to bet it reaches the top of a standard mid-tower case, if not that is the worst oversight by the manufacturer to only limit mounting to a rear exhaust, which almost no cases have.

[Daniel644]

1 hour ago, BootyDustBandit said:

@JM21 @Daniel644 @BobVonBob the 240 cooler for the GPU is a hybrid and will not reach the top or front of any case, and even if i found one that it would reach I would have the problem of it looking really stupid.

I've mounted several 120mm Hybrid GPU rads in the top and front of cases like a Meshify C and 570x, if you are in the top slot on the Mobo you very much should be able to reach the top, unless your like using a Kraken G12 with some random AIO mounted on it and the angle of the tubes makes it to short, any dedicated Hybrid cooler should have sufficient line length for multiple mounting options.

[BootyDustBandit]

45 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

I've mounted several 120mm Hybrid GPU rads in the top and front of cases like a Meshify C and 570x, if you are in the top slot on the Mobo you very much should be able to reach the top, unless your like using a Kraken G12 with some random AIO mounted on it and the angle of the tubes makes it to short, any dedicated Hybrid cooler should have sufficient line length for multiple mounting options.

but the problem with that is the really annoying hoses that go right over the motherboard, i have had a 120 and mounted it on top and it just looked gross with how the tubing was, so I moved it to the back instead.
of course if I get a case with a removable back panel I can CNC mounts for 240 which would look much better in my opinion, though I havent found a case that just feels right with that yet, removable backs usually comes with some destruction of the case.

[BobVonBob]

6 hours ago, BootyDustBandit said:

but the problem with that is the really annoying hoses that go right over the motherboard, i have had a 120 and mounted it on top and it just looked gross with how the tubing was, so I moved it to the back instead.
of course if I get a case with a removable back panel I can CNC mounts for 240 which would look much better in my opinion, though I havent found a case that just feels right with that yet, removable backs usually comes with some destruction of the case.

You could front mount the 240 and top mount the 360? Something like a Fractal Design Define S could do it. I genuinely don't think there are any non-custom cases other than monsters like the 1000D that can fit a 240 in the back, for no other reason than a 240 rad would run into the expansion slots on any case smaller than that. Maybe a Thermaltake P3 and make your own mount?