ATX mid tower watercooling friendly?

[Mathieu9836]

Hey everyone, i need a new case for my main PC, I'm looking for a ATX mid tower case that is watercooling friendly. I mean a case that i can fit one or two rads in it, have a GPU waterblock and does not look like a hose mess. I was thinking about the Cooler Master H500 and the Meshify C, sure the Lian Li pc-011 is probably the best case for that but it also more expensive. What are your thoughts about it?

Thanks for the advices!

[Dedayog]

Loving the Define R6, but the Meshify C has room for rads as well.  S2 is more custom loop friendly I think.

[Mathieu9836]

1 minute ago, jstudrawa said:

Loving the Define R6, but the Meshify C has room for rads as well.  S2 is more custom loop friendly I think.

Both the R6 and Meshify S2 are more expensive then the PC-011 in Canada, first two are around 240CAD and i can get the PC-011 for around 190CAD

[Firewrath9]

How about a H700?

I'd reccommend Define S2/R6/Meshify S2 or the pc-o11 dynamic, whichever one is cheaper. If you're going to do watercooling, might as well spend 50$ more on a case if you're going to spend 500$ on rads pumps blocks, etc.

[Tristerin]

Im about to build a loop in the Cougar MX330-X ATX case, says it supports 2 x 120 and 1 x 240 rad but Ive measured and ordered it will take 2x240 and 1x120 radiators, and looks to be really friendly to build in.  Its an amazing case for the cost. ($44 shipped or less typically)

[Mathieu9836]

7 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

How about a H700?

I'd reccommend Define S2/R6/Meshify S2 or the pc-o11 dynamic, whichever one is cheaper. If you're going to do watercooling, might as well spend 50$ more on a case if you're going to spend 500$ on rads pumps blocks, etc.

No room for a full tower

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, Mathieu9836 said:

No room for a full tower

@For Science! is an absolute madlad and has stuffed 2 rads and an SLI setup in a Meshify C, and those are pretty dang compact cases. 

[Firewrath9]

3 minutes ago, Mathieu9836 said:

No room for a full tower

Then I'd reccommend the Dark Base Pro 700

[For Science!]

15 minutes ago, Mathieu9836 said:

 

If you're up to the challenge, Meshify C has unrivalled cramming capabilities. Whether it looks like intestines is going to be down to your skill as a builder .

 

My Initial builds in the Define/Meshify C were quite tight, but I'm aiming for something even tighter now with slightly larger components.

[Mathieu9836]

28 minutes ago, For Science! said:

If you're up to the challenge, Meshify C has unrivalled cramming capabilities. Whether it looks like intestines is going to be down to your skill as a builder .

 

My Initial builds in the Define/Meshify C were quite tight, but I'm aiming for something even tighter now with slightly larger components.

Just took a look at your meshify build and sounds like i'm up to the task

[For Science!]

51 minutes ago, Mathieu9836 said:

Just took a look at your meshify build and sounds like i'm up to the task

If you only need 1 GPU, then you'll even have enough space to put the pump/res combo under the GPU, so it'll be quite a breeze (in my opinion). Just becareful with the motherboard/ram clearance, and the GPU length. Otherwise everything is standard, there are however some considerations for airflow direction as it is such a short case.

[Mathieu9836]

For now i have a 2700 on a C7H, Ballistix RAM so its very low profile. have an NVMe and 1 HDD, the GPU is an RX580 and i will probably keep it for a while GPU prices is ridiculous these days, but will be changing for something bigger in the futur. Oh and i have a 240 AIO for now that will be going in my second case later ( the actual case i have that i will put my 2400G build in it).

What do i have to consider about airflow? Probably going to put a 240 in front, 120 rear and 240 on top.

[For Science!]

On 9/13/2019 at 6:40 PM, Mathieu9836 said:

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At least with my system, intaking through the radiator makes the case internal temp really high, so I have all my radiators on exhaust and one filtered intake on the back. So it is reverse from a standard setup. Since I like low rpms on my fans (noise) there isn't a good way to get movement of air within the chassis, so the heat should be directly dumped outside as opposed to re-heating the components inside the case.

 

Going to this reverse airflow from standard (front intake, top exhaust) reduced my fluid temperatures by 10 degrees.