HAF932 Watercooling - In Progress!

[Owen]

I'm just in the planning stage to completely watercooling my already built HAF932 Advanced rig. I'm still saving up money to buy the gear along with another 7950 to add to the rig.

 

Note that I haven't chose everything yet and this list will be updated regularly.

 

Pump: Swiftech MCP665

Res: Not decided yet

Blocks: cpu block= Apogee HD, gpu blocks undecided

Fans: Corsair SP 120 fans OR Noctua NF-F12

Radiator(s) - 1x triple 120mm radiator (refer to diagram), possibly another 120mm exhaust rad OR double 120mm rad on side panel

Tubing, fittings and coolant still being decided on, but I'm trying to find clear tubing, compression fittings, and blue coolant.

 

The diagram below is just something I whipped up, I'm not sure if it would look better if I switched the triple rad so the outlet/inlets are on the other side.

 

Oh, and by the way, red is a radiator, gray is pump/reservoir, blue is a block, orange is tubing.

 

 

Let me know what you think of the plan so far!

[FloRolf]

Hey dude, i have the same  case and i am planning on wc'ing too! i wouldnt mount a rad to the side panel because its a pain in the arse to get everything set up and open again ^^ My plan was to drill out the HDD cave and some of the 5,25" to install another 240mm rad in the front, you may consider this and tell me how it goes! :P

Otherwise you could get a D5 instead and the EK Res which mounts perfectly on the hdd cave (saw this on pictures). And i would leave the in/outlets on the top rad at the front :)

[Owen]

Hey dude, i have the same  case and i am planning on wc'ing too! i wouldnt mount a rad to the side panel because its a pain in the arse to get everything set up and open again ^^ My plan was to drill out the HDD cave and some of the 5,25" to install another 240mm rad in the front, you may consider this and tell me how it goes! :P

Otherwise you could get a D5 instead and the EK Res which mounts perfectly on the hdd cave (saw this on pictures). And i would leave the in/outlets on the top rad at the front :)

Oh, sweet! You are thinking of taking the whole HDD cage out? I can't do that because I have a hard drive + SSD in there :/.

[FloRolf]

Oh, sweet! I'm going to stick with the MCP simply because Linus recommends it...and that's the only reason :P You are thinking of taking the whole HDD cage out? I can't do that because I have a hard drive + SSD in there :/.

 

yeah me too! :D I wanted to mount the SSD on the Mobo tray and the hdd externally. ^^ And you should definitly get the Windowed sidepanel for like 20 bucks, it looks really badass.

[Owen]

yeah me too! :D I wanted to mount the SSD on the Mobo tray and the hdd externally. ^^ And you should definitly get the Windowed sidepanel for like 20 bucks, it looks really badass.

You mean one I would buy separately?  

 

Edit: This? http://www.cmstore-usa.com/haf-932-transparent-acrylic-side-window-panel/

[FloRolf]

You mean one I would buy separately?  

 

Edit: This? http://www.cmstore-usa.com/haf-932-transparent-acrylic-side-window-panel/

 

Yes, exactly this one. Its way better than doing it yourself with all the effort :D

[Owen]

Yes, exactly this one. Its way better than doing it yourself with all the effort :D

I'd lose the side panel fan, but I guess that won't be that necessary with watercooling :P It does look a LOT better, do you have it already?

[FloRolf]

I'd lose the side panel fan, but I guess that won't be that necessary with watercooling :P It does look a LOT better, do you have it already?

 

yep, i got it in my haf932. Here are some pics:

 

Completely from the side

http://imgur.com/oqlBdeD

 

Just the field of view you got through the window

http://imgur.com/fpuhqbg

[Jokrik]

The front can hold 200mm radiator if I'm not mistaken

think its a better option than getting 120 for the back

 

my suggestion is to have 200mm rad at the front as intake, top 360 rad as exhaust and get the rear fan as intake feeding cold air to 360

this way warm air from the front 200mm rad wont feed the top rad

you'll get the most out of your case that way IMO and you'll cool better with that many components

 

everything else looks great!

[FloRolf]

The front can hold 200mm radiator if I'm not mistaken

think its a better option than getting 120 for the back

my suggestion is to have 200mm rad at the front as intake, top 360 rad as exhaust and get the rear fan as intake feeding cold air to 360

this way warm air from the front 200mm rad wont feed the top rad

you'll get the most out of your case that way IMO and you'll cool better with that many components

everything else looks great!

Afaik the front 230mm fan has his own mounting holes so you are not able to mount a rad there.

If you dont wanna mod the case, go with a 360top and maybe a 120back (i would do that just because i think it looks awesome) and you are pretty much set. If you go for modding you'll have to do quite a bit to get good results.

But you could also drill another 120mm fan hole and mount a 240on the bottom (hdd cave removal necessary) if your psu is short enough (not like the ax1200 for example)