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As the title says i'm looking for a good mid tower case to do my loop in. I currently have an R4 and there is just barely enough room for a pump an res so i need something with a little more interior room. Preferably around the same size as an R4 with mounting for either 2 240mm rads or 1 240mm and 1 120mm and not tooooooo expensive please. Res: Swiftech mc micro Pump: MCP 655 gonna be cooling my 780 and 3570k.

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are you still needing the HDD/ODD cages?

 

the R4 can hold a 240 in the roof and 240/280 in the front with a tube res and pump

combo or separates

 

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it'll handle the 4.2/4.4GHz overclock and GTX780 well enough on 1000rpm fans using

Alphacool radiators. would not suggest the fan direction this user used..

 

airdeano

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airdeano, on 29 Jun 2013 - 5:23 PM, said:

are you still needing the HDD/ODD cages?

the R4 can hold a 240 in the roof and 240/280 in the front with a tube res and pump

combo or separates

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it'll handle the 4.2/4.4GHz overclock and GTX780 well enough on 1000rpm fans using

Alphacool radiators. would not suggest the fan direction this user used..

airdeano

I've decided I'm gonna go 280 in the front and 140 in the back cause i dunno how that guy did it but i can bareley fit my h100i in the roof, like i had to push it up against my mosfet heatsink and that's with it being moved up one space from the fan holes. I'm going to be re mounting my hard drive cage in the bottom 120mm fan area to fit the 280 rad in the front and i'll probably go pump and res the same way that guy did. For fan layout i was thinking dual intake for the front rad, and exhaust on the rear rad with no fans in the top cause i'd either have too much intake or too much exhaust. How does my layout sound? And would a 750W Psu be enough?

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you have to mount the H100/i offset (using the 140 mounting row holes.

 

how thick of a radiator are you thinking of? a 35mm 280 and 140 won't be enough

for any overclocking CPU/GPU. or you'll have to have some loud 2000rpm fans to

cool it down with..

 

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you have to mount the H100/i offset (using the 140 mounting row holes.

how thick of a radiator are you thinking of? a 35mm 280 and 140 won't be enough

for any overclocking CPU/GPU. or you'll have to have some loud 2000rpm fans to

cool it down with..

airdeano

alright how about 2 120mm rads then? for 2 120's i'll probably go with swiftech mcr 220's

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i wouldn't use 2x 120 single rads, but that's me.

 

i'd use the Alphacool ST30 240 (pull) in the roof, XT45 240 in the front (push). the

UT60 240 would be better fro the front panel, but the 45 will give you usage of the

HDD relocation and allow the pump/res mounting to the top of the HDD cage. for

the pump/res, i'd use the XSPC Acrylic D5 Tank Reservoir or the Koolance D5

top/res bundle.

 

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just a CPU loop for now..

 

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i wouldn't use 2x 120 single rads, but that's me.

i'd use the Alphacool ST30 240 (pull) in the roof, XT45 240 in the front (push). the

UT60 240 would be better fro the front panel, but the 45 will give you usage of the

HDD relocation and allow the pump/res mounting to the top of the HDD cage. for

the pump/res, i'd use the XSPC Acrylic D5 Tank Reservoir or the Koolance D5

top/res bundle.

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just a CPU loop for now..

airdeano

Is that your personal system? And thanks for the tips

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nope.. was on google.. just needed some representation of an R4 with a loop in it..

i use an arc midi and it is literally in pieces.

 

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airdeano

?????????????????????????????? what are you doing to that arc midi?

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color change..

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nice. LAST QUESTION. Which rad should i have intake/outtake. I've decided on 240mm in the top and 240mm in the front and i'm gonna have that rear exhaust fan

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nice. LAST QUESTION. are ALL full cover titan blocks compatible with 780 since same PCB?

Should be...

I like the color scheme of Noctua fans. Deal with it. Forget about the bad memories of the past.


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Forget about the bad memories of the past, take the good ones along with you through the present, and look forwards to the good things that will come in the future.

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Should be...

alright thanks

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Which rad should i have intake/outtake. I've decided on 240mm in the top and 240mm in the front and i'm gonna have that rear exhaust fan

 

roof should be exhaust, front panel as intake and rear i/o would be exhaust, but i'd

prefer it as intake if in open environment, exhaust if in a desk or closed off area.

the rear would make a positive pressure system to aid in low dust accumulation.

 

airdeano

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