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Case for watercooling???

megab2000

So I want to soon upgrade to a watercooled system but my case at the moment isnt the best for looking inside (vibox predator case) - I would be fine with it but there is a 120mm fan right in the window which is quite annoying to look at. I don't want to spend too much on the case (£120 max) as I believe watercooling systems are quite expensive. For the liquid cooling I want to get coloured liquid which I will then match up my peripherals with, Dont know which colour scheme to choose but at the moment my setup looks like this - http://prntscr.com/bys120 - so yeah I want a nice case that would fit well with my current desk and monitors. Dont worry about the peripherals as they are customizable and I don't really want a certain colour I just want a nice looking colour scheme :) 

 

I dont know much about sizes of liquid cooling stuff and yeah so will need help with the sizes of cases and stuff for like radiators :) thanks for the help

 

a case I have looked into is this one - https://www.amazon.co.uk/NZXT-H440-Accent-Tower-Chassis/dp/B015XQL3S8?ie=UTF8&tag=linustechtips-21

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Regarding radiator size and watercooling tech ingeneral: read this:

 

and this:

For a good case: every manufacturer has some cases optimized fotr watercooling. The Define S is a pretty solid option - pretty much as spacey as its get, neutral color scheme, affordable (~110$) and a ton of space for radiators. But som,ething like Phanteks Evolve, Corsair D450 etc. will work just fine as well

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20 minutes ago, Speakerator said:

Regarding radiator size and watercooling tech ingeneral: read this:

 

and this:

For a good case: every manufacturer has some cases optimized fotr watercooling. The Define S is a pretty solid option - pretty much as spacey as its get, neutral color scheme, affordable (~110$) and a ton of space for radiators. But som,ething like Phanteks Evolve, Corsair D450 etc. will work just fine as well

thanks for the help. Yeah I have looked at the define s now and honestly is quite a nice case however are you sure the black case would still look good with my current setup - http://prntscr.com/bys120 ???

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15 minutes ago, megab2000 said:

thanks for the help. Yeah I have looked at the define s now and honestly is quite a nice case however are you sure the black case would still look good with my current setup - http://prntscr.com/bys120 ???

Well, that's not up to me to say. I like the case, but you're the one who wants to buy it :P But I guess you could easily install some green led strips and maybe even some led fans in the fron to get those vent gills ti light up a bit. To be fair, I'm more into understatement, so I'd propbably go for white illumination if anything^^

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The Define S is an amazing watercooling case. 

 

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3 hours ago, EnemySp0tt3d said:

gl custom water cooling in a h440 lol

Why would he need luck ?

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6 hours ago, megab2000 said:

thanks for the help. Yeah I have looked at the define s now and honestly is quite a nice case however are you sure the black case would still look good with my current setup - http://prntscr.com/bys120 ???

Oh yea. It will look amazing with a pastel green coolant. 

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