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JPeitzman
09-18-2006, 07:05 PM
Would it be better to mount it in the front at the front 120mm fan or in the back. I know that the back would be pushing warmer air through the Rad, but I am worried about having to drill out rivets on the front HDD rack (I haven't gotten it yet so I don't know if it is screwed or riveted, it comes soon, so excited). It will be just to cool the CPU, a nice small loop, I would get a 120.2, but I don't want to cut or have anything outside the case. I want it to be sneaky, lol. Mostly I want it all inside so it will be discreet, yet silent, and give me some very nice temps with some room to OC. I love the water cooled G5's, I am going for something like that. Basically I want better than high performance or extreme performance air, with like half the noise, but a good fan on a controller so if I decide to OC/bench I can crank it up.

Parts:

Swiftech APOGEE Water Block
Hardware Labs Black Ice GT Stealth 120 Radiator
Swiftech MCRES-1000P (the res and MCP350 pump built together for a 5ΒΌ" bay)

I was looking at the CoolerMaster Aquagate Mini R120, but I think my system would provide better performance.