Mounting of 140.3 rads in ATCS840

[zedane]

Hi,

I was wondering whether it would be possible to mount a 140.3 thermochill rad(preferably) @ the top of the casing, internally. Reason being that the stock fans for the top exhaust are (230x30) x 2, giving you 460mm in length whereas 140mm x 3 = 420mm in length.

I understand that cooler master has indeed provided a 120.3 rad mount for the casing, but it seems like i could mount a 140.3 internally without any moddings

Can anyone provide any links / sources as to how to go about doing it?

Your help would be much appreciated :D

[ascl]

Don't assume that a 140x3 rad is 420mm in length! A thermalchill PA140.3 is 480mm long, for example (its not exactly the same size as 3 fans, there are bits on the end).

That said, its probably possible at cost of the top couple of drive bays (I fit one in a Cosmos 1000).

[zedane]

Oh yes you are right! Thank you for the heads up ;)

Any need for dremels or drills? If its just sacrifising a couple of the 5.25 racks, i would consider it ;)

[ascl]

I am not sure what the mounting system is like in the ATCS, but its possible you'll have to trim (or bend) the supports inside the drive bays. You will also probably have to drill some holes to mount the rad.

[TheHowster]

I considered this for the atcs 840 I'm working on. The issue isn't the drive bays, its the mounting hardware for the top pop up panel which gets in the way.

[zedane]

I considered this for the atcs 840 I'm working on. The issue isn't the drive bays, its the mounting hardware for the top pop up panel which gets in the way.

Do post your mod when you're done! I hope its just some simple one :)

After thinking about it, i guess sticking to 360 rad would be better for now, as the number of 120mm fans available totally overwhelms the current choices of 140mm.:rolleyes:

But i would still be curious as to whether 420rads would be viable for the top mounting of ATCS, prob a future upgrade? ;)

[astrodanco]

But i would still be curious as to whether 420rads would be viable for the top mounting of ATCS, prob a future upgrade? ;)A Swiftech 120.3 mounts easilly in the top without any compromises.

I currently have a Swiftech 120.4 mounted in the top of mine. I can only get seven fans on it because the pop-up i/o panel gets in the way of one fan location. I also lost the use of some of the upper drive bays that I wasn't using anyway.

[TheHowster]

Do post your mod when you're done! I hope its just some simple one :)

After thinking about it, i guess sticking to 360 rad would be better for now, as the number of 120mm fans available totally overwhelms the current choices of 140mm.:rolleyes:

But i would still be curious as to whether 420rads would be viable for the top mounting of ATCS, prob a future upgrade? ;)

I decided against it as I didn't need the extra size. I will be posting my build when its finished which shouldn't be too far away. I went with an RX360 and an RX240 in the end :yepp:

[zedane]

I decided against it as I didn't need the extra size. I will be posting my build when its finished which shouldn't be too far away. I went with an RX360 and an RX240 in the end :yepp:

360rad for top, 240rad between hdd and motherboard? ;)

Curious about the mounting of the 240rad as well, as i've heard some issues regarding the fitting on the hdd rack. How did you manage to do up yours? I was thinking of using maybe a 360rad and 240rad as well, both from swiftech :up:

[zedane]

A Swiftech 120.3 mounts easilly in the top without any compromises.

I currently have a Swiftech 120.4 mounted in the top of mine. I can only get seven fans on it because the pop-up i/o panel gets in the way of one fan location. I also lost the use of some of the upper drive bays that I wasn't using anyway.

Did you mount the 480 swiftech rad using the existing rad holder provided by coolermaster?(Is that possible? lol)

Or which aftermarket product did you use?

[TheHowster]

I had the lower horizontal HDD supports removed and a 240 rad cut done on the bottom between the PSU and the front fan.