Black Ice Xtreme Question

[Adam Harvey]

Hello,

I am about to build a Water cooling system. I am going to be buying a Black Ice Xtreme does anyone know if you can put a 120mm fan on both sides? I wanted to put a fan on one side sucking the heat off and exhausting it out of the case and one on the other side blowing cool air on it and cooling my water. Please reply thanks.

Adam

[dmitriyaz]

sure, you can do that.
but black ice extreme is too little for what you pay. check this out:
http://dtekcustoms.safeshopper.com/19/92.htm?407
that thing is like 3 times bigger, looks better, and is cheaper.
good luck

[gone_fishin]

That will work but you should also use a fan shroud to hold the fans at least an inch away from the heatercore body for even better performance.

[Silversink]

Originally posted by gone_fishin
That will work but you should also use a fan shroud to hold the fans at least an inch away from the heatercore body for even better performance.

Hey my friend glad to see you around....I thought you were eaten by a Mullet as you disapeared for awhile

[gone_fishin]

My only excuse....Workin in the heat is not cool

[Adam Harvey]

Ok it will work with the Black ice Xtreme or the Dtek one? Also if your talking the Black Ice Xtreme then where do I get the shroud?

Adam

[gone_fishin]

It will work with both and you will probably want to fasion up your own shroud.

[Svenn]

I'm getting the Dtek Pro Radiator + Shroud... If I wanted a fan on front and back, could I just buy another shroud from Dtek and put one on each side and it should work like that?

[gone_fishin]

I don't see why not.

[Svenn]

Excellent... Should I see a good cooling increase with 2 fans over just 1? Oh, and I should have one pulling air from outside the case onto the radiator and the other pulling air from the radiator into the case?

[gone_fishin]

Yes, increasing airflow over the rad will always help.
Make sure you have good ventilation to get all that air out of the case quickly or you will build up pressure in the case and slow the intake to the rad even though you will have two fans on it.

[Svenn]

How about 2 120mm fans blowing out of the back? Good enough?

[gone_fishin]

Sounds good.