Rocketfish case aka Lian Li

[chinkgai]

where are you guys buying these nice 3x120 radiator mounting grills?

the only one i've found is the airplex one that costs over 40 bucks!

[Lu523]

I got mine from Jab-tech.
https://www.jab-tech.com/Chilled-PC-...s-pr-4127.html

[JustMe2]

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ndex&cPath=362

I'm using the RadGrillz Stripes by AC Ryan... Cost like 25bux.

[Jor3lBR]

http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ndex&cPath=362

I'm using the RadGrillz Stripes by AC Ryan... Cost like 25bux.

Yeap me too, if you think about it it's kinda steal. Pay half of the price of the case in such a small thin bs piece of grill.

[Daddyjaxx]

I picked up the door and rad grill at Performance. I put quite a bit of work into this sucker this week.:

[chinkgai]

Yeap me too, if you think about it it's kinda steal. Pay half of the price of the case in such a small thin bs piece of grill.

qft

[Lu523]

I picked up the door and rad grill at Performance. I put quite a bit of work into this sucker this week.:

What fan controller are you using? And by door you mean side panel.

[Daddyjaxx]

Yes...side panel.

It's just a Sunbeam controller with the led's plucked out. I hate led's that disturb my sleep. The RF has a door to block them, but my other cases did not.

[Lu523]

I hear yea abouth the leds. I wish the OCZ ram cooler did not have them. That or I need a way to kill them.

[Jor3lBR]

I picked up the door and rad grill at Performance. I put quite a bit of work into this sucker this week.:

I liked it but I have a suggestion:

Take those 3 fans from the top and put a grill. Your case will look a lot cleaner.

And if you have a PA120.3 you don't need push/pull fans at all.

[ThatGuy16]

I got mine the other day at best buy for $50, i want to get a radgrill from performance pcs and do the radiator mod.

Can someone tell me what screws i'll need to mount the radiator and grill with?

This thing is huge

[Method36]

You can still get this case for $50? Wow, I should get one. Is the price random between each store? One store selling it for $120 and another for $50?

[ThatGuy16]

You can still get this case for $50? Wow, I should get one. Is the price random between each store? One store selling it for $120 and another for $50?

It seems that way

Online, its $120. My best buy here had it for $120 and just recently put it on clearance for $48.99 i think.

EDIT: has anyone made the PCI exhaust fan, an intake fan instead? I'm also still on the search on what screws i'm suppose to use lol.

[JustMe2]

Hmm, I have some questions...

In the future I want to WC the following(only wc on cpu and nb now)
CPU(q6700)
NB(Max Extreme)
2x 3870's

I have a 360GTX in the roof now. I can put a 240 lower if I put 3HDDs in some 5.25 bays(I use 5 HDDs). Is it best to do duel loops? One loop and pumps in series? Iono someone school me. Where can I put the pump, with two rads in there?

Also, someone tell me how to orient a rad in the bottom of a case. I assume you dont want that hot air going across the mobo. How do you set the fans for best airflow?

[Polizei]

I would probably put the 360GTX in the top with the fans set to exhaust out the top, the rear fan as intake the blow across the board, the front fan as exhaust, and then the 240GTX in the bottom set to intake, sucking in through the bottom.

EDIT: has anyone made the PCI exhaust fan, an intake fan instead?

It doesn't seem to move much air either way because the grill in the back is so restrictive. I think because the fan is so close to the back of the duct, that the motor has to work harder to move the air. I put my hand there and it seems to be blowing warm air into the case regardless of it being set to intake or exhaust.

[FlimFlam00]

I liked it but I have a suggestion:

Take those 3 fans from the top and put a grill. Your case will look a lot cleaner.

And if you have a PA120.3 you don't need push/pull fans at all.

Great suggestion. For a case so large, and open space inside, it is ridiculous, almost blasphemous that stuff is on the outside.

That kind of underscores the main issue with the Rocketfish - the layout doesn't optimize the inside.

[[XC] NetburstXE]

It doesn't seem to move much air either way because the grill in the back is so restrictive. I think because the fan is so close to the back of the duct, that the motor has to work harder to move the air. I put my hand there and it seems to be blowing warm air into the case regardless of it being set to intake or exhaust.

I've seen one picture where the grill for the side fan was drilled out, which looked like it made it far less restrictive. You could always try that.

[Budwise]

saw this in the Ryan RadGrillz on PerformancePC's.

**Please note that the fan screw holes are purposely made on the small side so that they can be enlarged with a drill to the correct screw size and slightly to either side of the screw hole to cover more radiator installations. RadGrillz have been found to work fine with Hardware Labs (Black Ice) and Swiftech Radiators but, not the Thermochills. **

I guess us PA120.X guys need to find a different grill...

[itznfb]

thats because TC PA series has retarded spacing between the fan mounts. there's like a 1/4" gap between the fans... stupid.

[ThatGuy16]

These work on thermochills, only..

http://www.jab-tech.com/search.php?mode=search


Can someone please tell me if the AC Ryan RadGrillz come with the screws i need? Its hard to believe no one can answer this question

[itznfb]

AC Ryan RadGrillz do not come with any screws

[Budwise]

ordered this one instead...

https://www.jab-tech.com/Chilled-PC-...s-pr-4127.html

[ThatGuy16]

AC Ryan RadGrillz do not come with any screws

Thanks, do you know were i can get the proper screws? or just take a trip to the hardware store?

[itznfb]

Thanks, do you know were i can get the proper screws? or just take a trip to the hardware store?

that's what i usually do. i measure out what i need, or take what i need to the local hardware store and either find what i need, or get advice on what would work best.

[ThatGuy16]

that's what i usually do. i measure out what i need, or take what i need to the local hardware store and either find what i need, or get advice on what would work best.

Cool, thats what I'll have to do then.

How should i have it,

Fans on top of the radiator, blowing out of the case, exhaust (fans in between radiator and radgrill)
or
Fans under the radiator blowing down into the case, intake (radiator directly under radgrill)