New TJ07 cooling project...could use your help/ideas

[masaville]

Project update.

So here is a side by side comparison of a CM Stacker 830 and a TJ07. The areas outlined in red on the Stacker show the wasted or inaccessible space. As you can see the TJ07 is equal in height to the 830, but with the power supply turned on it's side and mounted down below offers significantly more interior space. It's also slightly wider and longer.



So...the million dollar question is 'will it fit'? What do you think?



And the answer is YES!!! it will fit.



....but hey, I always like to follow the governments rule of spending. Why settle for one when you can have two for twice the price??? :p



A few 90 degree fittings and voila! you're in business.



Well, we're on the way now. Now where the hell am I going to put the damn pumps and res.....anyone sell a miniature pump? Doesn't the TJ07 come supersized???



A sneaky place to hide your Silverstone fan controller in a TJ07.



That's all for now - more updates later!

[Sideroxylon]

That's starting to come together nicely. That's gonna be sweet.

So fans on the rads are in a push config?

One suggestion...lose the corrugated wire sleeving. Looks like ass compared to all the other nice stuff you have in there. Use some zip ties or something to keep wires nice and neat.

Also, I love your blatant disregard of the ensuing posts you'll get about using 90's in your loop. I'm a big fan of using 90's if they make sense for your loop. I'm glad you decided to mount both rads internally too. That top mount idea you were kicking around would have taken away from the sexiness of the TJ07.

[masaville]

More parts in today for the project.

Couple of EK 200 reservoirs, some gel pads to keep those pumps whisper quiet, and more barbs.



These EK reservoirs are some serious high quality reservoirs and are built to last. When you pick these up and examine them carefully you can easily see that they aren't some slap happy plastic container that some outfit threw together. These make my Swiftech Microres look pretty sad in comparison. I have an XSPC 250mm anodized aluminum res for comparsion as well as Innovatek tank-o-matic 280mm. If you're considering any of the these let me know if you have questions.

Still waiting on a few more items;

-Black 90 degree elbow fittings, cord clips, and clamps
-A silverstone bay extension bracket - probably use this to mount the second pump (upside down maybe)
-A Lian Li Rheobus Fan Controller 5.25" - Black w/ Silver Knobs to add a little practical flair to the front-end

Can I get some feedback on design if any has experience with the following. Right now I have two rads inside at the bottom, one for the CPU loop, the other for the GPUs. However, these EK reservoirs can be used with dual rads and a single pump. Alteratively I can use two reservoirs and two pumps. Does anyone have any experience throwing a 360/480 and a 240 in the same loop with an E6700 and two 8800s or similar? I'm wondering how it would affect temp by running a single loop with dual rads versus two independant loops, each with their own res and pump. Although I can test this out myself it would be great to find out if anyone has already tried it.

I assume when the fluid mixes in the res the temps will average out based on volume of fluid in each rad, how long it's in there, and flow rates?