Update #3
Now we are cooking!
OK fitted the radiator stands by drilling a couple of holes into the base on each side, enough has been seen on how to drill a hole suffice to say you have to watch out for the feet location on the bottom of the TJ07. And boy is that aluminum thick!
Bit different here as I am pushing hot air out of the case at the bottom as I felt that the rads would just be heating each other up if I pulled air into the case. I could be wrong of course, everyone seems to pull air in when mounting rads in the bottom, I guess I'll suck it and see and rip it apart and change them if I find its rubbish
So after removing everything except the frame of the case, I could see where the rads would fit in and start to plan the layout of the tubing and ancilliaries.
As you may have guessed the PSU is going to go behind the 240 radiator, and I could definitely have got away with a 480 in place of the 360 but its only a CPU/GPU loop so no biggie. If I upgrade the loop later I can switch to a 480.
This is how it looks down there with both radiators in place, and you can see the start of the loop and how it all fits together. Man that Swiftech MCR220QP is OLD and beat up!
Loop plan is:
Res->pump->CPU->GPU->360->240->Res
Heres some pics to give you an idea:
You can see the tubing connecting the two radiators and the way the entry of the tubing into the bottom area of the case is actually on opposite side the radiator its connected to, thats just to minimise any kinks or the need for multiple 90° connectors. In fact I plan only having one 90° max in the loop.
Oh and I'm using 38mm Yate Loons on the MCR320QP and 1850 Gentle Typhoons on the MCR220QP
Its just what I had left over from another more serious build.
I'm liking that blue tubing now.. yummy yummy.
Oh and I've decided to add something to this beautiful case that I never do on my cases, but more on that later (in case it turns out really bad I can pretend it was something else!)











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