Ideal Water Cooling Kit for Isotope iX Case

[WOLF-e]

Hi guys/girls,

I'm using an Isotope iX Case for my next rig. As a complete water cooling noob could anyone give me some advice as to which kit will fit/be best for this style of case?

I'll be looking to cool;
Q6600 - looking to overclock this a tad
4870

If possible i'd want to keep the reservoir internally. I've not really got a budget.
Cheers,

[Webby]

Got a link to the case and its dimensions?

If you are watercooling to get really low temps then for a Q6600 and a 4870 you are going to need at least a triple 120mm rad and more would be better, more is always better (well the is a limit but you wont reach it easily ) If your water cooling so that you can say that you are then a duel 120mm would probably just about cope but the temps wont be the best.

[WOLF-e]

Here's a link to a review that i've found. On page 3 of the review it shows a water cooling solution fitted into the case. I'm not sure if this setup would be powerful enough for what i need it for? Or what the make of the reservoir is?

The dimentions of the case are - 330 x 330 x 365 (WxHxD mm)

bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/07/21/pype_ix_case/3

[Cornholio]

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...pype_ix_case/3

Link fixed

[Webby]

Modd1uk thanks for fixing the link.

Onto the watercooling of that case, it will be a challenge is what I will say first! The one that was reviewed used a single 80mm rad that will cool a quarter of your CPU maybe...

I think to watercool that case properly is going to require some serious work and without detailed plans for it I can only give very general ideas. I would think you could probably mount a double 120mm radiator in the section normally reserved for hard drives (you would obviously need to find somewhere else to mount the drives) and maybe a single 120mm rad in the space in front of the PSU you would still then need to find space to mount the hard drives pump and reservoir.

All in all I think that it will be a lot of effort to mod this case to fit decent watercooling it may not even be possible at all.

The only other consideration would be if you went with a µATX motherboard this would open up some more space for another rad perhaps, you could fit 2x 240mm rads in the case that would be sufficient to cool a 4870 and a Q6600.

As I say without more definite dimensions its hard to work anything out exactly.

[WOLF-e]

Thanks for the help Webby. It looks like i'll have to resort to air for this but i'll know more when i've moved all of my components over.