akasa eclipse with dual rad

[leeglf]

I really have got my mind set on getting an akasa eclipse 62 case but i want to put my swiftech dual rad inside the case!

I dont really want to swap my dual rad for two single ones!

Does anyone know if this is possible?

thanks!

[Madafwo]

How many drive ays do you want to use? If it is only one then yes it is entirely possible, just mount it in the top of the case, or there is a gap beside the motherboard tray you can also mount it there but cabling might be an issue, you can mount it in the floor of the case if you don't intend on using any of the PCI slots. Or you can mount it in the front as long as you don't mind losing the HDD tray, floppy drive bay and some of the 5 1/4" bays as you'd have to cut some away to fit it in the front.

So to answer your question yes it is entirely possible, or you could do what I am doing, having the Rad top mounted, with the fans inside the case and the rad on top of the case, this will enable me to use at least 2 of the drive bays as I have a DVD drive and the drive bay from my sound card.

[leeglf]

How many drive ays do you want to use? If it is only one then yes it is entirely possible, just mount it in the top of the case, or there is a gap beside the motherboard tray you can also mount it there but cabling might be an issue, you can mount it in the floor of the case if you don't intend on using any of the PCI slots. Or you can mount it in the front as long as you don't mind losing the HDD tray, floppy drive bay and some of the 5 1/4" bays as you'd have to cut some away to fit it in the front.

So to answer your question yes it is entirely possible, or you could do what I am doing, having the Rad top mounted, with the fans inside the case and the rad on top of the case, this will enable me to use at least 2 of the drive bays as I have a DVD drive and the drive bay from my sound card.

i have only got one optical drive so i guess mounting it in the top of the case would be the best option!

surely this has been done before if so have you got any pics or know where i can find some?

[Madafwo]

Check out coolercases.co.uk, few people on the forum have the Eclipse and have mounted a double rad in it. Just check the forums there, not seen anybody here that's done it.

[leeglf]

thanks mate will do!

[Madafwo]

I finally did mine and this is how it came out, this is only a temporary job at the moment as I am going to swap rads soon but the temps are really good.

All Finished

[leeglf]

that looks really smart mate!

it might be me being blind but where is your reservoir mounted and is that your pump above your Hdd?

I think i am going to try and mount mine flush since i am only having one optical drive.

[Madafwo]

The reservoir is attached to the pump.



Like that.

Really pleased with the temps though, 33 on the CPU under load and 44 on the GPU under load, just got to overclock them now and see how it goes.

People say mounting the rad in the top is a bad idea but as I have the fans sucking air in from the top then its drawing in cool air, I get temps like that, and I am more than happy.

[OV3RCLOCK3R]

Wouldn't it look neater to mount the rad inside?

[Madafwo]

I would have mounted it internally but that would have meant serious kinking of the tubing as I use 2 of the 4 avilable bays or removing part of the PSU tray and i didn't want to cut the actual chassis of the case as this would be something that would affect price if I ever sold the case.

I am more than happy with the radiator mounted this way, I don't have tubing snaking all over the place or if I had the fans externally I would have to route the wires from that, this way the rad just sits there, protected from damage by some grills.

[leeglf]

what pump is that i might get one to replace my current swiftech mcp350 and separate reservoir it would be much more space saving!

[Madafwo]

They are one and the same pump basically, I think one is more powerful, but with diferent names. You just need to remove the top and attach the plexi top and res top which you can buy on their own.

This increases the flow of the pump too which may increases performance, but it makes getting all the bubbles out of the system a pain in the rear end as it is so powerful it just sucks any air straight through the loop again, I may get rid of the res top and go for a seperate res to be honest, might reduce the amount of air in the loop.

[YorkieBen]

how about using a swiftech radbox? This would allow you to mount the rad off the back of your case?

[leeglf]

i am using a radbox now with my dual rad but i dont feel it looks right a bit like an after thought!

and i think it will look alot neater on the inside!