Undertaking a major mod project & watercooling

[clos6996]

Hi,

 

I just got a hold of a chieftec big tower. I was originally planning on using a Lian Li G70 for this but the chieftec is much cheaper. I also got some new watercooling equipment to replace the 1/4" stuff I have now.

I got:

MCP 655 pump

Cooltechnica MP 05 SP LE

DD Maze 4 Acetal

Dual 5 1/4" res

Black Ice GT Stealth 360

 

I am too lazy to take pics w/the digital camera so I ripped some off the web. This is the bigtower:

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I am going to dremel out 3 holes in the top and mount the rad up there. After that I was going to cut out the vents that you see on the side panel where the HD's are and put in a window there to seal them up. Then I was going to cut a big window into the side. I think this will make it quieter b/c you will not have noise leaking. Also on the side panel on the other side, I can cut out a bigger hole and fit in a 120mm fan.

W/the scrap metal I was going to build a little bridge that the pump can sit on and attach it to the support bar that runs horizontally from the back of the case to the front. That way I can mount the pump right next to the res in the top 2 bays.

What do you guys think? Is there something else I can do to this thing?

Also my loop will be:

Pump--> rad-->CPU-->GPU-->res-->pump.

I think if I mount it this way I can lower any friction that would cause the flow to drop and also keep the pump and res in the highest point in the case.

 

This case has tons of room so if you think there is something better let me know. I will start cutting and installing everything this weekend.

 

Thanks.