Mounting a Radiator: 360mm or 480mm? Haf-x vs 800D

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Andrew Rohlfs

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If I want to mount a radiator in either the Haf-x or Corsair 800D, how would I go about mounting on the outside if it wouldn't fit on the inside? is a 480mm rad even necessary to liquid cool a cpu + sli 780s?
 
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A 480mm would keep them ice cold, but a 360 would do just fine, and I personally own a HAF X for my main rig right now and they are very very spacious inside. I think I have seen some people put 480s in the top, but I'm not sure. I have a H100 (240mm rad) and it fits with room to spare. A 360 would fit up top just fine, might require a little modding. As for the 800D, I have never personally built in one, but I have a buddy that has one, and it too is a massive case, I'm pretty sure that you would not have a problem mounting a 360 in either, as for mounting outside, you can always get a rad bracket off of FrozenCPU that would attach it to a 120mm fan slot. Hope this helps!
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A 480mm would keep them ice cold, but a 360 would do just fine, and I personally own a HAF X for my main rig right now and they are very very spacious inside. I think I have seen some people put 480s in the top, but I'm not sure. I have a H100 (240mm rad) and it fits with room to spare. A 360 would fit up top just fine, might require a little modding. As for the 800D, I have never personally built in one, but I have a buddy that has one, and it too is a massive case, I'm pretty sure that you would not have a problem mounting a 360 in either, as for mounting outside, you can always get a rad bracket off of FrozenCPU that would attach it to a 120mm fan slot. Hope this helps!
 
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You do realize that's a mid tower case and I'm putting on a 480mm radiator, right?

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What exactly is the problem?
The specs state it supports a 480mm radiator.

Here's a link to the Corsair H100 (480mm radiator) in the Corsair C70 case.
http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Da9iDrH4mOU/hqdefault.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DDa9iDrH4mOU&h=360&w=480&sz=23&tbnid=u8FrfL8cTwohqM:&tbnh=109&tbnw=145&zoom=1&usg=__MMCtAWq_hN1lKWeC6NeGHvyTdAY=&docid=9_NQqSJqqd8t7M&sa=X&ei=1kQZUsfJNcrE2wWjtYHACA&ved=0CDIQ9QEwAg&dur=2675

Unless you need more drive bays there's no reason to get a taller case. Plus, a full tower doesn't give you more space at the top, it increases the space between the bottom power supply and the motherboard.
 
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