CM Trooper H100 / HDD cage mod

Hello folks, i thought you people might find this interesting what i did with the H100 rad a while ago.
Originally i had the H100 rad in the sidepanel of the case but this turned into a dust collector,
so i moved it back to the roof for a while like this:


Don't mind the ghetto powercable since this will all be changed
when the radiator moves from the roof to behind the drivecages.


The SSD had to move away from the drivecages for the upcoming radiator mod.
Merged them together into a SSHD (yes these are being sold) and they are now in the very top slot of the CM Trooper.


Took the upper drivecage out and drilled out the treaded holes where normally the front fan screws in to.
Turned the whole drivecage around 180 degrees so the front is now the back.


Mounted the bottom fan to the radiator and used the long screws to go trough the drivecage, trough the fan, into the radiator.
With 4 long srews this radiator is going nowhere


As you can see there is nothing blocking the path of the airflow.
This is why i moved even the SSD onto the HDD in the upper slot in the case.


Same story for the bottom fan.
The only thing that is left to do is make a custom bracket to mount to the upper drive cage fan back on.


Most of this work is because i wanted to try it, and because i wanted my 140mm fans back in the roof instead of the radiator.
Now with the fans in the roof again, i feel a cold draft over my eyes when i stand half a meter away from the top fans
So yeah just that one bracket for the front fan and it's ready. (and then probably some Corsair AF120 / 140 LED's)
Also the whole front of the CM Trooper is dustfiltered and there are no sharp bends in the tubes either.

Hope you guys find this interesting so bring on the opinions.

I guess its another option for people

tinytomlogan said:

I guess its another option for people

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Only if they are willing / able to ONLY use the 3 top 5,25 inch bays tho.

PS: good to have you back again Tom ^_^

Did you post this elsewhere on OC3D, I kinda remember seeing it!

Btw whats yer mobo? Asrock x79?

Conchubair said:

Did you post this elsewhere on OC3D, I kinda remember seeing it!

Btw whats yer mobo? Asrock x79?

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I did post it somewhere else under my own rig topic but i thought it belonged here more under the modding section ^_^
Also i did the same trick in a Corsair C70 case for a friend of mine:




Full build: http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=53341

And yes the MOBO (mine) is a Asrock x79 extreme 7, me m8's is a Asrock x79 extreme 4.
Black n' goldish look, i like ^_^

Ehm well, you're certainly creative with it and at least it's well executed

Feronix said:

Ehm well, you're certainly creative with it and at least it's well executed

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Thanks appreciate the feedback.
They are doing the same thing with the Nanoxia deep silence 6 case as well btw:



Not that i think it will do anything with all the HDD slots filled tho, migh as well screw a bunch of fans onto a solid surface imo :huh:

Right i have been creative a bit again to get the seccond front fan in after switching around the drivecage didn's allow that anymore.


I made two brackets out of a top panel of a old pc case i had laying around.


The single hole on the left and right is where the screw will go trough into the case.
That screw used to hold the original dirivecage in place.


Not blocking airflow of course


Brackets installed.


And fan mounted and the only difference you can see is different screws at the front.

Had to fix the front part since tomorrow this should arrive at the office:


I'm going to block off the front mesh part tho since that only shows a the drivecages.

Ok this arrived at the office today:


What could it be?


A fancy window panel so i can actually see all the hard work i put in it lol


This doesnt come close to the actual lighting tho since the fans and so lighting level are at low speed in idle.


Even on max speed its half as bright as this so im going to need some LED lighting i think


Definatly not as bright as this lol but it still looks nice and will even more with new fans and LED strips.

Ok time for a bunch of updates!


- 6 Corsair AF120 LED white fans
- Bitfenix Alchemy LED strip 30cm white (for me)
- Bitfenix Alchemy braided 24 pin extension to hide the rainbow of colors that go onto the mobo now.








The fan underneath the radiator is mounted with custom brackets and keeps
the GPU 8 degrees C over room temp


The front fans don't look that blue irl but i messed up the pic in photoshop lol
Also the LED strip is hooked up to the original light switch of the case,
so i can turn it on and off if i want with the button on top

I got another update planned as well: a black braided GPU and 8 pin 12v cable to match the 24 pin one.

Nice rig there dude, always nice to see how things evolve with people

tinytomlogan said:

Nice rig there dude, always nice to see how things evolve with people

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Thanks Tom
Appreciate the comment and that coming from you must mean i'm on the right track with the rig now hehe.
Also thanks for convincing me way back to buy this CM Trooper case after seeing you review on youtube.
I don't think any other case would have made me feel as happy with it as i do with this one in its current state ^_^