What is THE BEST chasis for Liquid Cooling ?

[Ruszek83]

I am building up my little water "station" and was thinking about starting of with good chasis so please help me choose.

Thx:worship:

 

[AydST]

where do you start....if forced at gunpoint to pick one - Silverstone TJ07

 

[PV5150]

TJ-07 gets my vote but the Cosmos S and some of the larger Lian Li cases are worthwhile contenders too

 

[JN]

As others have said TJ07 or Cosmos S will take a decent W/C setup without any modding.

 

[Mr. Smith]

What is THE BEST chasis for Liquid Cooling ?

Whichever chasis best meets the users requirements. Wa, wa, waaaaa... God I'm so funny aren't I.

Basically decide what you want - what do you want to water cool.

The answer to that pretty much dictates what you need (in terms of w/c eqpt.) which in turn influences your chasis decision because you need to fit all your gear in there dont you! Then your budget comes into play.

Big cases allow more 'stuff' so there is greater scope for expansion, adding loops, components, w/e. Smaller cases limit you... Budgets don't concern me lol.

TJ07 is very nice, lian li, mountain mods for cubes... Cheaper cases are antecs, er, help! Oh Coolermaster, ebuyer do very cheap ones. Cheap ones are cheap for a reason...

 

[Luigi]

Build your own? then its purfect for your requirements

 

[rrjwilson]

Bigger is better. Bigger is also more expensive.

Silverstone TJ07 is good and my next case BTW.

Coolermaster Centurion is my current case and fine for normal people to WC with (I've never been normal).

 

[Pjalchemist]

Money no object a custom made case!

 

[Aqua-Pc's]

MY top 3 are:

LL PC343

LL PC-A77

Cosmos S

 

[Bikerz]

Li Lian 343 or UFO

 

[lamboman]

The absolute best are probably the older V2xxx series cases (but not the new ones), followed by the TJ07. The Mountain Mods cases can't be beaten, but, these aren't conventional cases, so I won't include them in this.

 

[Marcus]

Yup, like lamboman said.. for me it's also the old Lian Li V2000.

After that it's gotta be:

Lian Li A71/71 - PA120.3 in roof, PA120.2 in the front

Silverstone TJ07 - PA120.3 in the bottom, 240 or 360 in top

Coolermaster Cosmos S - Black Ice GTX in the roof

Mountain Mods UFO / Duality - 2x PA120.3's in the front

 

[Bondi007]

Oh comeone why doesnt anybody vote for a case like thermaltake mozart tx it is massive and would house 2 loops no problem

 

[Bungral]

Oh comeone why doesnt anybody vote for a case like thermaltake mozart tx it is massive and would house 2 loops no problem

Because it's bigger than big... It's crazy big

 

[Bondi007]

I know but your saying you wouldnt have that in your room eh

 

[agentx]

the only problem with the mozart tx (i have one) is that unless u use the thermaltake rads u cant fit 2 120.2s on the back without modding the case as i so painfully found out when putting my latest rig together.

 

[Bondi007]

Cant you use brackets and mount it on its side at the top ive seen people do that on a dual loop on youtube

That could be you!! lol

 

[Bungral]

I know but your saying you wouldnt have that in your room eh

Maybe if I could get it through the door.

 

[Bondi007]

lol it isnt that big lol

 

[agentx]

no i modded the back panel (cut it out more like lol) and mounted a steel mesh in its place to hold the rads for now. when i get more $$ i'll make a propper plate and remount them.