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A long time ago I built my first PC. Over the years I upgraded all parts except the case.
Years later I bought a Monsta 400 radiator because it just seemed so ridiculous. 400x200x87mm full copper. So over the top. I held the rad next to my old Phanteks case and it looked like it could fit in there. So with 0 water cooling experience I decided to give it a go.
I upgraded to m.2 SSDs just so I could ditch the HDD cages and make space. Still it didn’t really fit so I took a dremel to it. The case came with 1 200mm fan in the front, so you can imagine the work it took to fit 2 of them. The front panel and IO had to go, but that never really bothered me.
I got the rad in and finished the loop with other Alphacool parts. Got 4 fans from the Coolermaster H500P as they were the only ARGB 200mm fans I could find back then. At first it had a front intake with a dust filter, but all the heat ended up in the case and temps got too high. So I changed it and now it pulls from the top and exhausts to the front. The front is ugly, but the way I have it positioned you can’t really see the front. In the last picture you can see the whole PC is behind my monitors anyway haha.
This week I made one more upgrade: the side panel. I bought a non tempered glass pane that was cut to fit almost exactly (with 1mm on each side which I plan to fill with rubber strips). The glass is held into place with 4 magnets at the corners. Very glad the old, small, scratched up plastic window is gone now.
Current components are nothing special and a bit dated, but I have no reason to upgrade yet: 2070TI | Ryzen 7 3800XT | 16gig DDR4
This system is not perfect and neither is my financial decision making, but I love the result.
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A long time ago I built my first PC. Over the years I upgraded all parts except the case.
Years later I bought a Monsta 400 radiator because it just seemed so ridiculous. 400x200x87mm full copper. So over the top. I held the rad next to my old Phanteks case and it looked like it could fit in there. So with 0 water cooling experience I decided to give it a go.
I upgraded to m.2 SSDs just so I could ditch the HDD cages and make space. Still it didn’t really fit so I took a dremel to it. The case came with 1 200mm fan in the front, so you can imagine the work it took to fit 2 of them. The front panel and IO had to go, but that never really bothered me.
I got the rad in and finished the loop with other Alphacool parts. Got 4 fans from the Coolermaster H500P as they were the only ARGB 200mm fans I could find back then. At first it had a front intake with a dust filter, but all the heat ended up in the case and temps got too high. So I changed it and now it pulls from the top and exhausts to the front. The front is ugly, but the way I have it positioned you can’t really see the front. In the last picture you can see the whole PC is behind my monitors anyway haha.
This week I made one more upgrade: the side panel. I bought a non tempered glass pane that was cut to fit almost exactly (with 1mm on each side which I plan to fill with rubber strips). The glass is held into place with 4 magnets at the corners. Very glad the old, small, scratched up plastic window is gone now.
Current components are nothing special and a bit dated, but I have no reason to upgrade yet: 2070TI | Ryzen 7 3800XT | 16gig DDR4
This system is not perfect and neither is my financial decision making, but I love the result.