H100 inside Antec 300. (Pics)

Hello all. Thanks for looking.

This is my first little mod. New upgrades include H100, GA-990FX-UD3, 2xScythe Slipstreams 120mm & other minor brackets, cable tidies etc.

Since this only took around half a day this is less a work log more a snapshot of the build up to the completed mod.

The 240mm rad that comes with the cooler fits snugly underneath the 5.25" mounting bays (once you've demolished and stripped out the 3.5" mounting panels). I also decided to cut out some cheeky little cable management holes whilst I was there since the A300 is a little bit scarce when it comes to cable management.

Anyway, on with some pics...

Firstly I emptied the case and popped all the rivets on the 3.5" panels with a knife and a pair of pliers and the panels easily slip out.


Then I cut some holes using a multi-tool.



I mounted both my HDD & SDD in the 5.25" using bracket converters.



Ohhh boyyyy....


Bench test...


Up and running...


I do have more pictures showing more details but just didnt have time to upload them all!

It's back in it's cupboard now and running cool as a cucumber.

Idling around 17C on my x2 555. And i've even managed to unlock the cpu back to a x4 B55. I haven't had time to run benches or test for stability on the unlocked cores though yet. Will get round to that this weekend.

I do have one problem though (driving me crazy a little bit actually)...
I have 4 fans in total running in push pull with the H100. None of the pin head sockets can reach to the H100 pump so i've had to link the two inside fans to the sys_fan1 & pwn_fan and then the two outside (schythes) are connected to the molex.

All the fans are at full pelt and I cant turn them down. I know the molex ones can't be controlled but the 2x Corsair ones are attached to the mobo and are 3-pins. Software I've tried: SpeedFan, HWMonitor, Easytune. I've tried updating my bios, disabling cool'n'quiet. My system fan settings are enabled in bios too.

It's very cool but very loud lol!

Again, thanks for looking and opinions much appreciated!
Edited by pale - 10/5/11 at 10:15am

Cheers. At first it was difficult but I was doing it the wrong way as I was just trying to yank them off. I used a knife and wedged it right by the rivet and used the flat side of the pliers to hammer it right off, the other side of the rivet literally just falls out then.

Decided i'm going to get a fan controller for this as the noise is so loud at full whack.

I will have to sacrifice my optical drive but that is fine as there are external ones available.

Looking at either Lamptron or Scythe for a 5.25" one. Although this budget

looks decent too.

edit: Quick question, does your fan controller connect to your pwn_fan socket and then all your 3 pin fans connected to your fan controller?
Edited by pale - 10/5/11 at 11:51am

Would love to but I just don't have the space, living in a one bed studio apartment with my girlfriend.. she was going mental that I'd set up residence in the living room with my computer parts spewed all over the place!


ah, I shoulda known, thanks.

Btw, I went for the Scythe Kaze Master 5.25" in black. Will post some pics when it arrives.