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Alright. Started the tear down and re-build last night. Still waiting on my Swiftech MCR120 radiator for the bottom and my XSPC raystorm cpu block. Decided to add that extra 1x radiator and the raystorm because of going to a single loop. The raystorm has a much higher flow ceiling than the Swiftech apogee Xt that I had, although I'm not sure how much it will matter with a D5 pushing the water.
Here are a couple of images that should highlight why I am doing this in the first place. My first build was functional and cool/quiet but it was a disgusting mess of wires and a pain to do maintenance on and move around: I am embarrassed to show these.




I *almost* got my Swiftech MCR420 4x120 radiator to fit in the top (inside case, not nook up top). I would have had to relocate the stealth cluster and wires, but I still needed just a few mm and it would have worked.

After toiling on that for a while, I decided to just go the planned route so I wouldn't have to re-drill the case. The Swiftech MCR320 fit perfectly up top and also had plenty of clearance even with 6 fans in push pull. The Pull fans in the top nook area are completely covered by the vent cover and it's nice and tidy. Love it! I even have room for the cd-rom up top but will lose a little bit of airflow in the forward-most fan set. I may just drop it down one slot.





Here is the replacement head for the MCP655 pump that I am assembling. This is a nice piece and didn't cost a fortune. Allows lots of different configurations for flow control and increases head pressure on top of that:

Looking forward to getting more done soon!
Here are a couple of images that should highlight why I am doing this in the first place. My first build was functional and cool/quiet but it was a disgusting mess of wires and a pain to do maintenance on and move around: I am embarrassed to show these.

I *almost* got my Swiftech MCR420 4x120 radiator to fit in the top (inside case, not nook up top). I would have had to relocate the stealth cluster and wires, but I still needed just a few mm and it would have worked.
After toiling on that for a while, I decided to just go the planned route so I wouldn't have to re-drill the case. The Swiftech MCR320 fit perfectly up top and also had plenty of clearance even with 6 fans in push pull. The Pull fans in the top nook area are completely covered by the vent cover and it's nice and tidy. Love it! I even have room for the cd-rom up top but will lose a little bit of airflow in the forward-most fan set. I may just drop it down one slot.
Here is the replacement head for the MCP655 pump that I am assembling. This is a nice piece and didn't cost a fortune. Allows lots of different configurations for flow control and increases head pressure on top of that:
Looking forward to getting more done soon!