CaseLabs Mercury S3 max top rad w/o ext?

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beldecca

Discussion Starter · Aug 16, 2013

Looking at a change for my ITX case. Might finally spring for a Caselabs Mercury. Curious if I went with an S3 w/o the 36mm extender / riser on the top, what would the max rad depth I could mount on a drop-in top (120/140)? Thanks!

Edit: fixed typo in title.

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socketus

· #2 · Aug 16, 2013

Maybe Jim will show up soon, its friday afternoon

specs say that there is 74mm from inside top to top of the 2nd bay, so that's a < 50mm max depth on a rad with a standard 25mm set of fans.

And I'd advise you to visit some S3 build logs

subyman

longroadtrip

Thrasher1016

P3nnywise

snef

and don't forget the Case Labs Owners thread

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beldecca

Discussion Starter · #3 · Aug 16, 2013

Thanks! Those threads also give me some ideas.

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Jim-CL

· #4 · Aug 16, 2013

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Originally Posted by beldecca

Looking at a change for my ITX case. Might finally spring for a Caselabs Mercury. Curious if I went with an S3 w/o the 36mm extender / riser on the top, what would the max rad depth I could mount on a drop-in top (120/140)? Thanks!

Edit: fixed typo in title.

Pretty much anything:

So lets approach it in terms of bay interference:

To the top of the first bay: 32mm
To the top of the second bay: 75mm
To the top of the third bay: 118mm

HTH

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beldecca

Discussion Starter · #5 · Aug 16, 2013

Buy well, and you only cry once, right?

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Jim-CL

· #6 · Aug 16, 2013

That's what I keep telling my wife, but she knows better - haha!

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beldecca

Discussion Starter · #7 · Aug 18, 2013

OK, turns out I have one more question: how big is the top mount drop in blank for the S3? I hoped I didn't miss it looking over the page. I'm hoping that there is enough room for either a 200mm or 180mm fan / rad mount on the top. Thanks!

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Jim-CL

· #8 · Aug 20, 2013

Although it's not on the site, we have a drop-in 180mm fan mount for the S3. The only issue is that the ventilation holes don't really line up with it.

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beldecca

Discussion Starter · #9 · Aug 20, 2013

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Originally Posted by Case Labs

Although it's not on the site, we have a drop-in 180mm fan mount for the S3. The only issue is that the ventilation holes don't really line up with it.

Now you're really starting to tempt me into a new case. How would I order this top (maybe in addition to a 120/140 drop in)? Do you think a 180mm fan & rad behind the vent top would cause too much restriction?

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Kold

· #10 · Sep 3, 2013

So an RX 240 would barely fit in the top using push/pull without the 36mm extended top?

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beldecca

Discussion Starter · #11 · Sep 11, 2013

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Originally Posted by Kold

So an RX 240 would barely fit in the top using push/pull without the 36mm extended top?

Actually now that I look at mine, i think you could mount the RX240 under the drop in and be fine (as long as you don't have anything else conflict).

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