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Timlander
How do i mount this thing? It didnt come with anything like a stand or anything. I dont just sit it on my desk do I?
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xlastshotx
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How do i mount this thing? It didnt come with anything like a stand or anything. I dont just sit it on my desk do I?
Generally you have to mod your case to fit it in there or make your own rad box/external mount.
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Timlander
Well, theres no way for this thing to fit inside my case, its over 20 inches long.
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nafljhy
lol.. its not supposed to com ewith a stand.. you'd have to either mount it on the back of your case or make a stand for it.

you can ask ira for an example. he made a stand for his.
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Timlander
Yea idk what i should do. Or how to design the stand or whatever. And i may have to rethink the order of how everything will go now also.
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xlastshotx
I have a design for a GTX480 Box that would accommodate 8 fans..


If this wasn't attached to anything you could simply make the base wider and it would be very stable.
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I mounted mine on the back of my case using a Swiftech Radbox.......the little thing can surprisingly hold it up. I've seen people fabricate their own metal brackets too.
Here's an old pic, but rad is still mounted the same way.

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Nice, i just gotta figure out how im gonna do it. And if i should do it with wood(readily available and easy to work with) or the more expensive metal(AL). Also, how does that thing hold the rad in place? I see the stand just goes around the outside of the rad. is that all it does?
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the rad box uses screws from inside the comp through the radbox through the fans to the rad. so its directly hold it up. iirc
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Nice, i just gotta figure out how im gonna do it. And if i should do it with wood(readily available) or the more expensive metal(AL). Also, how does that thing hold the rad in place? I see the stand just goes around the outside of the rad. is that all it does?

I say just get the radbox. It doesn't budge. It attaches using 4 screws on each side, and it goes in the case fan holes on the back of the case.
I pick my case up and take it outside to clean it about every 2 weeks, and it's totally sturdy.
IMO creating a metal bracket would just be for looks.
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Nice, i just gotta figure out how im gonna do it. And if i should do it with wood(readily available and easy to work with) or the more expensive metal(AL). Also, how does that thing hold the rad in place? I see the stand just goes around the outside of the rad. is that all it does?

Dont forget acrlic


well there are several different ways of securing it inside the rad box, I chose the simple rail system..

(from my current project)


The whole rad box is one piece except for the top which can be taken off to allow easy removal of the radiator and fans. And it will keep the box sealed forcing the airflow to only enter and exit through the radiator.
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Timlander
How did you do all that in 1 piece. what did you make it out of?
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Aye, if you had a A1200 you could front mount it...but you'd have to find a place to put your disk drives and HDD's. =)

Or you can be crafty and top mount it. I have a modded Antec 900 with 3 140mm holes cut int he top (acrylic) and a push/pull going out the top. Of course I only have a GTX360 =/ not a 480. Your best bet is to just fabricate a standalone rad box/mount to display the radiator outside of your case. I like how Kenny did his.
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Aye, if you had a A1200 you could front mount it...but you'd have to find a place to put your disk drives and HDD's. =)

Or you can be crafty and top mount it. I have a modded Antec 900 with 3 140mm holes cut int he top (acrylic) and a push/pull going out the top. Of course I only have a GTX360 =/ not a 480. Your best bet is to just fabricate a standalone rad box/mount to display the radiator outside of your case. I like how ImmortalKenny did his.

Yea im thinking im gonna do that. I think ill use xlastshotx's pic there and make that out of some type of wood with a clear coat. Then use bolts to hold the fans to the wood shell. Should be simple enough. Iv got nada for metal tools so there would really be no way for me to make that box out of metal. But iv got quite a few wood tools so i think wood will be my best bet. Also may look nicer. =)
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How did you do all that in 1 piece. what did you make it out of?

If you are talking about my sketch then it wouldnt be made out of 1 piece..
It would be
Front, Back, Left Side, Right Side, Bottom, Top, and the 8 inner rails.

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Yea im thinking im gonna do that. I think ill use xlastshotx's pic there and make that out of some type of wood with a clear coat. Then use bolts to hold the fans to the wood shell. Should be simple enough. Iv got nada for metal tools so there would really be no way for me to make that box out of metal. But iv got quite a few wood tools so i think wood will be my best bet. Also may look nicer. =)

Yep that sounds like it would work, and it could come out really nice if the a good piece of wood was used, maybe put a dark or light finish on it to match the darkness or lightness of your case, and put a nice thick glossy finish over that


Also if you used wood, you could by a 120mm hole saw instead of doing the Octagon fan holes like on my designs.
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Yea that octagon would take longer on a bandsaw rather than a drill press with a bore. I may do round holes. Im probably goign to make it out of 1/4 " pine(cheap and abundant) and sand that up and put a couple clear coats on it. What do you think?
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Yea that octagon would take longer on a bandsaw rather than a drill press with a bore. I may do round holes. Im probably goign to make it out of 1/8 " pine(cheap and abundant) and sand that up and put a couple clear coats on it. What do you think?

Sounds good to me, yeah pine would look nice and it is definitely cheap. You could probably use would glue to hold the corners together (except for the top), or if you want it more secure maybe use a combo of glue and those tiny little nails. You should start a little build log when you get all the stuff together
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Aye. Wood would be a nice breath of fresh air in this little world of ours that is ruled by aluminum and acrylic!
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Timlander
Yea ill defiantly do a build log and faq for more people to be able to use hopefully. Yea i like the look of wood better than metal anyways. I was thinking of wood glue mainly, maybe some finish nails, and silicon for all the inside cracks.
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I have a design for a GTX480 Box that would accommodate 8 fans..


If this wasn't attached to anything you could simply make the base wider and it would be very stable.

Thats a nice rad-box, a lot of guys used to make those for a couple of Bonnie cores..I bet you can search and find some build logs on them, they were used a lot up to the past couple of years..What you have there looks really sharp, just make doubly sure that its sealed all around the rad so the air is all forced through it, a little clear silicone around the sides of it would take care of that, the silicone will scrape off easily with a thumb nail if you ever want to take it off..Cheap peel and stick weather stripping works good for things like that to..

Do a build log on it if you feel like it, I'm sure a lot of other guys would like one like that to..
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