OK, we've got all of our stuff, now how are we gonna get it in? Get your tape measure. Measuring, although vital, is an often overlooked planning procedure. If your measurements are not correct, especially when watercooling, you can forget it. I will explain what I did wrong and how I was able to correct it. Let's take a look at my case and my plan. The AOpen HX08: The pic from AOpen Trying to make it all fit. As you can see, the case has already been partially modified. The front intakes on the bezel are cereal bowls. I got the idea from an article that I read at Virtual Hideout. My original plan was to place the radiator on top of the reservoir. This turned out to be a bad idea as the clearance was a couple of millimeters and the intake and output pipes were on a direct collision course with the RAM. This is the time where you must be witty. I also contemplated above the PSU which is another popular spot. This would not work for a couple of reasons. I could not make clearance from the blowhole and I didn't want to deal with the water lift problems that might occur. Not that my pump couldn't handle it. Only one more logical place. The external 5 1/4 bays. I would lose 3 of 5, and it would take a lot of case modification. However, it was such a perfect fit that I couldn't resist. So I began measuring. This led to another idea, and another problem. A radiator generally works the same way as a heatsink, except with piping for water. Hot water from your processor(s) enters the radiator, and makes several passes back and forth. Each time it makes a pass, some of the heat from the water is dissipated through the copper pipes and onto the aluminum fins. While this passive method is OK for the removal of some heat, the mechanism is only truly effective in an active model. What do you ask makes it active? A FAN, of course! A huge 120mm Fan from Sunon to be exact. As you can see from the pic, the flanges on the outside made bolting a 120mm barely out of reach. I used the next best thing: Wire Ties! On the next page you will see how I had to make this thing fit. 000000 000000 0

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