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Limp Gawd
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First post, dropped out of the mod scene for a bit, and all my old forums seem to be dead. Hard Forums seems to be the hopping spot. So here I am....
So here I am building a ground up monster gaming rig for my 13 year old son. I am mocking up the water cooling system now, checking to see how it all lays out in the case. And I ran into a slight design issue, that I need some help with.
I am using my last Chyang Fun A320 Case, and I am installing a 350 rad into the bottom. But since my son lives 1000 miles away, I wanted the cooling system to be easy to maintain, and I was leaning more towards proper operation then looks. So I have the rad sitting at the bottom of the case on the outside, will put some custom CNC'd legs, and then the 80cfm 120mm fans will bolt up through the case bottom. But for function, I wanted the fans pulling into the case from the bottom. This allows for two important things, 1) pulls in the coolest air possible across the rad, and 2) makes cleaning the rad for dust and dirt a lot easier then opening the case, and moving fans.
Where my problem lies, is cosmetically it looks like crap because the fans crappy looking back end is exposed upwards. So I was wondering anyone run into this problem, and has any ideas or solutions, before I mount them ugly side up? See photos below for better picture of the issue.... looking for some feedback.
So here I am building a ground up monster gaming rig for my 13 year old son. I am mocking up the water cooling system now, checking to see how it all lays out in the case. And I ran into a slight design issue, that I need some help with.
I am using my last Chyang Fun A320 Case, and I am installing a 350 rad into the bottom. But since my son lives 1000 miles away, I wanted the cooling system to be easy to maintain, and I was leaning more towards proper operation then looks. So I have the rad sitting at the bottom of the case on the outside, will put some custom CNC'd legs, and then the 80cfm 120mm fans will bolt up through the case bottom. But for function, I wanted the fans pulling into the case from the bottom. This allows for two important things, 1) pulls in the coolest air possible across the rad, and 2) makes cleaning the rad for dust and dirt a lot easier then opening the case, and moving fans.
Where my problem lies, is cosmetically it looks like crap because the fans crappy looking back end is exposed upwards. So I was wondering anyone run into this problem, and has any ideas or solutions, before I mount them ugly side up? See photos below for better picture of the issue.... looking for some feedback.