Home
Ask a Question
Secure Orders
Latest News
Reviews
Projects
Customer Gallery
Guides
FAQ
Live Testing

Radiical Ultra Extreme Water Cooling Kit and the Cooler Master Stacker Case Project 1

Radiical Ultra Extreme Water Cooling Kit and the Cooler Master Stacker Case Project

Build Log Date Commenced December 18, 2004

Project "Whisper"

What happens to operating temperatures when you combine the cooling power of the Radiical Ultra Extreme Water Cooling Kit with the vast interior of the Cooler Master Stacker case? Lets find out. This will be an ongoing project updated at each stage of its development. The idea of this project is to not only evaluate the products but also to encourage people interested in setting up their own water cooling system to watch the steps involved. Feel free to email us with your comments or ask those questions you have always wanted to ask.

The Cooler Master Case

Large external dimensions with a cavernous interior make this case is an obvious choice for water cooling. The more you examine the case structure the more the impression is given that someone finally got it right.

There is quite literally oodles of space to create your water cooling mayhem.

Hard drive cage in place

Radiator Placement

This is where radiator one will reside and with no dremeling to do it is simply a breeze to fit the radiator core. The cage for the floppy and hard drives will no longer be needed for the project so out they come for a more open look.

Hard drive cage removed

But first we have to remove some of the bay covers to check spacing's for the front radiator.

With the bay covers removed we have some impression of what will be needed to fit the radiator in place. Next we are looking at placement of the front radiator for sizing and so that we can secure it in place.

Inside view

Front view with bay covers removed.

Plenty of room here for two radiators even of this size. Putting two fans per side here would be possible but perhaps not required and a bit of over kill. The second radiator is even easier than the first.

Before

The grilled section is raised so our first task is to raise the radiator up above the grill with stand-offs. This has a two fold effect in that we can now get more air flow under and around the radiator core and using the Radiical Computing's supplied radiator template we can drill holes to secure the radiator to the case floor. An alternative would be to remove the grill section completely and simply bolt the radiator to the case floor direct.

Plastic standoffs fitted

From the picture it can be seen that a quite workable shroud could be formed by simply placing a suitably shaped foam or cardboard cut out beneath the radiator. The cut out would be supported by the use of the full complement of eight plastic stand offs.

After

Next the pipe work......