Scaccima's Water Cooled HAF 932

[bungwirez]

lol Mario. LilBungz is 4 too. he caught me watching SouthPark tonite and stole my headset...

[scaccima]

lol Mario. LilBungz is 4 too. he caught me watching SouthPark tonite and stole my headset...

Now you have to build LilBungz a rig of his own!! I'm sure your wife won't mind - six core processor, 3 no 4 GTX690's watercooled, 64GB ram... sorry, I started day dreaming there for a second...

[scaccima]

I got an order today from Daz and I finally got a case decal! It looks right at home!!



Sorry for the grainy picture! Maybe time for a new webcam, or better yet, get off my lazy a&$ and get a real camera!

[bungwirez]

Now you have to build LilBungz a rig of his own!! I'm sure your wife won't mind - six core processor, 3 no 4 GTX690's watercooled, 64GB ram... sorry, I started day dreaming there for a second...

actually, LilBungz is inhereting the 775 Q6600 with a 8800GTX SLI. does the trick!

[scaccima]

Time to feed my addiction and continue work on this rig.

I'm planning to remove the DVD-Rom drive (which is hardly used). Also planning to vinyl wrap my blu-ray player (thanks again gdesmo!) and re-arrange the remaining components. Ultimately I want to free up a 5.25 drive bay (top one) so I can move the top mounted rad around so the fittings are facing the front of the case. I will be ordering another EX360 rad and either a EK or XSPC CPU block to replace my Corsair H70. The second 360 will be mounted off the back of the case using the Koolance rad mount but I still have to decide how I'm going to run my tubing to it. The existing water cooling holes are to small for my 1/2 ID tubing (weird that the same holes on my 912 case will accommodate 1/2ID tubing easily and the 932 won't). I will be painting the inside of the case too and finally I will replace my 5 cold cathodes with LED light strips.

[bungwirez]

[Father Fuzzy]

yes the addiction gets worse as time goes on

so External mount rad,I have yet to see any case that has the holes in the right spots for a clean hookup
make you own so it will be clean

looking forward to seeing lotsa pics

[Hooded]

Home depot or crappy have ¾" id rubber grommets about a buck a piece.

I just grabbed some the other day.

[scaccima]

The HAF 932 case as an option to mount the PSU at the top. There is a removable panel which has the water cooling holes in it. I might drill out the holes larger or just cut out the metal between them - not sure yet. Hopefully I remember to modify that panel BEFORE I paint the interior!

[scaccima]

Turns out once I removed the rubber grouments from the PSU block out panel the holes are too large for the Bitspower case pass through fittings. I'll have to pay a visit to Lowes or Home Depot for some sheetmetal and drill out a pair of custom holes.

Does anyone know if 26 gauge sheetmetal is to thick or to thin?

[Father Fuzzy]

Im not up on metal gauges but i know on my 932 that psu cover is kinda thin just like my atcs 840

course it is pretty small

[Hooded]

Too thick or too thin for what?
26 gauge steel is .018" thick, which is less than 1/32" but larger than than 1/64" so about 3/128" thick.

How large are the holes that are pre drilled in the case?
A 3/4" inside dia grommet for 3/4 tube would require a hole 1" in diameter to fit snuggly and no larger than 1-1/8" in dia would fit case loosely but still work. They will come in various thickness's

[gdesmo]

Turns out once I removed the rubber grommets from the PSU block out panel the holes are too large for the Bitspower case pass through fittings. I'll have to pay a visit to Lowes or Home Depot for some sheet metal and drill out a pair of custom holes.

Does anyone know if 26 gauge sheet metal is to thick or to thin?

Way too thin ! You want to use at least 16-18 ga for a patch panel, make sure you use a step drill for your holes because it is easier and leaves a nice hole. Princess Auto has a good set of three that goes on sale for as low as 10 bucks. Are you planning on riveting in a patch panel so can drill new holes ?

[scaccima]

Way too thin ! You want to use at least 16-18 ga for a patch panel, make sure you use a step drill for your holes because it is easier and leaves a nice hole. Princess Auto has a good set of three that goes on sale for as low as 10 bucks. Are you planning on riveting in a patch panel so can drill new holes ?

I'm planning to re-create the original Cooler Master PSU block out panel. It's held in place with 4 screws. I was thinking about getting a step drill - will have to check out Princess Auto, which I wasn't thinking about, thanks gdesmo!

[scaccima]

Too thick or too thin for what?
26 gauge steel is .018" thick, which is less than 1/32" but larger than than 1/64" so about 3/128" thick.

How large are the holes that are pre drilled in the case?
A 3/4" inside dia grommet for 3/4 tube would require a hole 1" in diameter to fit snuggly and no larger than 1-1/8" in dia would fit case loosely but still work. They will come in various thickness's

With the grommet in place the hole is only about 3/4" in diameter. With the grommet out, my 3/4" OD tubing fits through the hole, but I don't want any chaffing, also the look doesn't look "finished". By replacing that panel and drilling custom sized holes (to fit the Bitspower pass-through fittings) I'm thinking 2 things; 1: it won't damage my tubing; 2: it will look nicer. The whole idea for this is because I'm going to mount a 360 rad off the back using the Koolance Rad Mount.