Factory Sealed Liquid Cooler Disassemble and Reassemble

[MitchJRyan]

I would like to increase airflow in my case and to do this i think it would be a good idea to bring my CPU Cooler outside of my case to allow more room near the back of my case. My problem is that it was factory sealed and for me to get the pipes through the pipe holes at the back and re-attach them on the outside of my case (My cooler holds itself to a fan mount through the back fan and into the radiator, has a fan each side and blows out the case, front fan is screwed directly into radiator) i will have to disassemble my cooler. This is my cooler: http://asetek.com/customers/do-it-yourself/amd/amd-fx-8150.aspx and i will need to attach it onto the back of a CM Storm Scout 2 and i still need one fan inside the case to hold the radiator and back fan on the case. Thanks for the help and if you have any further questions please ask, Mitch

 

[Gunner1531]

I would like to increase airflow in my case and to do this i think it would be a good idea to bring my CPU Cooler outside of my case to allow more room near the back of my case. My problem is that it was factory sealed and for me to get the pipes through the pipe holes at the back and re-attach them on the outside of my case (My cooler holds itself to a fan mount through the back fan and into the radiator, has a fan each side and blows out the case, front fan is screwed directly into radiator) i will have to disassemble my cooler. This is my cooler: http://asetek.com/customers/do-it-yourself/amd/amd-fx-8150.aspx and i will need to attach it onto the back of a CM Storm Scout 2 and i still need one fan inside the case to hold the radiator and back fan on the case. Thanks for the help and if you have any further questions please ask, Mitch

i wouldent cause at best youll see maybe 2c or 3c max 5c drop in temps. if you really wanna lower temps just get pressure optimized fans put them in a push pull config

 

[MitchJRyan]

I would like to increase airflow in my case and to do this i think it would be a good idea to bring my CPU Cooler outside of my case to allow more room near the back of my case. My problem is that it was factory sealed and for me to get the pipes through the pipe holes at the back and re-attach them on the outside of my case (My cooler holds itself to a fan mount through the back fan and into the radiator, has a fan each side and blows out the case, front fan is screwed directly into radiator) i will have to disassemble my cooler. This is my cooler: http://asetek.com/customers/do-it-yourself/amd/amd-fx-8150.aspx and i will need to attach it onto the back of a CM Storm Scout 2 and i still need one fan inside the case to hold the radiator and back fan on the case. Thanks for the help and if you have any further questions please ask, Mitch

i wouldent cause at best youll see maybe 2c or 3c max 5c drop in temps. if you really wanna lower temps just get pressure optimized fans put them in a push pull config

Its not the CPU temp i really want to drop its the entire system temps. I will be adding another R9 290 and Cross firing it with my existing one. This will be making alot of heat and heat rises. My liquid cooler completely covers one of my top fans meaning only one fan gets rid of all of that hot air that is rising. That is why i would like to get it out. I came up with an idea last night. If i cut out the mesh stuff the fan is mounted on but keep the screw holes and cut out a little above that like where the holes are for the pipes i could fit it through the radiator and the fan to the outside and leave one fan on the inside to hold it onto the case. This would be better because:

1.) The mesh is gone so there is less resistance
2.) Wont have to disassemble it
3.) Will look completely normal because radiator on back and fan inside case will completely cover up the cut.

Any other pros or cons you can come up with if i proceed?
And thanks for the answer 😀

 

[Gam3r01]

Moving the cooler to one side or the other of the case wont change airflow nearly enough to warrant a case mod.
If you want to try, you can feel free to go for it, but those portions of mesh serve a purpose. When the radiator is on the exterior, it has a very high risk of becoming damaged, even to the point of leaking.

Disassembling the cooler is outside of the question, as they are factory sealed for a reason.

 

[MitchJRyan]

Moving the cooler to one side or the other of the case wont change airflow nearly enough to warrant a case mod.
If you want to try, you can feel free to go for it, but those portions of mesh serve a purpose. When the radiator is on the exterior, it has a very high risk of becoming damaged, even to the point of leaking.

Disassembling the cooler is outside of the question, as they are factory sealed for a reason.

No it wont change CPU airflow i understand that but my radiator and 2 fans attatched to it on the rear mount completely cover my rear top fan. If i moved the radiator and one of these fans to the outside of the case this fan would be free to change not CPU temp but MoBo/Overall case temp. Also how would this be damaged outside and cause leaking? It will have sufficient room outside of the case. Thanks for your response, Mitch

 

[Gam3r01]

Say some stray object hits the radiator, any force applied to its thin fins will be crumpled and possibly ruptured. It might never happen, but its much more likely in an external orientation.

The top fan likely wont make much of a difference in temps, seeing as the AIO is exhaust. How many/where are your other fans.

If all else fails, get some smaller fans, or remove one of the two.

 

[MitchJRyan]

I currently only have 2 case fans: 1 Top 1 Front but in 1 months time i will be getting a second R9 290 a 4k Screen and 6 more case fans. So i want my case to have optimum air flow so all mounts will be filled on my CM Storm Scout 2 therefore:
2x 120mm on top
2x 120mm on front
2x 120mm on side
1x 120mm on back (2 if radiator stays inside)
1x 120 mm on bottom

 

[Gunner1531]

I currently only have 2 case fans: 1 Top 1 Front but in 1 months time i will be getting a second R9 290 a 4k Screen and 6 more case fans. So i want my case to have optimum air flow so all mounts will be filled on my CM Storm Scout 2 therefore:
2x 120mm on top
2x 120mm on front
2x 120mm on side
1x 120mm on back (2 if radiator stays inside)
1x 120 mm on bottom

this is one of thoes things youll have to test take your computers side panel off and remove the rad from the case.. then hold it out side the case or set it up on something while you cover the side of the computer with cardboard to simulate the cooler being outside the case and the case still being closed directing airflow how it should. then take and compair thoes theps to as it was in the case

 

[MitchJRyan]

I currently only have 2 case fans: 1 Top 1 Front but in 1 months time i will be getting a second R9 290 a 4k Screen and 6 more case fans. So i want my case to have optimum air flow so all mounts will be filled on my CM Storm Scout 2 therefore:
2x 120mm on top
2x 120mm on front
2x 120mm on side
1x 120mm on back (2 if radiator stays inside)
1x 120 mm on bottom

this is one of thoes things youll have to test take your computers side panel off and remove the rad from the case.. then hold it out side the case or set it up on something while you cover the side of the computer with cardboard to simulate the cooler being outside the case and the case still being closed directing airflow how it should. then take and compair thoes theps to as it was in the case

Yea will do some experimenting. Thanks for the ideas