What watercooler will fit within my Tesseract SW

[Keyan Mohebbati]

Hi, just want to ask what watercooler will fit in my Tesseract, price isnt really an issue although ~150 aud is max.. I'm not going to overclock and i just want a nice cool i5 4690k. Do not suggest any air coolers as i have made up my mind that water coolers are 100% cooler... Preferably a dual 120mm one.. thanks

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Cooler Master Seidon 240m. Decent and in budget, available in Australia,

Used in this build.

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/7KLD4D

However, I think that the Nepton 240 will fit, and it is a much better cooler

 

[Keyan Mohebbati]

Hi man, looked at the Pcpartpicker link, and this is an extract,
"Only downside it size... I had to do the ultimate sin and top mount the fans because the case was just way too small."

Could you explain to me what the ultimate sin means, and I literally don't understand the concept of mounting fans on top of the case. Thanks

 

[DonkeyOatie]

A radiator works best when cool air is drawn through it. This means that is works best when mounted in the front as an intake. Here is was mounted at the top as an exhaust. It will be less efficient because the warmer air from the case is being used to 'cool' the radiator.

The same situation will exist with ANY 240mm radiator in the case.

Unless you are just 'playing' with cooling, I would want a 240mm radiator.

 

[Keyan Mohebbati]

Hey, thanks for the fast response! So I'm pretty new to aio water coolers, so would I just mount the radiator normally and place the two fans underneath it? Sorry for the trouble.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Yes, sort of. Mount the fans on the radiator first and then mount the whole assembly on the roof of the case. You should have long mounting screws for that. If not, look at the instructions to see how it is supposed to work. There may be rubber anti-vibration washers that need to be installed.

 

[Keyan Mohebbati]

Yes, sort of. Mount the fans on the radiator first and then mount the whole assembly on the roof of the case. You should have long mounting screws for that. If not, look at the instructions to see how it is supposed to work. There may be rubber anti-vibration washers that need to be installed.

 

[Keyan Mohebbati]

Ok cool, but how could you connect the fan headers inside the case when the fans are outside? Thanks for putting up with my nooby questions 😛

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Mount on the INSIDE roof of the case.

This is a different case, but look how the radiator is mounted inside the top of the case with the fans at the bottom.

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/Hq2RsY

Look at the first picture for more detail.

 

[Keyan Mohebbati]

Mount on the INSIDE roof of the case.

This is a different case, but look how the radiator is mounted inside the top of the case with the fans at the bottom.

https://pcpartpicker.com/b/Hq2RsY

Look at the first picture for more detail.

Ok i gotcha, my next question is whether the corsair h100i will fit, i like its look 😉

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Here's a build with one http://au.pcpartpicker.com/b/H62RsY