Computer building, I am

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Whatever that metal is, I assume it's an aluminum alloy, is super f*cking hard. I couldn't believe how hard that metal was. You should see my dremel bits.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

This is why I raised the radiator slightly:

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

 

[Firewalker]

I am referring to the length of the screws more than anything. I poked through a Corair 115i AIO because I forgot a rubber washer.

Talk about a DOH! Moment,lol

But it is easy to do on those, thankfully I have never done that in any build I have done. Last 30-40 builds have all been liquid cooling either from a enclosed system from Corsair or doing a complete custom build for a friend with pipe routing and all that garbage. I personally prefer the enclosed systems they do just fine and last a very long time. I have one set on my dads that has been in 3 towers so far one with a Intel CPU and the last 2 an AMD CPU. It runs probably 16-18 hours a day 365. Can't ask for much more then that from a Corsair H55 Enclosed system!

 

[Firewalker]

Also if you want replacement screws or anything I took the ones I had to Fastenal and matched them right up for next to nothing. Bought new washers, screws and a couple other things for a total of 5 bucks & I had around 20 of them leftover as I needed longer ones then the ones that it came with on my last install.

 

[LsGuy]

For your filter question, I'd run something like this

That will help keep the majority of the dust off of it, and if you want to go even further also *** these outside of the screens

You have the correct setup as far as intake out take to insure positive displacement inside the case right?

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Talk about a DOH! Moment,lol

But it is easy to do on those, thankfully I have never done that in any build I have done. Last 30-40 builds have all been liquid cooling either from a enclosed system from Corsair or doing a complete custom build for a friend with pipe routing and all that garbage. I personally prefer the enclosed systems they do just fine and last a very long time. I have one set on my dads that has been in 3 towers so far one with a Intel CPU and the last 2 an AMD CPU. It runs probably 16-18 hours a day 365. Can't ask for much more then that from a Corsair H55 Enclosed system!

Thanks. I have a bunch of screws from an older computer I stole the CD/DVD drive out of

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

For your filter question, I'd run something like this

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That will help keep the majority of the dust off of it, and if you want to go even further also *** these outside of the screens

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You have the correct setup as far as intake out take to insure positive displacement inside the case right?

Yes. I have 4 140's in and 4 140's out, and the 140's in have about 40% or some more cubic feet of air movement than the 140's out.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

It's actually probably mroe than that. It's like 250 vs like 450 or 500.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

But two of the in ones are on the radiator so that'll slow down the air some.

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

The 2 on the bottom intake do like 112 per fan cubic feet per whatever while the top ones are all the same and do like 67 or something.

 

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