Koolance Case Mods

Mortious · Post by **Mortious** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 8:29 am

Hey guys, I have been running my Koolance PC2 case for quite a while now and have been very happy with it.

My only issue is filling the beast. I have to unplug everything, turn it upside down and fill it (fill port is on the bottom). Makes it easy to empty, but a pain to fill.

Has anyone modded this case here? Modded as in added reservoirs, extra radiators, etc...

I would like to hear what you have done, and what you used.

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:21 am

I have the same case and I just ordered like not even 5 minutes ago a new rad, pump, res, and tubing from http://www.dangerdenstore.com so I will have to check back with you as far as fitting it all in the koolance case lol. Those things are a pain to work with but at the dangerdenstore they sell fillport kits, might wanna check it out.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:25 am

rather than mod the case i took my PC2 and put it in to a new case

I mounted the rad behind the drive bay and made it removable so i can just take off the side pannel and dump the sucker out, and fill it up.

Mortious · Post by **Mortious** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:17 am

infinitevalence wrote:rather than mod the case i took my PC2 and put it in to a new case

I mounted the rad behind the drive bay and made it removable so i can just take off the side pannel and dump the sucker out, and fill it up.

Ooooo how about more shots?

HONkUS, are you going to integrate the rad, pump and everything else into the current water system or have it as a secondary?

I was curious about adding a second pump, but wasn't sure if having a higher flow pump would mess up the stock pump (too much flow)...

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:00 pm

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:56 pm

im pretty sure that mixing pumps of different flowrates is a bad idea it puts stress on the internals of the slower pump. Im just replacing the wimpy PC2 cooling system with 1/2 ID tubing up from 1/4 ID. Koolance pumps and rads are crap so im replacing the pump with a Dangerden Mag II LE and the rad with a double heater core normally used in 1977 Pontiac Bonnevilles (or so they sayo n the dangerden site) Heater cores are good because their much much cheaper then name brand radiators. im also getting UV reactive tubing

Long story short I decided to just get a new case and keep my koolance for a backup system. Im going to put my new cooling system in a Super LAN Boy im tired of lugging that PC2 to and from lan parties lol.

When its all said and done my Koolance system was a waste of money, their 1/4 ID tubing is inadequate, their radiators are a joke and their pumps are worthless not to mention you can buy a kick ass DIY cooling setup from dangerden for a third of the cost of a new koolance system, im just lucky I got mine for 50 bucks slightly used lol

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:05 pm

Well after looking at my financial situation it looks like i will be sticking with my PC2 I cant afford the cooling setup AND a super lan boy lol so ill just put a fresh coat of paint on my pc2 and retrofit the thing

Mortious · Post by **Mortious** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:19 pm

Ya I was worried about that, I had thought about removing the stock pump but wasn't sure if it would cause an error in the system.

I think for now Ill just put in a reservoir for now.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 3:44 pm

adding a res to the PC2 will only hurt yoru performance more, dont even think of doing it.

If there is any mening full mod you can do its moving to 120mm fans on top. Mod the shroud to fit 2 or 3 if you can 120mm fans and just connect them to the fan bus on the relay.

Also if your not already get the CPU 300w block and use that, you can get the 1/4" tube over the threads by heating it up in hot water and just using a little force

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:06 pm

how would adding another resevoir hurt things? just wondering

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Mon Jul 03, 2006 4:21 pm

yes it would reduce your over all flow, and flow is what makes your system cool not the amount of water in it.

the two things you can do to improve cooling with what you have are make the water move faster or make the air move faster. The one that is easyest to do on the PC2 is the later, make the air move faster or in our case move more of it.

Mortious · Post by **Mortious** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 6:56 am

Im confused here. How would adding more liquid to the system reduce the overall flow? Forgive me for the question, it just doesn't make sence to me.

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:44 pm

its like a river, when you have a very narrow river the water flows faster, when you widen the river out it flows slower. Ading another res would only make a large area for the water to slow down putting more stress on your pumps to keep flow rates up. Koolance does a very good job with what they have and for an average user its not bad at all, the PC2 was in its time a very nice case and had decent water cooling. As heat and interest have gone up water cooling has gotten more intense. Now when compaired to a good 1/2" build the koolance falls very very short in performance.

Like i said the best modifications you can do to that case are improve the air flow and upgrade the WB to the CPU 300.

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Wed Jul 05, 2006 8:11 pm

My 48 oz rez doesn't hurt flow in my system what's so ever. There's no more restriction with a rez than a system with a "T" line. Water in at the top and out at the bottom, no restriction............