Components & Installation con't

Fig. 6 ... Aquagate Radiator

The Radiator is aluminum and looks well designed. I would like to have seen a more polished appearance to it though. The Radiator has mounting screws on both sides for the fan so many configurations are possible.

Fig. 7 ... Radiator Installed

My first thought was to mount the radiator against the case with rubber mounts to reduce vibration and the fan on the inside of it. In the Lian-Li V2000B the radiator would not fit in the provided area where the exhaust fan had been. The screw holes did not line up and it was against the PCI slot area. I reversed my idea and mounted the supplied fan to the case and the radiator to the inside of it. This worked out perfectly and required no modifications at all.

By cutting out the area around the exhaust fan the airflow would be increased through the radiator & most likely result in slightly better temps but since the goal of this project is simplicity I elected to make no case modifications to show how even a PC novice can do this installation easily.

Fig. 8 ... Fan Speed Controller

Next I mounted the provided fan speed controller to the empty slot cover below the video card.

With no worrying about filling or bleeding the system I was ready to fire the system up and see what the temps would do compared to the stock Intel Heatsink/fan assembly. The installation took me less than 30 minutes including removing the motherboard and reinstalling it. The hoses were long enough to reach anywhere in the rear of the case I may have needed to so whatever case you have should not be any problem. The R80 should be used in cases with 80MM exhaust fans & the R120 for 120MM. stick to this if you don't want to modify your case.