I don't think those temps are too bad. my 8800gts (320)'s idle at 60 C and 72 C. The 2nd one is hotter because it is underneath the other one and it is a b2 revision where my other one is b3. I've overclocked and seen my temps go up as high as 93 C and still had no artifacts so i don't know...
BTX has more clearance between the floor of the case and the bottom of the motherboard so you can fit a radiator on the bottom. That was the reason i did it and Aigo suggested it :)
My 830 also has pre drilled holes for tubing on the back. So surely they did have some sort of water cooling in mind.
Picture of bottom cut-out
Tubing holes
Underneath clearance
I am about to do the exact same thing to my stacker 830 SE(special edition). The water cooling parts should be here in a few days and i'll be mounting a 2x120 rad on the bottom. I have already got 2x 120mm fans in the bottom and they lined straight up. You would have to modify/lengthen the...
Thanks for the advice Aigo and Woodbutcher, i went with a Swiftech MCR 220 and it was $20 cheaper : ) . Also grabbed an extra meter of tubing. Thats all i pretty much wanted so i didn't think it was worth another thread. Next time i will but. Thanks once again.
Thanks to Aigomorla for his liquid cooling guide, it really has been useful so far. Now soon i'm going to be putting it into practice. In the next day or so i will be ordering the parts for my own LC system on my CM Stacker 830 Special edition. The case does have pre-drilled holes for tubing but...
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