Pictures aren't showing. I'd be interested in seeing them.

I have the images over on the facebook group.

Not sure why you cant see them.

Here is a link to the groups page where I posted images already.

240mm AIO R11 

Interesting you cut the entire top of the cage away from the frame rails?

Did you drill the mount holes right through the rails then? I would have thought they would be space too wide.

I agree, but once you start modifying and potentially permanently modifying the original case, you can forget about any warranty claims afterwards.

At least if you keep the original case intact, you could always put everything back the way it was and pretend it never happened.

I think by the time you are done modifying this and make it look nice, it's easier to just move everything over to a different case. Several options are out there that provide better air flow and more options for radiator installs.

@Anonymous Thank you for grasping why I started this project.

My daily driver R9 is AIO cooled and under warranty so I left that alone.

The miner locally advertised 6 chassis. 2xR9 3xR10 1xR11( like the 10 core intel stuff so went R11)

Last night I transferred the lunar panels to the daily driver as my good lady preferred the it. (aka Happy wife syndrome)

The R11 MK-I is now Darkside stealthy.

Temperature while playing CPU heavy all core game such as Star citizen was 50C on the CPU with OC1.

Room temperature here is around 24c and the idle is no more than 30c when ever its just sat there doing updates.

Attached is the top cover perforation I'm working on with my trust Dremel. 

No laser cutters or water jets where I'm located unfortunatelyNot going any further until tested.

@Anonymous  The twin thermal take fans are on Exhaust. 

They are basically a direct copy of the Noctua AF12 fans.

Super quiet and shift buckets of air.

I have another 2 on intake duty, 1 in the normal place and another where the HDD caddy used to be located.

I have removed the excess metal to allow much cleaner air passage in both areas and mounted using the Noctua style rubber pull thru things. (Sorry no idea of there name)

My normal projects are 2 stroke GP replica's so I'm funny about air passage and volume.

Any way the GPU is the New ishhh 3070 twin fan card from MSI.

In the R9 with a slight under-volt and a manual fan curve it would max out at 65 to 70C with all the setting maxed out pushing 1080p to the Alienware 240hz screen.

In the R11 with much improved air flow its the same temperature's but over clocked with the fans left on Auto.

Oh I have drilled a few breathers into the plastics floor plate and channeled these out of the rear of the plastic case.

 I did think of adding more fans but right now its not really needed, but the extra places to allow heat out could be a bonus passively.

Alienware was founded by making things work or trying new things to old problems, im keeping the spirit alive.

This project is fascinating. Can you post a picture of your CPU cooler so I can see how you handled the piping?

Also, you mention drilling out the plastic bottom section to boost air flow. Is this down at the SSD drive section and then through the floor below and then removing some material from the rear of the plastic foot to allow air to escape? Was that then supported by an extra fan out?

@Hewligan When I get home later I will take a few more pictures.

Essentially by having the pipes at the front of the case you get a natural gentle bend.

From there they run under the fans near the top edge of the motherboard before a dropping down to come in to the pump on the right side.

I will take pictures lol

I know I took a dremel to the case and I'm aware this triggers the warranty crowd

@240mmR11 @Thank you so much!!!!!

Here you are fella. this is the insides.

Great work! Encouraged. Implemented the same thing, with minimal drilling and cutting on my R5:

Spoiler

  drilling: cutting: positioning: standart motherboard standoffs important details: prepare to install: installing: finishing: finished: Radeon Instinct MI8 it's the other story..

  drilling: cutting: positioning: standart motherboard standoffs important details: prepare to install: installing: finishing: finished: Radeon Instinct MI8 it's the other story..