Water Cooled Case with a Broken Pump

Since my case is built-in water cooled, after the pump went I've been left with a big hunk of metal. The manufacturer is out of business, so I'm going to buy a new case. I've never done such an in-depth job before, so I am a bit nervous. Any tips?

I find a tumbler of brandy steadies the nerves. My doctor friend swears by a stout glass before surgery, and he's got a positive survival rate!

Seriously - are you buying a new water-cooled case? I would suggest otherwise, as air cooled is much easier to maintain - as you have found out. Or are you talking about taking your goods out of the old case and putting them into the new? I'm afraid I'm not much help with that either.

Of course draining the broken system completely before attempting part removal would be good - though I'm not sure how you'd do that. Do you still have the manual?

You could try replacing the pump, since similar ones may be made, or an old one found on ebay.

CR

I instantly realized the limitations of a built in water cooled case. I'd most likely try it again, but modular rather than built in. I've gotta say, the case lasted for 2 years and there was barely any dust in the case with only one or two graphics card air sprays. The system was silent and cold, but the inherent limitations were game ending... literally.

I went with the Coolermaster HAF 932 Full for the case:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811119160

I went with the Coolermaster Hyper-N 520 for CPU fan and heatsink:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103057

Grand total: $157 - $10 mail-in rebate.

I have to recommend my Silverstone Fortress 02 case, it is spectactularly quiet and solidly built:

http://www.silverstonetek.com/produc...=FT02&area=usa

However, if you must have a full watercooling rig then apparently the Corsair 700D/800D cases are supposed to be more appropriate.

I use a Corasir H50 all-in-one water CPU cooler with my FT02 and it works fine, but that is a different beast.