Enclosure 280 rad / AIO-supporting cases?

hrh_ginsterbusch

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So I've been looking around for a bit, but the number of cases that support 280 mm radiators (even with simple hacks), are like .. an absolutely rarety.

Cases I've found so far:

a) with direct support:
- NR200P - 18 - 20L (disputed)
- Sliger S610 - 13.3L
- Sliger S620 - 16.3L
- Sliger SV540 - 15.25L
- Sliger SV590 - 17.9L
- Cerberus - 19.64L
- Meshlicious - 14.9L
- Meshroom S - 14.92L - officially only with ITX mainboard
- Meshroom D - 14.97L
- Fractal Design Ridge - 12.59L - only with single slot or waterblock'd GPU
- Jonsbo VR3 - 19L
- Lian Li Q58 - 14.53L
- Hyte Revolt 3 - 18.4L

b) with simple(r) modifications:
- Jonsbo V10 - 18L - officially supports "only" 240 mm radiators, but I've read / seen people mentioning they had modified it to support 280, too
- SAMA IM01 - 20ish L
- Sharkoon Shark Zone / QB One - 14L - only with very short 280 rads
- Tacens Orumx - 14.7ish L - requires mounting options (but might be a candidate for c, because of the poor air flow)
- Raijintek Ophion Evo - 18.92L - its officially 375 long, and official supported GPU length is 330 mm
- Kolink Rocket Heavy (Vented) - 16L
- S450 - 12.4 (?) L (at least 12L) - based on the S400, the frame is raised to easily accomodate a 240 AIO - rerouting the PSU extension cord should allow installing a 280 AIO, but requires different mounting options

c) possible, but requires more extensive modifications:
- A4 H2O - 11L - seen at least twice on reddit, where persons did a custom loop with a 280 mm side-mounted radiator
- S400 - 10.8L - side-mounted with a GPU < 45 mm, top mounted with either a top hat or raised top frame; size increase at least to 11.9L

The SAMA IM01 and the Sliger Cerberus are the only cases which officially support mATX with at least an 240 mm AIO (or just about ANY AIO; the Meshroom D doesnt count, because its next to impossible to use mATX + AIO without the extender bracket).

I've been looking into this to guesstimate whether its more worthy (esp. on the time I put into it) to modify the S400, or just skip over to something else (eg. Sliger 610 or Sharkoon QB One).

cu, w0lf.