Corsair Hydro H100i fit in thermaltake Chaser A31 Case

clelievre21 · Jul 4, 2014

I just finished my first build and basically the only problem I had during the build was fitting the Corsair Hydro H100i radiator and fans in the case.
I wanted to put the blu ray optical drive on the top opening in the case, but it extended too far out and would have touch against the radiator. That was an easy fix, I just put the optical one slot down.
The orientation of the fans is where I ran into trouble though. The installation calls for either Case, fan, then radiator...or case, radiator, then fans at the bottom. I first tried the second method, with the radiator attaching inside the case to the top, then the fans, but when I tried installed the second, forward most, fan I noticed that it was touching the RAM modules so I couldn't install it. What I ended up doing was leaving the aft fan below the radiator inside the case and installing the fore fan above the radiator between the case frame and the top of the case plastic that has the mesh to allow for breathing. Is having one fan pointing up and another fan pointing down something that I should be worried about? Corsair link shows idle around 31 degrees C. I finally put a load on the CPU tonight and at 100% load it was running around 60 degrees C. Is that normal or should I try something different?
Mobo: ASUS B85-E/CSM
CPU: Intel i5-4570
PS: Corsair CX 430
Cooling: Corsair Hydro H100i
SSD: Samsung Evo 250 GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16 GB
optical: ASUS BC-12B1ST blu ray drive
case: Thermtake Chaser A31 white
Video: MSI GeForce GT520

Hello man · Jul 6, 2014

clelievre21 :

I just finished my first build and basically the only problem I had during the build was fitting the Corsair Hydro H100i radiator and fans in the case.
I wanted to put the blu ray optical drive on the top opening in the case, but it extended too far out and would have touch against the radiator. That was an easy fix, I just put the optical one slot down.
The orientation of the fans is where I ran into trouble though. The installation calls for either Case, fan, then radiator...or case, radiator, then fans at the bottom. I first tried the second method, with the radiator attaching inside the case to the top, then the fans, but when I tried installed the second, forward most, fan I noticed that it was touching the RAM modules so I couldn't install it. What I ended up doing was leaving the aft fan below the radiator inside the case and installing the fore fan above the radiator between the case frame and the top of the case plastic that has the mesh to allow for breathing. Is having one fan pointing up and another fan pointing down something that I should be worried about? Corsair link shows idle around 31 degrees C. I finally put a load on the CPU tonight and at 100% load it was running around 60 degrees C. Is that normal or should I try something different?
Mobo: ASUS B85-E/CSM
CPU: Intel i5-4570
PS: Corsair CX 430
Cooling: Corsair Hydro H100i
SSD: Samsung Evo 250 GB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16 GB
optical: ASUS BC-12B1ST blu ray drive
case: Thermtake Chaser A31 white
Video: MSI GeForce GT520

That temp seems high for that CPU and cooler. The first way of mounting is the best, it is odd that it would not fit. will look into it.

clelievre21 · Jul 7, 2014

Hello man :

The cooling fins attached to the corsair vengeance ram modules interfere. I do have them located in the aft most set of slots instead of the foremost set of slots. I did so due to the labeling of a and b and I didn't know if I could stick them in the b set first. In any case the fins touch the foremost fan that attaches to the radiator when trying to install. What temperature should I have at idle and 100% load for that particular processor and cooling setup? Does that temperature seem high for all settings on the bios...whether it be power normal or energy conservation settings or just for normal settings for the cpu? Thanks for your response.

Hello man · Jul 14, 2014

clelievre21 :

Hello man :

The cooling fins attached to the corsair vengeance ram modules interfere. I do have them located in the aft most set of slots instead of the foremost set of slots. I did so due to the labeling of a and b and I didn't know if I could stick them in the b set first. In any case the fins touch the foremost fan that attaches to the radiator when trying to install. What temperature should I have at idle and 100% load for that particular processor and cooling setup? Does that temperature seem high for all settings on the bios...whether it be power normal or energy conservation settings or just for normal settings for the cpu? Thanks for your response.

No 2 processors are the same, but I would say I would expect to see a lower idle temp, maybe in the 20s. The peak temp is not too bad, Intel CPUs can run hotter than AMD CPUs.

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