- May 3, 2016
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Hello All,
I have been offered a free Corsair H90 liquid CPU cooler. Which is perfect timing as I was just beginning to consider overclocking my humble i-5 3570k. It is doing great work with my 780ti, but I would like to push it's life into the 10 series of GPUs.
Here is my question, My case is only set up for 120 mm fans which means this install is going to be a custom job. I have two options.
1) The easier option is to buy a $6 140mm adapter and mount the radiator and fan (in pull config) of the h90 to the back of my case (inside) replacing the 120mm exhaust fan that currently sits there (below my psu). While easier I would worry that losing this exhaust fan would be bad, because of the work it does pulling the hot air out of my case.
2) I could cut a hole in the top of the case and mount the radiator and fan there in between the psu and 5.25 drive bays. I would still plan a pull config. I have some metal mesh to cover the fan, so no worries there. Only problem with this is that it is way more work, so I would want it to be worth the effort.
I would love opinions from all you masters out there, and If there is another option... like perhaps mounting the radiator in the back and still cutting a hole in the top and putting the old exhaust fan up there...
Thank you in advance!
UPDATE:
Upon closer examination it seems that the cables coming out of the PSU will impede any top mounted option. NEW plan is to attach the adapter to the existing 120mm af fan in the back and then mount the radiator and 140mm sp fan to that there by creating a push pull config, keeping my sweet LEDs and still pushing a substantial amount of hot air out of the case. As long as this bulky set up fits I should be good.
FINISHED:
The I/O ended up blocking any hope of the above plan. So in the end I had success with mounting the H90 beneath my optical drive in the empty 5.25 slots. Looks amazing and works perfect. I made some custom metal tabs and bolted them into frame of the case. I did a push pull config with a slim fan from thermaltake. I also swaped out the acrylic with some modders mesh to help air flow, Bolted a mesh filter to the front since the whole set up pulls air into the case. Here is a finished image. http://i.imgur.com/RaekD3S.jpg
I have been offered a free Corsair H90 liquid CPU cooler. Which is perfect timing as I was just beginning to consider overclocking my humble i-5 3570k. It is doing great work with my 780ti, but I would like to push it's life into the 10 series of GPUs.
Here is my question, My case is only set up for 120 mm fans which means this install is going to be a custom job. I have two options.
1) The easier option is to buy a $6 140mm adapter and mount the radiator and fan (in pull config) of the h90 to the back of my case (inside) replacing the 120mm exhaust fan that currently sits there (below my psu). While easier I would worry that losing this exhaust fan would be bad, because of the work it does pulling the hot air out of my case.
2) I could cut a hole in the top of the case and mount the radiator and fan there in between the psu and 5.25 drive bays. I would still plan a pull config. I have some metal mesh to cover the fan, so no worries there. Only problem with this is that it is way more work, so I would want it to be worth the effort.
I would love opinions from all you masters out there, and If there is another option... like perhaps mounting the radiator in the back and still cutting a hole in the top and putting the old exhaust fan up there...
Thank you in advance!
UPDATE:
Upon closer examination it seems that the cables coming out of the PSU will impede any top mounted option. NEW plan is to attach the adapter to the existing 120mm af fan in the back and then mount the radiator and 140mm sp fan to that there by creating a push pull config, keeping my sweet LEDs and still pushing a substantial amount of hot air out of the case. As long as this bulky set up fits I should be good.
FINISHED:
The I/O ended up blocking any hope of the above plan. So in the end I had success with mounting the H90 beneath my optical drive in the empty 5.25 slots. Looks amazing and works perfect. I made some custom metal tabs and bolted them into frame of the case. I did a push pull config with a slim fan from thermaltake. I also swaped out the acrylic with some modders mesh to help air flow, Bolted a mesh filter to the front since the whole set up pulls air into the case. Here is a finished image. http://i.imgur.com/RaekD3S.jpg
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