Northbridge Heatsink , in the way of radiator fan , can i saw off part of the plastic safely ?

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Hi , i recently bought a 360 radiator with 3 fans , but i can't seem to install one of them because the motherboard's northbridge heatsink is kinda massive and won't let me . i actually have the biggest case around , the Cooler Master cosmos II , but still it seems like it's too small to either install a 360 radiator in it or have all three fans installed properly .. if your answer is no , then is it safe to run a radiator like that with only 2 fans ? like in games where it gets really hot and starts working
 
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Saw off part of the plastic? Not sure what part of the plastic you want to saw off. I'd have see a pic of what you want to cut before I can give you an answer.

As for running 2 fans on the 360 rad, it depends what you are trying to cool, if its only the CPU, you should be alright with 2 fans, But if you are cooling 2 graphics cards, and the CPU, you might be alright, I'd personally try it first and watch temps under load.
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Saw off part of the plastic? Not sure what part of the plastic you want to saw off. I'd have see a pic of what you want to cut before I can give you an answer.

As for running 2 fans on the 360 rad, it depends what you are trying to cool, if its only the CPU, you should be alright with 2 fans, But if you are cooling 2 graphics cards, and the CPU, you might be alright, I'd personally try it first and watch temps under load.
 
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