Carbide 500R + Corsair H110

1Scotty1 · November 20, 2014

Greetings all,

A few days back I decided to upgrade my rig - new mobo, second GPU and new PSU. "Assembly" was OK, but when it came to my watercooler, a small problem occured...

A little backstory - before the upgrade, my H110 was mounted with the rad inside the case and two 140mm fans with filters on top under the mesh as intake. But after studying a bit more on airflow and during the upgrade I decided to swap the rad and fans, so the rad is on top of the case under the mesh (just had to cut out a piece of metal so the hoses could fit) and the fans are on the inside and set as exhaust. And the problem is, that the mesh cant close properly with the rad on top. I can get it to "click" in position, but the sides of the mesh are bulged out 2-3mm above the edge. I didnt have this issue with the fans on top, and I want to ask if anyone else had this issue, or how to sort this out.

I bought white sleeved cables for my modular PSU (going for black & white theme), they will be arriving in a week, so then I will be taking apart the rig again and want to make it as smooth as possible so any advice on how to set up the H110 in the case would be appreciated. (kinda noobish, but hey...)

I wanted to buy a new case, but the 500R isnt that bad just have to sort this out

Thanks