Mounting Fury X Radiator in Silverstone RV02-E Case..

[darkserith]

Hi guys, 

 

Please see my case below. I already have the AMD Fury X in hand (Newegg will-call in-person pickup) but I haven't been able to play around with it because I am having a mounting dilemma.

 

On the official Fury X manual (http://support.amd.com/Documents/amd-radeon-r9-fury-x.pdf), it says on page 6, it says that :

 

"The radiator assembly must be mounted above the graphics card and in a location that has minimal impedance to air flow."

 

Now , I know what "above the graphics card" means in a conventional case. However, in my case, the motherboard is rotated at a 90 degree angle, so the graphics card would be mounted vertically instead of horizontally (see the PCI-E slots in the pic).

 

I have two options:

 

1) I can mount the radiator in the  top 120mm exhaust vent (it's the top vent, a.k.a. where the silver fan grill is). However, note that, if you imagine the graphics card already in place, this would mean the radiator is to "the right side" of the GPU, instead of "on top". Would this be ok?

 

2) I have a bracket that was included with my case, that allows me to mount a radiator on top of the middle or right-most 180mm Air Penetrator fans on the bottom of the case (see pic). Would this be preferable?

 

Overall, I wonder why AMD says to make sure that the radiator is on top of the GPU. Please let me know that, considering this requirement by AMD, which config, 1) or 2) you would do when mounting the radiator for the Fury X.

 

Thanks!

 

[n0mahd]

The reason they want the rad above is because the water will naturally fall to the pump. I've mounted an AIO with the pump on the bottom of the case and sometimes air would cause the pump to rattle.

I'm pretty sure you could mount the rad where the 120 is.. as long as it's higher. That's what I would do. I had an h100 mounted at the bottom but it looked stupid.

[Megahurt]

Most likely the reason is that air bubble will settle at the top of the loop, so as long as the radiator is higher than the gpu block/pump, it should be alright, so 1) the 120 mm spot.