Graveworm

Hey guys, I'll get my EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid today. I'm wondering how to use the Radiator fans. I am using a Corsair H100i for my CPU with 2 Noctuas pushing air through the rad outside the case (exhaust) getting a nice 50°C after three hours of Battlefield 1 so I am pretty happy bout that. I have no other fans in the case. How shall i use the fan on the rad which will be mounted on the front. Shall i use it as an intake or exhaust? Hopefully someone can help here

can you post this video link here maybe? still thinkin about trying it in the 250D and i also have HyperX Beast in this rig.

no no, the original idea was to build a custom loop. I am happy with the performance of my H100i especially cause i run the i5 on stock. But i wanted to have the possibility to save a bit on this system since it is for my sister and h220X is such a nice piece of combining all theses things and still a lot of money :-( Funny sidenote: I went to Gamescom this year and the biggest retailer in Europe for cases and wc didnt even know what i was talking about lel, although exactly the guy I talked to is moderating all the WC videos and guides on their side. (I asked for the release of the H220X in GER/AUT/CH)

then i can actually forget to watercool this case anyway, cause i cant find a 240mm rad to fit in there... there was a cool build in the forum but the User used an old swiftech rad which i can't get any more...too bad.

Here a quick statement from Swiftech, well i guess I will give it a try and then post here. Hi xxx, Unfortunately I don't have a 250D here in our lab to confirm this 100%. Forum members though have said that it will fit. I hope this answers your question. Regards, BramSLI1 bryan@swiftech.com

well you know i really think it will fit but I don't like people posting NO and then they are not explaining why or what the problem really is.

Ah ok Toto, can you explain where it fails or how you come to that suggestion

Well the reservoir area is above the mainboard so there shouldnt be a problem. The H100i is also 29mm + 25mm fans. I use the fans on the inside in push out of the case but in the 250D manual it is also suggested you mount the fans outside so correct me if I am thinking wrong but i guess it should fit.

Hi guys, what do you think? Did anybody try yet? My guess is since the rad itself is smaller then the H100i and the pump+res sit on the radiator (facing towards the 5,25" bay, which you would have to take out anyway) it should fit exactly above the ram, if you don't use RAM with High Headspreaders. Unfortunately the swifttech guys themself can't answer 100% sure and in some other Forums the say yes, but I wanna be sure.

Why? The Obsidian 250D fits a 30mm rad + 25mm fans normally. I do use a H100i on it now so i really guess it will work.

Do you guys think it will fit in a Corsair Obsidian 250D? I am wondering cause the Rad is smaller than my H100i and with the pump mounted including the rad there seems to be enough room from the bottom side until the pump begins so it will fit perfectly without the 5,25 Bay.

WARNING: YES, you can but PLS dont buy this controller, invest a little more and buy the one I have, its bigger brother LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-4i or 8i I had the one you were mentioning and there is no write back/through/cache option and ur raid is gonna be awful slow, especially when u use more then one array. You can find my hardware a bit further back in this topic or click on my Gallery.

thx for clearin' this up for me, I already read that is almost makes no difference.

really nice, altough ur benchmark link doesnt work. Can you give us some information about temperatures etc. Guys one question: on the screens you can see that he went from one rad to another without hardware in between. So this makes me suggest that it doesnt matter if there is one rad -> one hardware part -> another rad -> hardwarepart... I always thought you should go for that route. So in terms of water temperature it doesnt matter if you have two rads and then hardware?