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Mount it on the front instead of top.

 

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@Oseth

Hello fellow techies!!!

I recently built a new rig and I done goofed.

Before I go into details, here are the part lists:

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($279.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i RGB PLATINUM 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B450I GAMING PLUS AC Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($126.00 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($262.97 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Black NVMe 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($104.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: SanDisk - SSD PLUS 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB SEA HAWK X Video Card  ($1129.99 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair - Crystal 570X ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.98 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA NEX 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Pro French CDN - DVD 64-bit
Monitor: Asus - VG278Q 27.0" 1920x1080 144 Hz Monitor  ($288.65 @ Amazon)
Total: $2590.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-08 21:16 EDT-0400
 

The issue is that the Corsair - H100i has these nice 120mm ML PRO Series RGB fans that come with it, which is all groovy except the part where when I pop the radiator on the top of the case (Corsair - Crystal 570X), add the mother board (MSI - B450I GAMING PLUS) then pop in the RAM (Corsair - Vengeance) the second fan towards the front of the case on the radiator fits flawlessly while the first location on the radiator is too close to the RAM and thus I can't fit the 120mm ML PRO Series fan on it.
At the moment I am running this set up with just one fan on that radiator which seems to work OK, idle temps are around 33C while gaming is somewhere between 40 and 50, but I guesstimate that running only one fan on a cooling system designed to utilize two isnt a good idea.
So, fellow techies, which solutions do you propose I attempt at this silly dilemma that I have created and am now faced with? Whiles I would love to utilize the 120mm ML PRO Series fan on above mentioned radiator, I don't this will be possible unless I either find RAM with shorter height clearance or a different motherboard that has its RAM slots located further away from the edge of the board. Is there some sort of a (preferrably RGB and Corsair - H100i compatible) fan that I can fit on top of that radiator which will allow me to clear the RAM?
 

Here is a picture of the mobo with RAM in it and then inside the case, although it is hard to see where the top radiator spot is without a fan:
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Huge case, tiny board, I'll never understand that

 

3 minutes ago, Oseth said:

Is there some sort of a (preferrably RGB and Corsair - H100i compatible) fan that I can fit on top of that radiator which will allow me to clear the RAM?

ML120 Pro is already 25mm, so to go thinner there's only 15mm fans... None of them RGB that's for sure, and look significantly different to your current fan. Why not mount the radiator in the front?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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10 minutes ago, Oseth said:


Motherboard: MSI - B450I GAMING PLUS AC Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard  ($126.00 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair - Crystal 570X ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.98 @ Amazon)

i can never in my life, understand why people will do this.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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Like I said, I done goofed. I overlooked that the mobo was a mini. Thanks for the feedback.

 

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Mount it on the front instead of top.

 

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