Posted December 31, 2019 So a few days ago I "finished" putting together my first new PC build in 10 years+(?) and the recommendations I saw across the board all suggested I should pair my Ryzen 3950x with an AIO cooler. Going with AIO cooler is something I have never done before until this build but to my dismay I couldn't figure out a sensible way to fit my Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 inside of my Fractal Design Define R6 case. There was an example video floating around that I saw showing a 3 fan AIO can fit inside the same case I chose but in practice results may vary I guess. In my situation the radiator + fans are making contact or just plain pushing down against the top side of my 32 GB of RAM (glowing in blue in the photo) and also a metal block on the motherboard (maybe the VRM or something). No matter how many times I tried to fit it on the top side of the case but still attempting to keep everything inside, there just is not enough clearance to do this. Maybe if there was at least one extra centimeter or 2 I could have fit the radiator and fans inside. In the interim the only thing I could think of was to remove the top from the case and mount the radiator and fans outside with fans pulling air out and away from the radiator but this leaves the top side of my computer exposed to dust and anything in general and is just plain janky looking. Would it be a better idea to mount the radiator and radiator fans vertically as opposed to horizontally the way I have it now? The front of the case appears to have room to do so but I'd have to unscrew and relocate the front case fans and maybe move them to the top of the case but I don't know if the move is worth it or there's a better way to go about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 31, 2019 I dont understand, there's photos everywhere of 240mm AIOs in Define R6? Its a common thing? Gaming Build: CPU: Ryzen 7 3800x | GPU: Asus ROG STRIX 2080 SUPER Advanced (2115Mhz Core | 9251Mhz Memory) | Motherboard: Asus X570 TUF GAMING-PLUS | RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4 3600MHz 16GB | PSU: Corsair RM850x | Storage: 1TB ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro, 250GB Samsung 840 Evo, 500GB Samsung 840 Evo | Cooler: Corsair H115i Pro XT | Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Peripherals: Monitor: LG 34GK950F | Sound: Sennheiser HD 598 | Mic: Blue Yeti | Keyboard: Corsair K95 RGB Platinum | Mouse: Logitech G502 Laptop: Asus ROG Zephryus G15 Ryzen 7 4800HS, GTX1660Ti, 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz, 512GB nVME, 144hz NAS: QNAP TS-451 6TB Ironwolf Pro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 31, 2019 Author 1 minute ago, Statik said: I dont understand, there's photos everywhere of 240mm AIOs in Define R6? Its a common thing? I don't understand either. I literally mocked this up so many times but couldn't align the mounting screws to the top of the case without my RAM getting crushed downward. I even unscrewed and setup the inside of the case to have an open layout and I couldn't fit the radiator and fans inside without clearing the RAM. I fought this for 2 days before I finally mounted it outside. I have an MSI X570 Unify motherboard if that may be a reason why I'm having so much difficulty with this. I'm pretty stumped with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 31, 2019 Author I might just have to take this route in the end: I can't find a video showing the radiator sitting horizontally inside a Fractal R6 case with RAM already installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 31, 2019 Just mount it inside at the front. If there is still room on the bottom of the case then add a fan or two. If no room on the bottom then the cooler intake air still can be used as the air intake. CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Motherboard: MSI X570 Gaming Edge Wifi Case: Deepcool Maxtrexx 70 GPU: RTX 3090 RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 3x16GB 3200 MHz PSU: Super Flower 850W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 31, 2019 Author So if I mount the radiator and radiator fans to the front of my case, the setup should now be to pull air into the case instead of expelling it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 31, 2019 16 minutes ago, graberweg said: So if I mount the radiator and radiator fans to the front of my case, the setup should now be to pull air into the case instead of expelling it out? Correct, as intake Im not sure the issue as I don't have the case, but you can always opt to use 12mm thick fans to still top mount - while not nearly as efficient as SP fans, they do work (Ive used them on 240mm rads) Workstation Laptop: Dell Precision 7540, Xeon E-2276M, 32gb DDR4, Quadro T2000 GPU, 4k display Wifes Rig: ASRock B550m Riptide, Ryzen 5 5600X, Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6700 XT, 16gb (2x8) 3600mhz V-Color Skywalker RAM, ARESGAME AGS 850w PSU, 1tb WD Black SN750, 500gb Crucial m.2, DIYPC MA01-G case My Rig: ASRock B450m Pro4, Ryzen 5 3600, ARESGAME River 5 CPU cooler, EVGA RTX 2060 KO, 16gb (2x8) 3600mhz TeamGroup T-Force RAM, ARESGAME AGV750w PSU, 1tb WD Black SN750 NVMe Win 10 boot drive, 3tb Hitachi 7200 RPM HDD, Fractal Design Focus G Mini custom painted. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 video card benchmark result - AMD Ryzen 5 3600,ASRock B450M Pro4 (3dmark.com) Daughter 1 Rig: ASrock B450 Pro4, Ryzen 7 1700 @ 4.2ghz all core 1.4vCore, AMD R9 Fury X w/ Swiftech KOMODO waterblock, Custom Loop 2x240mm + 1x120mm radiators in push/pull 16gb (2x8) Patriot Viper CL14 2666mhz RAM, Corsair HX850 PSU, 250gb Samsun 960 EVO NVMe Win 10 boot drive, 500gb Samsung 840 EVO SSD, 512GB TeamGroup MP30 M.2 SATA III SSD, SuperTalent 512gb SATA III SSD, CoolerMaster HAF XM Case. https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/37004594? Daughter 2 Rig: ASUS B350-PRIME ATX, Ryzen 7 1700, Sapphire Nitro+ R9 Fury Tri-X, 16gb (2x8) 3200mhz V-Color Skywalker, ANTEC Earthwatts 750w PSU, MasterLiquid Lite 120 AIO cooler in Push/Pull config as rear exhaust, 250gb Samsung 850 Evo SSD, Patriot Burst 240gb SSD, Cougar MX330-X Case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 31, 2019 Author I guess that will be plan as I feel I've exhausted any other viable options: relocate the front mounted case fans to the top of the case to exhaust warm air out. Front mount the radiator and fans to intake fresh air close off case with supplied nylon case filters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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