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H500i "bar?" placement.

mikestrong88
By mikestrong88
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I have a H500i with the X63 AIO in there and the fans are mounted in a push fashion at the moment. 

 

My temps inside the case aren't great so I am getting a couple more fans to sit on the other side of the rad to pull cool air into the case too. I also wanted to add a little RGB goodness on show (don't shoot me)

 

The only issue I have though is clearance from the rad to the NZXT "bar" that is used for cable management. My question is, does anyone have a good way of moving that bar to make room for a couple more fans. Ideally I would like to keep this in place in some sort as I like how it hides everything, but I just don't have enough room for fans on that side. 

 

Pic for reference so you can understand the nonesense I am speaking!

 

TIA

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i don't think you can remove that bar. If I remember from building in a similar case it was welded on. Do you have any other space for fans?

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7 minutes ago, WambleCropped said:

i don't think you can remove that bar. If I remember from building in a similar case it was welded on. Do you have any other space for fans?

From memory there are 2 bolts that I can remove and the bar comes off. I could be wrong though.

 

Not really no, that side of the rad is the only place as everywhere else already has fans 

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You can remove it, but there's no way to shift it's placement for allowing more fans to be added. You either have less fans and a bar, or more fans and no bar :( 

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Just now, TVwazhere said:

You can remove it, but there's no way to shift it's placement for allowing more fans to be added. You either have less fans and a bar, or more fans and no bar :( 

Dammit 😂 I thought that may have been the answer

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So it turns out you can move the bar slightly. It comes with 3 different mounting options. Sadly it was already on the furthest one but I managed to jerryrig it a bit and it works.

 

Negatives, the bar is a bit loose and the hook at the bottom doesn't sit flush. 

 

Positives, now the fans fit and I get to keep the bar to hide the cables. 

 

Attachehed an image of the final product. 

 

 

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