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Is 1/4" enough clearance to let fans breathe?

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I'm waiting for parts to finish my build within the next few months but initially I planned on a top mounted 360mm rad with 6 corsair ml fans in push pull configuration. After the case (Corsair iCUE 5000x) arrived I'm not sure that's going to work anymore. There's only a quarter inch of clearance between the top of the top mounted fan and the bottom of the tempered glass top. I cant imagine that's enough room for adequate airflow but the 2 fans in series should boost the pressure, maybe it wont matter? Anyone have experience with low clearance and fan performance? 

 

I emailed corsair to try and order the airflow top panel because I know they're interchangeable so I'll be waiting for that response. 

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RIG:|Corsair Obsidion 650d|MSI Mpower Z87| i7-4770k (4Ghz)|Corsair H100 cooler|16Gb corsair dominator platinum 1866Mhz|  EVGA GTX 780 classified (runs at 1240Mhz)| 1200W pc power and cooling silencer mkIII PSU|recon sound blaster champion series| 1Tb WD black| 256Gb Samsung 840 pro| Monitors:| Samsung px2370| ASUS VG248QE| X-star 27" 2560x1440 korean monitor (runs at 100Hz)| other stuff:| Razer black widow ultimate| Razer mamba 2013 edition| Razer Vespula mousepad| Klipsch X10i| Ultrasone Pro750| Harmon/Kardon sound sticks 2| 

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Not ideal. I would just use it as top intake with pull fans for easy dust cleaning. That way youll force more fresh air from front intake to gpu.

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I'm going to run 10-13 fans with the 3 front and 3 side fans as intakes then one exhaust out the back and out the top through the rad. Both those intakes have dust filters so im not too worried about the dust. 

 

RIG:|Corsair Obsidion 650d|MSI Mpower Z87| i7-4770k (4Ghz)|Corsair H100 cooler|16Gb corsair dominator platinum 1866Mhz|  EVGA GTX 780 classified (runs at 1240Mhz)| 1200W pc power and cooling silencer mkIII PSU|recon sound blaster champion series| 1Tb WD black| 256Gb Samsung 840 pro| Monitors:| Samsung px2370| ASUS VG248QE| X-star 27" 2560x1440 korean monitor (runs at 100Hz)| other stuff:| Razer black widow ultimate| Razer mamba 2013 edition| Razer Vespula mousepad| Klipsch X10i| Ultrasone Pro750| Harmon/Kardon sound sticks 2| 

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fans are supposed to be on the other side of that bracket, IE inside of the case.

AMD blackout rig

 

cpu: ryzen 5 3600 @4.4ghz @1.35v

gpu: rx5700xt 2200mhz

ram: vengeance lpx c15 3200mhz

mobo: gigabyte b550 auros pro 

psu: cooler master mwe 650w

case: masterbox mbx520

fans:Noctua industrial 3000rpm x6

 

 

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2 hours ago, Letgomyleghoe said:

fans are supposed to be on the other side of that bracket, IE inside of the case.

yeah... the rad and push fans will be inside the case. There's room for the pull fans to be mounted outside the case if only there was good airflow. 

RIG:|Corsair Obsidion 650d|MSI Mpower Z87| i7-4770k (4Ghz)|Corsair H100 cooler|16Gb corsair dominator platinum 1866Mhz|  EVGA GTX 780 classified (runs at 1240Mhz)| 1200W pc power and cooling silencer mkIII PSU|recon sound blaster champion series| 1Tb WD black| 256Gb Samsung 840 pro| Monitors:| Samsung px2370| ASUS VG248QE| X-star 27" 2560x1440 korean monitor (runs at 100Hz)| other stuff:| Razer black widow ultimate| Razer mamba 2013 edition| Razer Vespula mousepad| Klipsch X10i| Ultrasone Pro750| Harmon/Kardon sound sticks 2| 

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4 minutes ago, EFD307 said:

yeah... the rad and push fans will be inside the case. There's room for the pull fans to be mounted outside the case if only there was good airflow. 

you should still mount the case fans on the inside, unless you're running an AIO with push pull.

AMD blackout rig

 

cpu: ryzen 5 3600 @4.4ghz @1.35v

gpu: rx5700xt 2200mhz

ram: vengeance lpx c15 3200mhz

mobo: gigabyte b550 auros pro 

psu: cooler master mwe 650w

case: masterbox mbx520

fans:Noctua industrial 3000rpm x6

 

 

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9 hours ago, Letgomyleghoe said:

you should still mount the case fans on the inside, unless you're running an AIO with push pull.

That's exactly what I'm doing lol There will be a corsair H150i up top

RIG:|Corsair Obsidion 650d|MSI Mpower Z87| i7-4770k (4Ghz)|Corsair H100 cooler|16Gb corsair dominator platinum 1866Mhz|  EVGA GTX 780 classified (runs at 1240Mhz)| 1200W pc power and cooling silencer mkIII PSU|recon sound blaster champion series| 1Tb WD black| 256Gb Samsung 840 pro| Monitors:| Samsung px2370| ASUS VG248QE| X-star 27" 2560x1440 korean monitor (runs at 100Hz)| other stuff:| Razer black widow ultimate| Razer mamba 2013 edition| Razer Vespula mousepad| Klipsch X10i| Ultrasone Pro750| Harmon/Kardon sound sticks 2| 

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1 hour ago, EFD307 said:

That's exactly what I'm doing lol There will be a corsair H150i up top

ah okay, makes sense, my bad.

AMD blackout rig

 

cpu: ryzen 5 3600 @4.4ghz @1.35v

gpu: rx5700xt 2200mhz

ram: vengeance lpx c15 3200mhz

mobo: gigabyte b550 auros pro 

psu: cooler master mwe 650w

case: masterbox mbx520

fans:Noctua industrial 3000rpm x6

 

 

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