Clearance Issue

cooperred · May 24, 2014

Hey guys, I have a slight problem and any help would be greatly appreciated. So originally, I was going to place the pump/res on top of the PSU, and under the GPU. However, I got a second card, and now it just barely won't fit. Any ideas on where I can put them?

Also, is an Alphacool ST30 360mm and a XT45 240mm with Corsair fans (yeah I know) enough to cool a 4670k and 2 280x's?

Pump/res - http://imgur.com/HLCOGuQ

Whole build - http://imgur.com/E06XjT2

W-L · May 24, 2014

You could rear mount the reservoir on the back beside the GPU's and split the pump putting it on the 120mm fan with a bracket and run line to the pump downhill of course.

cooperred · May 24, 2014

You could rear mount the reservoir on the back beside the GPU's and split the pump putting it on the 120mm fan with a bracket and run line to the pump downhill of course.

I was going to do that at the very beginning, but I realized I have no way of mounting the res. The clips that it came with aren't long enough to mount it to the case without interfering with the top fan.

Having the pump on the bottom rad would also make for a bunch of crazy tubing runs, but I'll take it if I can figure out how to mount the res.

W-L · May 24, 2014

I was going to do that at the very beginning, but I realized I have no way of mounting the res. The clips that it came with aren't long enough to mount it to the case without interfering with the top fan.

Having the pump on the bottom rad would also make for a bunch of crazy tubing runs, but I'll take it if I can figure out how to mount the res.

The runs may be a bit long unless your able to fit it the combo near the bottom and have the pump rest on the PSU as long as there is no height issues.

Just as a thought you could use longer bolts and some spacers to increase the height of the reservoir mounts.

cooperred · May 24, 2014

The runs may be a bit long unless your able to fit it the combo near the bottom and have the pump rest on the PSU as long as there is no height issues.

Just as a thought you could use longer bolts and some spacers to increase the height of the reservoir mounts.

The pump right now is just a tiny bit too tall to fit between the PSU and the bottom card. The case has tiny little pedestals for the PSU that add a bit of height, but I can't remove them