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Arc Mini R2 backplate problem(?)

SpyRosL
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Didn't know where else to post it. If it's in wrong section, i'm sorry in advance.

 

Right peeps,so, I noticed that the 2 of the 4 holes of my motherboard for cpu coolers are completely covered by the motherboard tray(the backplate cutout is not big enough in other words).

Am i gonna have a problem with backplates or is that normal?! Arc Mini R2 owners REVEAL THYSELVES.

Here are couple pictures: http://imgur.com/a/BX9GU

 

Inb4 gross brown pcb and terrible cable management.

The pcb is black in the front and i have a non-modular psu .-.

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That is a quite common issue in most cases. You will have to remove the motherboard in order to install a CPU cooler backplate.

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That is a quite common issue in most cases. You will have to remove the motherboard in order to install a CPU cooler backplate.

Hmm,i've never heard of it actually.

The height clearence though is roughly 3mm maybe less. I'm a little bit worried about that too.

 i5 3570k @4.all over the place || CM Hyper TX3 Evo || ASRock Z77 professional-m || 8GB G.SKILL Ripjaws Z 2400mhz CL10 || MSI GTX770 2GB OC'd 1280/3825mhz || ADATA SP900 128GB || Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 || Logitech G502 || Audio Technica ATH-M50

 

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