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johnwilliamson1121
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Hi, I currently have a major issue and wondering what to do.  I have a white air 540 case, Swiftech H320, and a 290 Tri-X.  Annoyingly the rad won't fit in the front because of the 12 inch gpu.  I have a few options.  I can either sell the case and buy a enthoo primo? or sell the cooler and buy the Silverstone TD02 as that would look pretty smart with the white case and Dominator Platinum RAM.  Thoughts? 

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Hi, I currently have a major issue and wondering what to do.  I have a white air 540 case, Swiftech H320, and a 290 Tri-X.  Annoyingly the rad won't fit in the front because of the 12 inch gpu.  I have a few options.  I can either sell the case and buy a enthoo primo? or sell the cooler and buy the Silverstone TD02 as that would look pretty smart with the white case and Dominator Platinum RAM.  Thoughts? 

 

Really depends which case you like more

 

Personally I prefer the air 540 so I would swap out the cooler

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yeah, I like the Air 540's huge window.  The Swiftech is pretty rare to find these days, I can't see it for sale anywhere which is odd. I'm guessing it would be a lot easier to sell the cooler than the case.

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Mount the cooler on the other side of the front (the outside) and just omit the little grill thingy that comes on the front.

 

Might have to modify to allow a passthrough for the tubing and fittings though. I do know however, that there is room on the front for fans themselves to go between the mounting plate, and the little grill that goes on the front, but only if you remove the mesh from the grill, so you could mount the rad like normal, and have the fans on the other side which might give you just enough room.

 

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You can mount fans under the mesh. I have a set up with a 45mm thick rad in the front and 25mm thick fans under the mesh. I could've mounted the fans inside so there is around 70mm of room between my gpu and case. Your gpu is longer than mine but your rad is thinner. Can't you mount the rad inside the case and the fans under the mesh?

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