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Yeah there is definitely a lot more issues than just that. What I would do if you cant buy a new case (dislike cases with top mounted PSU's) is:

1) Remove that 3.5" drive rack.

2) Mount the rad vertical in the front of your case (I assume a. its a 240mm rad and b. those are 2 120mm fans at the front).

3) Slap a couple of large capacity drives in your 5.25 bays.

4) If you dont have one add an exhaust fan

5) sort out that cable management. Looks like you have cable management grommets/holes in your mobo tray so put every you can behind the mobo tray and just run the cables you have to through the grommets to the mobo. Use twist ties or cable ties depending what you have around the house to secure the cables in neat bunches (again behind the mobo tray where possible).

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1. It is non removable, The case is more than 5 years old and one of the biggest at the time.

2. There is no room for 280 or even 240mm rad even if i cut the 3.5" hdd

4. I don't need an exhaust fan as I leave the case open 24.7

5. The cables wont even fit behind the mobo tray so I don't bother making it neat. I also change hardware(upgrade) very often.

This is very poor planning. You should have gotten a 120 mm cooler.

I didn't plan on getting the Corsair H110, it was an impulse buy when its on sale for $65 on Newegg

How do you close the case?

I never close my case

Should've gotten a Kraken x41 I believe that woulda fit.

I don't think any rad that is less that 240mm is worth it, I was previously running an NH-D14 on my system and it works fine but I sold it when I migrated to Laptops for a while but now I am back on my desktop again.

Take a dremel to the bottom of the 5 inch drive cages and remove the bottoms ones and you should be able to attach it there.

I don't really want to modify the case as I will most likely end up ruining it.

The drive cages is also welded on the front frame holding the front in take fans so that really is not an option.

It is a really old case and one of the best at the time in terms of craftmanship(the front panel of the case has like an inch thick aluminum) and fit and finish.

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I am actually gonna get a new case very soon to properly house my new hardware.

Yeah, we're all just a bunch of idiots experiencing nothing more than the placebo effect.
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I don't really want to modify the case as I will most likely end up ruining it.

 

The drive cages is also welded on the front frame holding the front in take fans so that really is not an option.

 

It is a really old case and one of the best at the time in terms of craftmanship(the front panel of the case has like an inch thick aluminum) and fit and finish. 

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I am actually gonna get a new case very soon to properly house my new hardware.

oooh I like that case.

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dropped my temps from 98c to 55c vs intel stock cooler.

 

GOOD COOLER CAN CONFIRM.

They can't say you didn't have the will power to make it happen......we will just leave the knowledge out of this one

 

anyhoo..... all you need to do is take the drive cage off with a dremel then take off drive bay for what looks like a floppy drive of some sort and this way you will have enough space for the radiator. You will also want to put a fan for exhaust in the back.

 

That is idiotic. Check your damn parts before you buy them!

Just fix your cables and return the cooler for an air cooler.

Sounds like a father talking to a son with less than desired intelligence....."listen son, this is IDIOTIC just cut it out blah blah blah." heh. 

A water-cooled mid-tier gaming PC.

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They can't say you didn't have the will power to make it happen......we will just leave the knowledge out of this one

 

anyhoo..... all you need to do is take the drive cage off with a dremel then take off drive bay for what looks like a floppy drive of some sort and this way you will have enough space for the radiator. You will also want to put a fan for exhaust in the back.

 

Sounds like a father talking to a son with less than desired intelligence....."listen son, this is IDIOTIC just cut it out blah blah blah." heh. 

Well it is idiotic to do that...

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Well it is idiotic to do that...

He could be working with limited funds man and wants the cooling performance...leave him alone if he is ok with it.....he'll come around one..hopefully :P

A water-cooled mid-tier gaming PC.

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He could be working with limited funds man and wants the cooling performance...leave him alone if he is ok with it.....he'll come around one..hopefully :P

He could have gotten a H80i but you're right was a bit harsh.

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Theres nothing a dremel can't fix. #PCMasterRace

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an update guys!

 

I added another one to replace the crappy cooler on my R9 290

 

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dropped the GPU core temp from 85c to 56c

 

WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

Yeah, we're all just a bunch of idiots experiencing nothing more than the placebo effect.
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