295x2 correct installation?

[Gdourado]

Hello, how are you?

I am wondering about the correct installation of the 295x2.

From what AMD says, the radiator must be placed higher than the card and with the pipes facing down.

Now, my case is a HAF XB.

It has a rear 120mm fan mount but it is a case modeled like a test bench where the motherboard sits horizontal.

In this case, to install a 295x2, the radiator would be at the same height as the card and the radiator would have to be installed with the pipes facing the side.

Is this a big issue?

From what I read, the main problem is that it can cause air to enter the cooling circuit.

Any thoughts on this?

Cheers!

[Jambls]

It should be fine.

[79wjd]

Don't worry about it, it will be fine. 

[Gdourado]

I love the HAF XB.

For me it is the perfect case for 3 reasons that are very hard to find in computer cases:

- It can take large CPU air coolers without stressing the motherboard with weight.

- It avoids heat to be trapped below the graphics card with open air GPU coolers. Great with SLI with open air cooled cards.

- It avoids the graphics cards to Sag and the build to lose geometric perfection.

But since it is mainly an air cooler case, I don't know if it would handle the 295x2.

If air gets in te loop, cooling performance could be severely affected.

Cheers!

[Gdourado]

If I put the 295x3 on my HAF ZB, the rad would have to be at the rear exhaust 120mm fan support. And there it wood be in the path of the hot air from my 4670k @ 4.8 ghz. I fear I might face throttling.

Cheers!