Where should i put my harddrives

[iMachine7]

I've a problem. I'm building a PC for the first time. I bought the Phanteks enthoo evolve atx tempered glass edition and with it de nzxt kraken x62.

My problem is that i've also bought two WD Black 2TB harddrives and dont know where i should put them because the CPU cooler is so big i had to take away the HDD Holders.

 

HELP!

 

[themctipers]

Put back on the hdd holders and mount the radiator somewhere else?

[jj9987]

1) You can mount the radiator to the top of the case and put the hard drive cages back.
2) There are 2 hard drive slots in the basement, use them.

[VinsinityKT]

If you can't use the ones in the bottom under the shroud then switch the CPU cooler to the top as an exhaust and the two fans as intakes.

[Ya_Mi]

damn.. first built what component like dat.

I remember my first built is core 2 duo e8500 with Gt 9600.. :'( 

[iMachine7]

30 minutes ago, jj9987 said:

1) You can mount the radiator to the top of the case and put the hard drive cages back.
2) There are 2 hard drive slots in the basement, use them.

 

30 minutes ago, VinsinityKT said:

If you can't use the ones in the bottom under the shroud then switch the CPU cooler to the top as an exhaust and the two fans as intakes.

I can't mount the radiator on top because it interfiers witch the Dominator RAM (Sticks are too high). Is there any other option?

[iMachine7]

22 minutes ago, Ya_Mi said:

damn.. first built what component like dat.

I remember my first built is core 2 duo e8500 with Gt 9600.. :'( 

I saved up for a very long time. And my old Computer is 5 Years old now.

[VinsinityKT]

1 minute ago, iMachine7 said:

 

I can't mount the radiator on top because it interfiers witch the Dominator RAM (Sticks are too high). Is there any other option?

Can't really help you with that. Dominator rams are among the tallest, I used some myself. I mean I'll give you a couple options.

1. Don't use the hard drives or leave the hard drives on the outside. Do you really need 4TB of Storage? Or switch to more ssds. 

2. Dominator Rams are just flashy overclocking rams. Its probably the thing you could probably over spend the most on. Return the rams and get shorter ones so that the cooler might fit possibly. 

3. Get a different cooler. Water cooler or air. Would be annoying returning it and cleaning the cpu of thermal paste.

4. Get another case. Very annoying. 

[iMachine7]

11 minutes ago, VinsinityKT said:

Can't really help you with that. Dominator rams are among the tallest, I used some myself. I mean I'll give you a couple options.

1. Don't use the hard drives or leave the hard drives on the outside. Do you really need 4TB of Storage? Or switch to more ssds. 

2. Dominator Rams are just flashy overclocking rams. Its probably the thing you could probably over spend the most on. Return the rams and get shorter ones so that the cooler might fit possibly. 

3. Get a different cooler. Water cooler or air. Would be annoying returning it and cleaning the cpu of thermal paste.

4. Get another case. Very annoying. 

Well that's a bummer. Thank you very much for your help. My Plan was to to configure the drives in Raid 1 as backup for the 960 PRO. I'll probably not use the hard drives and buy a NAS or something.

[VinsinityKT]

1 hour ago, iMachine7 said:

Well that's a bummer. Thank you very much for your help. My Plan was to to configure the drives in Raid 1 as backup for the 960 PRO. I'll probably not use the hard drives and buy a NAS or something.

Most ideal is to always have a backup in a separate location anyway. You could try to ask around and see if anyone else uses the case and knows more to about it than me. 

[jj9987]

3 hours ago, iMachine7 said:

 

I can't mount the radiator on top because it interfiers witch the Dominator RAM (Sticks are too high). Is there any other option?

What's wrong with my 2nd offer?

4 hours ago, jj9987 said:

2) There are 2 hard drive slots in the basement, use them.

[iMachine7]

12 minutes ago, jj9987 said:

What's wrong with my 2nd offer?

The Radiator goes into the basement. I can't mount the drives there anymore because i had to remove the hard drive holder to mount the radiator.