Fitting Clearance issue with fan

[MoonFrost]

Asus Formula X
Corsair 570x Case

Corsair HD120 RGB Fans

16mm EK HDC Fittings

EK-CoolStream SE240 (slim dual) Radiator 

EK assured me their radiator would have clearance, so im a little irritated.

 

Looking for ideas. I don't think it would be a good idea to force/put pressure on my hardline tubing by shoving it in there, forcing the fan up.

I was thinking about filing the fan down a little bit to make clearance for the tube, hoping that the fan blades wont hit the tube.

Ive spent too much on the fans and the commander pro to choose lower profile fans, and i would prefer not to put the fans on top of the radiator.

 

Any suggestions? What would you do?

[andrewmp6]

Is there a 90 or 45 you can use to get around that fan ?

[MoonFrost]

2 minutes ago, andrewmp6 said:

Is there a 90 or 45 you can use to get around that fan ?

I dont have any angled fittings, but the fan is flush against the top of that one

[andrewmp6]

I'm out of ideas unless you can front mount that rad.

[MoonFrost]

Just now, andrewmp6 said:

I'm out of ideas unless you can front mount that rad.

I have a triple in the front, was gonna put this dual on top for overclocking cpu, gpu and vrm.
Thanks for the idea though, Ill look into angled fittings, idk if that would make it clear until I get one.

[andrewmp6]

Take some more pictures at different angles so we can see it fully.

[MoonFrost]

Unno if these help. I ordered a 45 degree angled fitting, hope that'll help

[andrewmp6]

All i can think of now is thinner fans or rad,Or maybe grind down the edge of that fan just enough for clearance with out messing up the fan.Or see if any brand ek or bitspower makes a monoblock for your motherboard.I know it came with the vrm block but most monoblocks the ports are down by the cpu and youll have room.

[MoonFrost]

17 minutes ago, andrewmp6 said:

All i can think of now is thinner fans or rad,Or maybe grind down the edge of that fan just enough for clearance with out messing up the fan.Or see if any brand ek or bitspower makes a monoblock for your motherboard.I know it came with the vrm block but most monoblocks the ports are down by the cpu and youll have room.

I think I got the thinnest rad I could from ekwb. I've spent too much investing in these fans as well worth the commander pro. If the angled fitting wont work I'll have to grind down the fan a bit. Thanks again for the angled fitting suggestion, I have high confidence that will give me enough clearance. (should take a month to arrive from Amazon unfortunately) 

 

If that fitting is touching the fan, would the tiny vibrations coming from the fan increase the chances to develop a leak? 

 

I'll post here again if I remember for any future people with my same case/motherboard issue. 

[andrewmp6]

I did look you have the thinnest 240 rad made.Grinding and a angled fittings is probably your only option i can think of.On vibrations i have no idea but if you can clearance the fan just enough they don't touch would take that risk out of the problem.

[tikker]

The clearance between the top radiator and VRM heatsinks on the motherboard is really tight indeed. Mine just fits as well. It's a beautiful case, but for watercooling it can be a little bit of a pain  

As others said an angled fitting would probably be your best bet here.

[MoonFrost]

12 hours ago, tikker said:

The clearance between the top radiator and VRM heatsinks on the motherboard is really tight indeed. Mine just fits as well. It's a beautiful case, but for watercooling it can be a little bit of a pain  

As others said an angled fitting would probably be your best bet here.

What did you do to get yours to fit? Or are you using different fans? 

[tikker]

11 hours ago, MoonFrost said:

What did you do to get yours to fit? Or are you using different fans? 

I have a different motherboard with no built-in watercooling, but the VRM heatsink is right up against the side of the radiator so I can understand your problem.

It looks like a 45 degree or a 90 might be your solution though, but it might require some filing on the fan as well