Case modders & Structural Engineers - Need your advice please

bremen1874 · 3 Jun 2019 at 00:03

Why wouldn't you space the entire radiator down a couple of mm rather than butchering the case?

Space Monkey · 3 Jun 2019 at 00:04

bremen1874 said:
Why wouldn't you space the entire radiator down a couple of mm rather than butchering the case?

It's at it's full depth, I can't push it any further sadly

Donnie Fisher · 3 Jun 2019 at 00:07

A totally round one is good for cutting in to the right depth of cut you want.. A half round one is then good for widening out and smoothing out the original cut in.

I wouldnt use the nail file size sets, they can break under moderate force. A medium size set would be better.

It's hardly butchering it. Its a small tweak to make neat install. A small dab of paint and you would not know it was there.

Space Monkey · 3 Jun 2019 at 00:08

Donnie Fisher said:
A totally round one is good for cutting in to the right depth of cut you want.. A half round one is then good for widening out and smoothing out the original cut in.

I wouldnt use the nail file size sets, they can break under moderate force. A medium size set would be better.

Thanks, I'll have a scout round for some

bremen1874 · 3 Jun 2019 at 00:09

Space Monkey said:
It's at it's full depth, I can't push it any further sadly

Space it between the radiator and the bracket. A few suitable washers, or some sort of gasket/spacer, and maybe some slightly longer screws and you'd be done.

You could also decide to put the fans between the radiator and the bracket and space it down that way.

Space Monkey · 3 Jun 2019 at 00:17

bremen1874 said:
Space it between the radiator and the bracket. A few suitable washers, or some sort of gasket/spacer, and maybe some slightly longer screws and you'd be done.

You could also decide to put the fans between the radiator and the bracket and space it down that way.

I never considered having the fans up top, mainly because I wasn't sure if I'd lose some cooling ability and also I wanted the white fan LEDs to light up the case internals?

I've got some strong glued foam tape that could act as a gasket plus it's double sided adhesive so it'll provide extra grip?

Have to be careful though with any extra drop depth as the GPU stands vertical and gets very close to the rads above it, especially with these deep rads?

Donnie Fisher · 18 Jun 2019 at 10:37

Out of curiosity, what did you end up doing in the end ?

Kurgen · 19 Jun 2019 at 14:38

bought an Air Cooler

Space Monkey · 19 Jun 2019 at 14:43

Donnie Fisher said:
Out of curiosity, what did you end up doing in the end ?

I've decided to run the fans at the top and the rad underneath so hopefully it won't clash, and according to an EK blog I recently read stated that with high static pressure fans you get slightly better temps that way, so we'll see?

Kurgen said:
bought an Air Cooler

Lol, you don't know how close I came to doing that!