Alphacool 280mm Monsta

[Overlag]

Hey all just recieved all my watercooling gear:

EK supremacy for i7 3770k
EK thermosphere for 7970
Alphacool 280mm Monsta
2x NF-A14 2000rpm Noctua fans


Just been looking at the radiator, doing a test fit with the fans but they don't fit, nor do my other 140mm fans (corsair AF140 and an Antec 140 fan). The screw holes are too close together by a few mm so i have to go in at an angle. Had a search around the web and couldn't find anyone else with the same issue which is a bit strange? I can get two screws in diagonally to hold the fans on but thats far from ideal. Seems a little strange im the only person with the problem?

 

[vsg28]

What's the distance between the middle of the two adjacent fan screws holes? Less than 15mm?

 

[Overlag]

between 15 and 17. It seems like those two holes are closer together across the radiator though, its those i struggle with (on both sides) The end tanks i can screw in fine, then i can screw in one of the middle ones but then the other one is 1-2mm out, which doesn't sound a lot but makes it a bit difficult.

After a bit of messing I've bent those middle tabs out a bit, which helped me fit the fans.