Corsair Crystal 680X Radiator positioning

wildman

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I am just specing up a new build as follows

13900KF
240mm AIO cooler (brand TBD)
RTX 4090 with 360mm rad (this one https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...orce-24gb-gddr6x-pci-express-g-gx-1fg-gi.html)

I know the 680X can fit a 360mm rad up front so the GPU rad will go here. However looking at the dimesnions and clearances I don't think you can then get a 240mm in the roof or the bottom if you are running a push pul config on the 360mm GPU rad. So plan B was bin off push pull and just use push. So working out clearance that would be 25mm (fan depth) + 30mm (rad depth, this is a guess as I can't find the specs on the aorus radiator anywhere, but eyeballing it looks like 30mm)

So that would be a total depth of 55m, call it 60mm incase of wierd tolerances on the rad.

Looking at pictures of the internals on the 680X and searching for vidoes on youtube I haven't seen any builds featuring a 360 upfront plus a 240 either in the roof or the floor ?

I guess plan C could be to ghetto it and mount the fans for the 240 externally under the roof glass and then just have the rad inside which shoulkd theoretically leave the space required.

If anyone has done a build in a 680X with a 360 and a 240 wouldn't mind seeing some pictures
 
thanks, had a look on there and it would seem that it's not really possible without some real ghetto action. Think I will go for the Lian LI O11D https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lian-li-o11d-evo-mid-tower-case-white-ca-7a5-ll.html instead as thinking about it should really get a 360mm rad on that 13900K.

I liked the idea of the 680X plus the fact you get the corsiar fan cotroller and LED controller withiut, but I can just get a commander pro instead and stick that in the O11D. It feels like Corsair dropped the ball on this case when it comes to radiator support for high end systems, but I guess that is what the 700D is for, but i just don't like its aesthetics as much as the 680X
 
Yeah i have to agree.. I had my build at the time really neat. I only had the case about 9 months and bought the 12th gen cpu and 3xxx nvidia at the time... Quickly learned the case just isn't big enough. Big fan of the Dual chamber design.
At the moment i would pick the NV7 case. Done a 011d xl build for my boy a while back. It's been done to death in recent years but a good choice i feel.
 
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