Corsair hg10 fan install question

shankly1985 · 8 May 2015 at 14:27

Hello on the corsair installation video, they have the fan connector coming out the top part of the bracket.

But for me the holes don't match up and my fan cable must come out bottom.

This normal.

See image

vsg28 · 8 May 2015 at 15:13

Yeah it's fine. Just make sure that is still going to reach the fan header on the GPU and won't interfere with the PCB.

shankly1985 · 8 May 2015 at 15:29

vsg28 said:
Yeah it's fine. Just make sure that is still going to reach the fan header on the GPU and won't interfere with the PCB.

Won't know till tomorrow, but eye balling it, it looks OK hopefully.

vsg28 · 8 May 2015 at 16:06

Yeah I checked for 2 possible routings on my card including the one you got: http://thermalbench.com/2015/03/26/corsair-hydro-hg10-a1-edition/3/

It should be fine but who knows- some AIBs are notorious for changing PCB components without warning.

shankly1985 · 8 May 2015 at 16:18

Nice thanks.. I wounder if my msi 290 gaming edition backplate will be fine to still use.

vsg28 · 8 May 2015 at 17:14

Unless it uses screws bigger than the ones that Corsair uses, it should be possible. If they happen to be the same type somehow then all you need to do is get slightly longer ones. If they are smaller than the Corsair ones, then a bit of tapping will take care of it.

shankly1985 · 8 May 2015 at 17:18

vsg28 said:
Unless it uses screws bigger than the ones that Corsair uses, it should be possible. If they happen to be the same type somehow then all you need to do is get slightly longer ones. If they are smaller than the Corsair ones, then a bit of tapping will take care of it.

Yeah I'll test the screws that come from the Msi cooler on the bracket see if they tighten.. Hope I can it will look very tidy.

vsg28 · 8 May 2015 at 17:44

Worst case, there's a local lad from the UK who has backplates ready to go for the HG10. He's mostly doing business on OCN (GPU Cool or something like that, got his own little sub forum there) but I don't see why you can't talk to him there or elsewhere.