looking help picking a thin radiator

garymcq23 · 15 Jun 2014 at 22:41

hi im in about to water cool my pc just need help pick my last component which is a rad i need it to be as thin as possible because im looking it to fit in the top of a corsair r500

what ive read on the internet is that the r500 can fit a 29mm thick rad up top but i cant find a rad that thin

the thinnest i can find is the Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 240 which is 29.6mm

so do any of yous know a rad that would fit in the top of my r500?

Avenged7Fold · 15 Jun 2014 at 22:45

Have you checked WHY 29mm is the thickest you can go?

If it is due to obstruction by motherboard RAM slots or heatsink, then check to see if you can get away with it by measuring your own case and motherboard obstructions rather than taking someone elses word for it. My 650D could only take a 47mm rad + 25mm of fans when i had my ROG Crosshair V Formula Z in it. When it got swapped out for the Gigabyte Z87 OC board, i had way more clearance as the heatsink was not in the way and the RAM slots are about 15mm lower.

mrcpickering · 16 Jun 2014 at 00:29

You could consider the Alphacool NexXxoS ST30 Full Copper. Comes in single, dual, tri, and quad. 30mm thick. Not sure if the 1mm extra will make that much of a difference to your setup though.

tbyeah · 16 Jun 2014 at 00:34

The GT Stealth 240 should be fine; 0.6mm I doubt will have any impact.