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It is POSSIBLE! I have done it! No drilling/cutting/modding required.
My build is not yet complete, but I will document my progress here for the benefit of others wishing to do the same. Although I believe these forums restrict mentioning other brands, I can still give you specs of what I used. The key to achieving this is two things: 1.Slimline Fans - I obtained some 120x120x12MM fans, which provide plenty good airflow (Not as good as a Push/pull, but it cools my stock clock i7 920). 2.Motherboard choice - The Fans will still be low enough to bump into motherboard heatsinks that are jutting up from the top edge. Careful selection is key. Measurements (margin of error about 0.8MM): -From top case mesh to bottom of the fan: 38.5 MM -From motherboard to radiator/fan assembly (Essentially the height allowance of a motherboard heatsink) 23.1MM Consider anything north of the top row of ATX mounting holes (as observed by the one farthest from the I/O shield) to have only 23 MM of clearance (measured from the motherboard). Pics to follow, if anybody is interested. |
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I bought an slimline fan once for a specific application and it was unacceptably noisy - hopefully you went with a different brand or your application doesn't cause the same issue... |
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Sorry for the crude picture, but it's the first one I've taken. This whole thing is still very rough, and not put together. The motherboard is an EVGA X58 132-BL-E758.
I'll take more tomorrow. |
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As I said, this is not nearly put together yet, I'm still using some screws I had lying around, I'll have to go pick up some new ones. Here are the shots of the system so far.
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First off, nicely done Jonxor! I bought a 300R with the intention of upgrading my old H50 to a H100 later this year, but I didn't realise it wouldn't fit!
Can you provide some temps of your computer running at idle and load using these 2 slim profile fans? I've currently got my CPU overclocked to 4.4GHz and my temps are hitting around 75c, but I have a push/pull config on my back-mounted H50, with the fans being controlled by the motherboard using the CPU and CHA1 headers. Again, nicely done, gives me some hope that I will still manage to get my H100 upgrade lol. |
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I'd be happy to provide all the temps and specs I can, as the build progresses. I've decided to change out the motherboard for one with USB 3.0. It's one of those builds where I'm going to try to make it absolutely perfect, and taking my time. With the case open, idling in Bios with my i7 920, It hit about 40 - 43 C. Work is pulling me into some crazy hours for the past few weeks, and it won't let up for a while (I'm going to be up until about midnight tonight doing a server backup/upgrade/reboot). I don't know when I will be able to post it, but keep an eye on this thread, I'll definitely put the info here when I get it.
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Thanks Jonxor, look forward to you completing the build and posting specs and more photos!
I know what you mean about taking your time, at work I throw the PCs together in about 15mins but take hours on my own machines lol! Hope the server upgrade went ok! Got to do one myself in about 3 weeks, luckily for me it's more of migrating a 2003R2 x86 physical server over to a VM, then upgrading it to 2008, if it all goes wrong for us (Which shouldn't as we've already done trial runs!), we still have the original physical server to fall back on! All the best! M_Taylor40 |
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Sorry to keep you all waiting.
Here we are so far: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/album.php?albumid=201 It's far from done, but I think it's going to turn out nicely. P.S. is that album visible to everyone? Let me know if it doesn't work. Last edited by jonxor; 09-26-2012 at 08:39 PM. Reason: Added words |
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Nice System but I would change the direction of the fan in the Back above the I/O to blow air inside the case.
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Thought I'd share.
My Carbide 300R with the H100: I got lucky with choosing the right motherboard (ASRock Z77 Extreme4) that had a low-lying Z77 chipset heatsink. Otherwise that second fan would have probably received some severe cutting with the soldering iron. There's no getting around it; you have to offset the cooler so the fans can fit. ![]() I tried a drill first but it kept slipping into adjacent holes, causing total f*#@ing chaos. ![]() After successfully mounting the radiator in the newly made holes... ![]() Final:
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Oh, I have improved the build since last post. Now I'm on push/pull :)
No Mods, Not even screw holes. Although, for convenience, I might do anyway. Also, that is some top quality modding, there Kridian. My Kudos to you, sir! Last edited by jonxor; 10-02-2012 at 10:02 PM. Reason: Justice |
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