GhoStBuSteR Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Hello! I'm about to buy the Carbide Air 540 case and the H110 cooler. I just realised that I may have a problem since I absolutely want to try out the H110 as intake at the front. My graphics card setup is GTX 580 SLI with Arctic Cooling Accelero Extreme II's and they are quite long (320mm total i believe). I am afraid if the radiator and the fans are going to fit. Is there anyone here who owns such a case + cooler combination with long graphics card(s) and has successfully installed radiator to the front of the case? Also it would be great if the H110 could be installed so that the tubes run from the bottom of the rad to the CPU block to avoid the pump ever running dry. I also wonder, why are there so few threads about the H110? Optimistically thinking, the reason could be that it works well and no-one has anything to complain about the cooler. :p: Ps. I know this is not particularly a cooling matter, but are the Air 540 cases now being shipped with longer I/O panel cables? I have read quite a few reviews and many of them report cables being way too short. Thanks for reading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I also wonder, why are there so few threads about the H110? Optimistically thinking, the reason could be that it works well and no-one has anything to complain about the cooler.! perhaps so but its still a relatively new cooler also,even the fail rate isnt that bad considering how many have sold,that and on a support board thats all one sees is problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanutz94 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Ps. I know this is not particularly a cooling matter, but are the Air 540 cases now being shipped with longer I/O panel cables? I have read quite a few reviews and many of them report cables being way too short. Yes, they addressed that pretty quick shortly after the case was released and these issues started popping up. However, depending on where you get it from there may still be some of them in store shelves or warehouses. The board you are using will also make difference. This really only affects a few boards where the front panel connections are located towards the middle of the board. So if yours are in the bottom right corner they would reach anyway,such as your current x58 board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhoStBuSteR Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 I can now safely say that even the longest graphics card coolers will fit. Except for the fact that I can't install two graphics cards with such big coolers because they basically demand four PCIE slots per card and most ATX mobos aren't suited for that because the topmost PCI-E slot is usually x1. My h110 is installed at the front intake of the case with some Noctua NF-A14 PWM fans and there are 6 millimeters between the fan and Accelero Xtreme cooler's heatpipes, and thats enough for me. Only thing is (in addition to the fact that now everyone can see those Noctua fans with their horrible colour theme :roll:) that I would have wanted to have some spacers between the fans and the rad to optimize the air vortex. Even the rear fan is restricted of using them. Oh well, you cant have everything. If there is ever going to be an XL version of the Air 540, sign me up. :D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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