Oschpister Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Hi there! I'm about to try and water cool my new system I'm about to build.. And I wonder if someone could tell me how thick of a radiator (360, with atleast one row of fans) I can fit in the front when using a reference R9 290? Talking about the Carbide air 540, Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wa3pnt Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 The R9 290 is 10.9" long. That will leave you about 3-1/2 inches between the back of the R9 and the font of the 540 case. You can mount the fans on the outside of the front of the case, as there is room for standard fans between the case and the front panel. That will buy you another inch. The 540 is a great case for a water build. Both wytnyt and myself are currently building WC systems in that case. RodeoGeorge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 i dont see any problems using this card and using a fat rad also.,you may be able to do a push/pull but please dont hold me to that assumption as im still waiting on parts.......just waiting..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipchen Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I've seen folks at OCN fit UT60 360mm and 240mm thick rads in their air 450 build They are about 60mm thick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnyt Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 im going for a 360 rad, in the front of my 540 and a 240 push/pull with 5 120mm fans in the top ill make em fit and if they dont im taking the case down to our shop and strap it down to our cheif ezliner frame machine and stretch the crap out of it...:D::D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oschpister Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 The R9 290 is 10.9" long. That will leave you about 3-1/2 inches between the back of the R9 and the font of the 540 case. You can mount the fans on the outside of the front of the case, as there is room for standard fans between the case and the front panel. That will buy you another inch. The 540 is a great case for a water build. Both wytnyt and myself are currently building WC systems in that case. RodeoGeorge I've seen folks at OCN fit UT60 360mm and 240mm thick rads in their air 450 build They are about 60mm thick im going for a 360 rad, in the front of my 540 and a 240 push/pull with 5 120mm fans in the top ill make em fit and if they dont im taking the case down to our shop and strap it down to our cheif ezliner frame machine and stretch the crap out of it...:D::D: Cool! Thanks guys! Really appreciate it :) One other thing.. I was thinking about going with the EK D5 X-Res 140 pump/res combo, and was wondering if it would fit between the PCI slot-covers and the sidepanel? (at the "mesh" w or w/o modding) Optionally if it fits higher up at the 140mm back fan mount..? When you buy such a fancy pump/res you don't really want to put it in the back where it isn't seen :p: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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