HALP! Motherboard won't fit in case with corsair h100i!!!

[suhw33t]

Hey everyone,

So i'm trying to install my motherboard into the fractal design r4 with the corsair h100i but my motherboard cannot reach the top stand offs. Here's a picture of what's happening.



The piece of the motherboard that says OC Genie II is running into the fans.

Motherboard is a MSI Z68A-GD55.

Case is a Fractal Design R4

Suggestions? Are the corsair sp120's "thinner" than the stock fans? Any help would be appreciated!!

 

[biflash]

hi, try losing the screws on the fan and on the radiator to push them as up as its possible, with luck you should enoughf margin to gain space

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I have never been a fan of the Fractal R4 for water cooling. And the only thing that makes the 100i top some of the better air coolers is that the fans spin at 2600-2700 rpm....with normal speed fans, the air coolers do better. You might try taking a dremel to the fan housing and trimming it a bit. The Corsair fans are also 25mm thick ....anything thinner will significantly cripple performance.

Also note that your radiator will be less effective at cooling ya CPU as the way it's mounted, you have pre-heated case air doing your cooling. With say 24C ambient and 34C coolant, the 29C interior case air will be half as effective cooling ya CPU as the 24C outside air will.

Also loosen the rad mount to the case, you may be able to grab a mm or two by pulling away from MoBo.

 

[suhw33t]

I have never been a fan of the Fractal R4 for water cooling. And the only thing that makes the 100i top some of the better air coolers is that the fans spin at 2600-2700 rpm....with normal speed fans, the air coolers do better. You might try taking a dremel to the fan housing and trimming it a bit. The Corsair fans are also 25mm thick ....anything thinner will significantly cripple performance.

Also note that your radiator will be less effective at cooling ya CPU as the way it's mounted, you have pre-heated case air doing your cooling. With say 24C ambient and 34C coolant, the 29C interior case air will be half as effective cooling ya CPU as the 24C outside air will.

Also loosen the rad mount to the case, you may be able to grab a mm or two by pulling away from MoBo.

I tried mounting the radiator and fans as a pull setup with the fans on top and radiator on bottom, but the motherboard wouldn't fit. So I tried mounting it this way in Push but same problem of not having enough room.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I guess the mounting doesn't use slotted holes ? Shifting left and right might allow for you to escape those wider screw mount areas. If not, I think Dremel is gonna be ya only option if ya keep the R4 .... this works ...watch what (360 / 420) Bill stuffs in there

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811854003

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guBAl6g8BlY

 

[foscooter]

Incompatible.

Different case, of different cooling system.

I had to return the a Thermaltake Extreme system for the same reason. I'm happy with my Corsair H100 now!