Question Looking for advice with h100i or h115i

[RistiK]

Hi,
I was wondering if a h100i or h115i could fit in my case and if it has ram clearance and everything, i don't know much about that so if anyone know if it could fit please tell me. And I was wondering what kind of connection I need for these coolers?
Thanks

 

[Phaaze88]

H100i
240mm CLC
Total thickness of 52mm: 27mm rad, 25mm fan
SATA, 3pin, 4pin, Mini USB

H115i
280mm CLC
Total thickness of 51mm: 26mm rad, 25mm fan
SATA, 3pin, 4pin, Mini USB

Corsair Carbide 175R
Designed to fit their own coolers
240mm: top only
280: front only

The answers to this were literally 3 searches away, on the product support pages...

 

[RistiK]

H100i
240mm CLC
Total thickness of 52mm: 27mm rad, 25mm fan
SATA, 3pin, 4pin, Mini USB

H115i
280mm CLC
Total thickness of 51mm: 26mm rad, 25mm fan
SATA, 3pin, 4pin, Mini USB

Corsair Carbide 175R
Designed to fit their own coolers
240mm: top only
280: front only

The answers to this were literally 3 searches away, on the product support pages...

I don't know why corsair says a 240mm radiator can enter on the top slot... as you can see I only have about 48 mm max from my ram to the top of the case. Pretty sure it cannot enter

 

[Phaaze88]

Corsair tested it to work with their own products at least.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p3E7QVlUfw

Same chassis, top mounted H100X, but with Corsair Vengeance LPX ram, which is like, 31mm tall; 13mm shorter than your Trident Z.

So it looks like there's a catch 22.
It is an older model, so the inclusion of ram clearance may have been an oversight

 

[geofelt]

Are you having a cpu cooling issue that needs fixing?
The safest is to mount an aio on top.
If you use front, you need to mount with the hoses on the bottom so air does not get into the pump.
That means long hoses to clear the graphics card.

Why not use a better air cooler like a noctua NH-D15s.
It will cool a cpu about as well as a 240/280 aio cooler.

 

[RistiK]

Are you having a cpu cooling issue that needs fixing?
The safest is to mount an aio on top.
If you use front, you need to mount with the hoses on the bottom so air does not get into the pump.
That means long hoses to clear the graphics card.

Why not use a better air cooler like a noctua NH-D15s.
It will cool a cpu about as well as a 240/280 aio cooler.

I know there are a lot of better air coolers out there, but I like going for esthetics and the h100i platinum rgb is beautiful and also my current air cooler works but when I push my i7-9700k to full capacity at 4.2 GHz it goes to 80° C so I really wanted to go for a h100i platinum rgb. I also want to overclock my cpu more so I was looking for coolers. Corsair says on their site that the h100i works on the top slot of my case but it doesn't for me. my cpu is at 50° C almost idle so yeah... I don't know what i'm gonna do
And what do you mean I need to put the hoses on the bottom so air does not get into the pump?

 

[geofelt]

Look at this video.
It explains the issue:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbGomv195sk

I found it alarming.
If you pursue a aio, pick one that you can mount properly.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
To me, pretty is as pretty does.