Will arctic accelero xtreme iii fit

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So I got two R9 290 graphic cards. There is only 3-4cm between the cards, so I was wondering if Arctic accelero xtreme iii will fit?
 

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But will it work? You can see my specs
 


standard card is 3.556cm depth. + 3 cm clearing - if it's min 3 cm between them that should give you the needed min 6.5.

but it will be a very tight fit could cause the top card to overheat....
 

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So my top card could get even hotter!? So you recommend me not to do this?
 
check out this thread:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1893039/arctic-accelero-xtreme-iii-gtx-580-overheating.html

i guess it depends... on 2 things:
1) if you don't think the reference is too noisy and it doesn't throttle too much there's no reason to do anything.
2) if you dont have 2 empty slots between the used pci ex (as in, room for a 3 slot card) then the cooler won't fit

other than this, it should work better compared to the stock as long as you install it properly:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/r9-290-accelero-xtreme-290,3671.html