Hi folks. I am a total novice, worthless with tools, but who thankfully has a friend that is pretty handy with tools and setting up PC's. I really could use some advice.
I purchased a Thermaltake Tai Chi case with water-cooling. ( http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/taichi/vb5001sna/vb5001sna.htm )
I also purchased an nVidia 7800GT GPU waterblock from Dangerden.
Here is my problem: The damn door of the case will not shut, because the bottom 120 fan for the radiator bumps against the valves of the gpu water block!!!
Now if I remove the bottom fan, the door will shut. I have 12.5mm of clearance to work with once the fan is removed and the door is shut.
What I need is your experience to guide me as to how to make the best of a bad situation.
Possible scenarios I have considered:
1. Eat the S&H again, and the 15% restocking fee and return the block to danger den and look to either air cooling the gpu or getting a smaller block and passively cooling the vid ram with heatsinks. (DD is supposedly are going to add this to the list of compatibility issues.)
2. Remove the bottom rad fan and mount an intake fan on the floor grill of the case and hope that is enough. (yes-- floor, heh)
3. Remove the bottom rad fan, mount the intake fan to the floor grill and make a duct out of sheet metal that goes from this fan, up to the exposed fins.
Any suggestins would be greatly appreciated!
gnat
I purchased a Thermaltake Tai Chi case with water-cooling. ( http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/taichi/vb5001sna/vb5001sna.htm )
I also purchased an nVidia 7800GT GPU waterblock from Dangerden.
Here is my problem: The damn door of the case will not shut, because the bottom 120 fan for the radiator bumps against the valves of the gpu water block!!!
Now if I remove the bottom fan, the door will shut. I have 12.5mm of clearance to work with once the fan is removed and the door is shut.
What I need is your experience to guide me as to how to make the best of a bad situation.
Possible scenarios I have considered:
1. Eat the S&H again, and the 15% restocking fee and return the block to danger den and look to either air cooling the gpu or getting a smaller block and passively cooling the vid ram with heatsinks. (DD is supposedly are going to add this to the list of compatibility issues.)
2. Remove the bottom rad fan and mount an intake fan on the floor grill of the case and hope that is enough. (yes-- floor, heh)
3. Remove the bottom rad fan, mount the intake fan to the floor grill and make a duct out of sheet metal that goes from this fan, up to the exposed fins.
Any suggestins would be greatly appreciated!
gnat