Corsair 650D with H100i in Push/Pull

[dMDzn]

So, I've watched Tom's review of the 650D and it was good - he described that the 650D does have quite decent radiator support given that your motherboard is just right in terms of the mosfet heat-sink being the correct size.

But my question is - Has anybody had any experience with a 650D, push/pull configuration with the Asus P8Z68 V-PRO GEN3 motherboard?

I'm worried that push/pull won't work due to clearance issues with the heat-sink...

(Apologies for being inactive. I've only decided to start posting, although I've had an account quite some time ago.)

 

[PetetheSweet]

So I don't have your Board (got a MSI Z77 M-Power), but what I can tell is if you don't use the mounting holes and mount the Rad/Fan combo all the way to the left it should fit with almost every Board.

I had a Push/Pull H100 Combo with 4 Akasa Apache and a Akasa PWM Fan Adaptor for up to five PWM Fans (Power comes over Molex, Control over PWM Fan Header of the Board).

It should fit, I've had a look of some Pics of your Board and the Heatspreader and Ram Slots are almost the same size and on the same position.

 

[airdeano]

yeah, the OE location does leave the issue with problems. offset attachment
offers a greater chance of push/pull.

if not wanting to go down that road, for informational purposes, the push/pull
only offers 3°-5° cooler temps over the dual fan setup.

 

[Lystfiskern]

agreed - push/pull on such a slim radiator is not really worth it.

 

[dMDzn]

Thanks for the replies, guys. I was thinking that it wasn't a great idea to do push pull on a 27MM thick rad, but it was worth the shot.

I'll probably just do push for now seeing as it will most likely produce next to the same temps as push/pull.

 

[Lystfiskern]

H100i is 27mm.

 

[dMDzn]

H100i is 27mm.

Only noticed after I posted. Sorry about that. I was thinking about two fans being 50MM, not the rad. You're right in saying it's 27MM.