Does the Tuniq Tower overhang?

[Sczee]

EDIT: Title should read 'overhang' not 'overhand'

I'm planning on getting the Lian Li PC-V2000 case but I would also like to be able to use the Tuniq Tower. The first image on this page - http://www.cluboverclocker.com/reviews/cases/lian_li/pcv2000/page5.htm - shows how close the motherboard comes to the metal divider (the CPU is on the right of the image) so if I am going to be able to use the Tuniq Tower it can't overhang the motherboard by more than a few millimetres. I am going to use the Asus P5B Deluxe as my motherboard (are the CPU sockets in different places on different motherboards?). If anyone has the Tuniq Tower on a P5B Deluxe could you please tell me whether it sticks over the edge of the motherboard by much if at all.

I attempted to photoshop the TT on to the motherboard and if my images are correct (motherboard is 305mm long, TT is 131mm wide) then it looks as if it should fit.

Here it is:



My worry is that I tried it with the eVGA 680i as well and the CPU socket was a lot closer to the edge of the motherboard and consequently the cooler stuck out over the edge. Hopefully it does fit on the P5B Deluxe but I would like to know for certain before I buy anything.

Thanks a lot

 

[Rurki]

I can't speak for the P5B deluxe as I run a P5N-E, however looking on the web before I found this photo.

Its a P5B Deluxe with a tuniq, looks like the motherboard is against the railing as well and it still fits.

 

[Sczee]

I can't speak for the P5B deluxe as I run a P5N-E, however looking on the web before I found this photo.

Its a P5B Deluxe with a tuniq, looks like the motherboard is against the railing as well and it still fits.

Thanks for the pic, but I can't say that I can see anything much on that, the design on the window blocks what I'm trying to see. I can't actually tell where the motherboard ends. Can you?

 

[Rurki]

Look to the right of the fan in the window (at the fan connector), you notice the MB ends about 1/4 inch away from the power supply. Now look at the Tuniq, it seems to be slightly less than 1/4 inch.

 

[Sczee]

Look to the right of the fan in the window (at the fan connector), you notice the MB ends about 1/4 inch away from the power supply. Now look at the Tuniq, it seems to be slightly less than 1/4 inch.

Hmm yeah I can kinda see it. To me it looks like the Tuniq overhangs a little bit, probably too much. If someone with this combo could confirm this that would be great though.

 

[Blicero]

I have a tuniq and a p5b deluxe, and the top of the tuniq has about 3mm of clearance before the edge of the motherboard. It should fit.

 

[Sczee]

I have a tuniq and a p5b deluxe, and the top of the tuniq has about 3mm of clearance before the edge of the motherboard. It should fit.

Thanks. Do you have the Tuniq orientated in the same way as my photoshopped image shown in my first post?

 

[Blicero]

Thanks. Do you have the Tuniq orientated in the same way as my photoshopped image shown in my first post?

Yep.

 

[Sczee]

Yep.

Awesome, so now my case choice is between the Lian Li PC-V2000B Plus II and the Silverstone SST-TJ09B-W. Can the Tuniq Tower be mounted on the eVGA 680i motherboard? I have heard that there are capacitors on the back of the motherboard which interfere with some coolers' mounting systems but I'm not sure whether the Tuniq is one of these coolers.

Never mind I found the answer on the eVGA forums. It looks like it fits *most* of the time, you may have to drill holes in the back plate but that's not too big a problem.