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What exactly is a spacer?

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I need more clearance between my MCR220 and my Antec Solo to get my DVI cable in. People have been reccommending me to get a spacer to gain more space. However, I am absolutely confused as to what a spacer is, what it looks like, and what it does.

If someone could give me a link or picture to a spacer and where I can pick one up, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
 
If a radbox isn't enough clearance, it's probably time for some threaded rod, nuts, loctite, and a little homebrewed ingenuity

Pics of your predicament would help...
 
I don't have a Radbox. :(

In theory, using longer screws *should* help me but I'm afraid the weight of the radiator would snap the screw in half.
 
Get yourself some 8-32 (might be 6-32, take a screw you are currently using) machine screws in what ever length you need and use those, unless you are using your rad for a seat you will not break (or bend for that matter) those screws.
 
Put simply, a washer is a spacer. It adds a space between a screwhead and the item to which you're screwing into.

What people are saying is use longer screws, and add a spacer between the case and the radiator that the screw passes thru (eg: a 1cm length of narrow metal tube, or a stack of many washers, or a small chunk of wood with a hole drilled thru it for the screw) so that when you tighten it all up, a space remains between the rad and the case because the screw can't tighten the rad all the way up against the case due to a spacer being in the way.
 
at a Home Depot or Lowes hardware store you can buy 3" screws and some 1 inch long nylon spacer tubes (and 1/4 and 1/2 inch as well), just stack the spacers between the case and rad. If the 2 3/4 inch space is not enough you can special order some 4" screws, #6 x 32 thread machine screws being commonly used. The strength of the screws is not a problem, they look skinny but the sheer force is high enough for this application.
 
even better get a 4 foot 8-32 threaded rod for $2 which you can cut into posts, and a handful of nuts $3 (4 nuts for each post) preferably nylon so they wont move. put one end of the posts you made thru a fan mounting hole on the radiator (if you have mounting holes, otherwise get a thinner threaded rod so you can push it through the fins of the radiator, and big washers). put a nut on both sides of the radiator so the posts are tight, then screw the other ends, in the same fashion, to somewhere on your case.
 
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In this case that one has a head at the top (the little red square) and a a screw that can screw up from the bottom, which you can't see. You can buy all kinds of widgets like this at your local hardware store.
 
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