Cooling Question for Black Ridge owners with VLP and 120mm fan

[SilverJS]

Hey all,

Just finished building in my ZS-A4 V2. So far enjoying it a fair bit, but I just want to ask a quick question.

I have VLP RAM, and am using a 120mm fan on my Black Ridge. The question, thus : was there some trick or something to getting the fan NOT to always bump into the little nudges for screwing in the 92mm fan??? After a fair bit of fiddling, I finally got a position that SEEMS to work, but at the same time, I don't really trust it...I fear that, while traveling or something, a little shock on the case could maybe move that fan to a point where it would catch again, and then I'd be up the creek without a paddle.

Thanks much!!

 

[Instran0]

Hey all,

Just finished building in my ZS-A4 V2. So far enjoying it a fair bit, but I just want to ask a quick question.

I have VLP RAM, and am using a 120mm fan on my Black Ridge. The question, thus : was there some trick or something to getting the fan NOT to always bump into the little nudges for screwing in the 92mm fan??? After a fair bit of fiddling, I finally got a position that SEEMS to work, but at the same time, I don't really trust it...I fear that, while traveling or something, a little shock on the case could maybe move that fan to a point where it would catch again, and then I'd be up the creek without a paddle.

Thanks much!!

it fits in a SkyReach case, with VLP Ram, and this motherboard - https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/ROG-STRIX-Z390-I-GAMING/

 

[dondan]

Add some washers between the fan an the heatsink than secure it with the clips.

 

[SilverJS]

Now why didn't I think of that...

Thanks for responding!

Just to add on to this - actually had a thought about this later. What about if I screwed in some regular fan screws into the 120x15 fan's regular screw mounting holes, but didn't screw them all the way so as to leave a bit of space (screw protruding) on top? Would that also work?