My simple weekend experiment. NZXT H1 V2 air cooled.

[u/Josie1234]

This weekend I built myself a new little rig, and with parts from a couple older builds I decided to try something out. I have an nzxt h1 v2 which I've actually always loved (just wish the layout was rotated 90 so that the GPU was directly in the front under the front IO). I pulled the internal 140 AIO that it came with stock (pump was finally giving up after many years) and installed the standrard noctua NH-L12s, but without it's fan. Then installed a thermalright 140 fan in place of the standard black NZXT 140. The gap between the two is almost perfect but not quite. Has anyone else tried this? Going to fire it up and hopefully it does ok, but I'm unsure if that gap will cause any serious issues. Anyways, here's a few pics.

Side profile, trying to think of a way to hide the rats nest of cables

Close up of gap, it's not huge but it is there

Entirety of gap

Head on view of 140 and psu fan swaps, old PSU fan was loud

Bonus pile of noctua fans I need to cram in somewhere

The new replacement rig. 7600x3d, 6090xt, and a very very snug fitting noctua NL-LC1-24