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Rad screws?

JD

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Beware that some radiators use M4 rather than 6/32. Depends if it was manufactured in the USA or not I guess.
 

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Yeah... my EK rad was M4.... pain in the butt to find sufficiently long screws so I ended up securing to the rad with the bottom holes (short screws) and then securing that to the case/fan grill with standard case fan screws.
 

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Yeah... my EK rad was M4.... pain in the butt to find sufficiently long screws so I ended up securing to the rad with the bottom holes (short screws) and then securing that to the case/fan grill with standard case fan screws.
These are a godsend:
Radiator Mounting Screw & Nut, 25mm - Water cooling systems, pc liquid cooling kit, cpu, video card, hard drive
Radiator Mounting Screw & Nut, 38mm - Water cooling systems, pc liquid cooling kit, cpu, video card, hard drive
My rad is the XSPC EX240 Dual Thin Performance Radiator, does this help?
That's 6/32, so you're fine :)

You can just go to your local home improvement store and get 6/32 screws no problem. I think it's 1-1/4" length that you'd want for 25mm fans.

It's funny how Canada uses the metric system and yet it's damn near impossible to find metric screws in the major chain stores.
 

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