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Corsair LX140 fans as front intake on Define R5

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Processor AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Motherboard ASUS Prime X470-Pro
Cooling bequiet! Dark Rock Slim
Memory 64 GB ECC DDR4 2666 MHz (Samsung M391A2K43BB1-CTD)
Video Card(s) eVGA GTX 1080 SC Gaming, 8 GB
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Power Supply Seasonic X-Series 560W
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Keyboard Glorious GMMK
Hey guys

First off, not sure if this should go here or in the cooling section. Feel free to move.

I've hit a snag with my apparently unending new PC build. I've bought the Corsair LX140 starter set with two fans and the iCue Link thingy. I like the fans, although personally I would've preferred non-RGB ones. The system for connecting multiple fans is pretty ingenious. However, it turns out that the intake fan mounts are dimensioned in such a way that I cannot attach the cable to the top or the bottom of the fans. Even mounting the fans indiviually sideways doesn't really work properly, because of the very limited space there is for the cables. It seems as if no one thought of the possibility that the fan cable wouldn't go out the front (or back) of the fan.

If anyone has any suggestions I'd like to hear them. Also, how would I best contact Corsair? They've been quite helpful in the past. No idea if they still are and it doesn't seem to be easy to contact them by e.g. mail. I don't have any "favourite" social media accounts, which they refer to on their site.
 
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