What kind of CPU cooler can fit in this thing? My CPU overheats when the case is closed
1790820
I have a I3 quad-core cpu with the 3" tall cooler on it and it doesn't over heat at all - weird! you may wanna get ya a template for a 4" square vent holes above the cpu fan ...it may help. or add a fan above the CPU over the vent holes you drill into it, would be an option too. Hope I helped ya some. :)
1790821
I use a stock cooler and put a 120mm fan in the right side (no screws needed). This keeps everything inside cool and quiet.
1790822
I have use mother boards with cpu unit that have an non fan air cooler they have work great for me. I don't know of any that would fit for this case because of the size of the case with hardrive/dvd added in. now the best thing you can do is if you don't need the DVD player and can use an outside dvd player you can add a fan in the DVD player port and help remove the heated air up and out the back, or you can put a small fan on the sides out side the case. this the best I can do. do the the size of the case air cool cpu work the best.
1927330
Sure it will fit with a little creativity. But...... remember that you are replacing the case fan with the cpu radiator/fan combo. Might not be enough cooling for the rest of the computer
1269893
I recommend getting the Alpine 64 Plus, Alpine 64 Pro, or something better. As long as your case size can fit it. The ARCTIC Alpine 64 GT Rev. 2 CPU Cooler here is tiny in size. It's designed for absolute minimal cooling with small sized PCs that will never be overclocked. It's usually better overall to get the bigger heatsink designs.
2179551
It has 120mm mounting holes. It should fit. They're pwm fans optimized for cpu cooling but I guess you could use it as a case fan as well.
2132690
Cooler squeezes fine. Even with fan, that comes with mobo. There is a place enough to stick 2.5" drive.
160984
I have this one and it's got a lot of room but you can't put everything the say it can hold in there, not enough space. If you're going to add lots of drives look carefully because on most case the drives will hit caps or video cards on motherboards. Try to find a review where someone says what they were actually able to fit.
1555189
I put a similiar cooler into my build. I unfortunatly had to remove the side fan as it stuck about 1 1/2 - 2 inches into the case.
943617
This case has 3 5.25" external drive bays, all of which lock to secure the drive. It does not come with a heatsink, though it does have one case fan in the front. Most CPUs come with a stock heatsink. I haven't bothered with changing my heatsink from my AMD FX series processor, so I don't know what will fit in this case. A fully loaded fan configuration (two 140 mm fans on top, two 120 mm in front, one 120 mm on the back, and one 120 mm on the bottom) keep my modest 15% overclock below 45 Celsius.
1267096
I agree with T Berke. I have the Coolermaster Hyper212+ CPU cooler installed in my case (which is about 1.5 inches shorter than the V8) with plenty of head-room between the top of the CPU cooler and the case's side panel. Im pretty sure you'll be fine fitting that cooler in the case.
230467
I would go with a larger cooler. I had one that size when I first installed this processor and it was it working harder than I was happy with to try and keep things cool.
418976
h100i radiator goes on top, it is big and it is pretty close to my board, but it fits fine, and there are two fans at the front that came with the case. overall temperature is awesome CPU at +30 and +60C when overclocked, video card +50 and +73/74C when stress usage, motherboard at +35 +45C peek temperature. This case is light and comfy it is gravy and bananas. The only complaint is front power led, its too bright so i put a small piece of blue duct tap and now its perfect. I <3 Corsair. Good luck to you good Sir.
174516
This case should be plenty sufficient, the heatsink of that cooler is roughyl 6.25" tall, and then you motherboad should be spaced roughly 1/8" from the tray, then processor socket is 1/8" on most boards, and then the the processor should be rough 3/8" off the motherboard, making the heatink+motherboard spacing+processor Height+processor tray hieght meaning you will need approximately 6 7/8" of clearance, and this case provides roughly 8 3/8" inches from the motherboard tray to the window :)
1347232
There is plenty of room inside this case. I don't have a liquid cooling system but I have seen YouTube reviews showing various installations. It will most likely depend on your video card since that seems to be the largest item installed.
189055
Yes you can. Watch out for aftermarket cpu coolers. You might have to mod the case like I did to get a coolermaster evo to fit.
873131
Hello Friend, cannot say, I returned mine as it was faulty,their customer service were rude and agressive,so I bought an excellent cooler from Noctua.Would suggest you do likewise. They do a great range that will fit your case.
2186762
honestly its not really overkill. since the cpu is a quad core running at 3.5 ghz and turbos itself to 3.9 ghz this seems a pretty spot on cooler for a cpu you want to get a long life out of. and since this cooler is only a few dollars more than coolers in its range (that still dont even meet its ability) i say its better to have a little extra cooling than to be pushing the limits of what you have. so in short i think this is perfect for your cpu if your case supports its size. (its extra thick and a little extra long)
67514
Make sure that there is a good airflow. I installed an extra fan in the side of my PC and so far its good. Cases with PSU on the bottom seem to have more issues with overheating if psu is blowing inside