- Sep 4, 2008
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I have an i5 3570, no plans for overclocking of course but its temps on the stock cooler are frightening me. Summer's approaching and its rather noticeable it seems! The case is an NZXT Vulcan with a window installed in the side panel instead of the mesh. I move the pc around a lot and the mesh let in a lot of dust so I installed a 2mm clear acrylic window. It's left me in a bit of a pickle with CPU coolers and the restricted airflow is something I'll be fixing too
System Setup: -clicky-
EVGA Intel Z68 SLI (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard
Kingston 240GB HyperX 3K SSD 2.5" SATA-III
Kingston Hyper 2X4GB 2133MHz DDR3 CL11
Intel Core i5 3570 3.40GHz Socket 1155
Zotac GTX 560Ti
1x 120mm intake fan
2x 120mm top exhaust fans
1x 92mm rear exhaust fan (coming soon)
If the picture is clear enough you can see its a very compact layout; tall RAM, top fans encroaching on the motherboard with the grills (removable if needed). The window is the thinnest I could find but it chops the available height for a CPU cooler down from 175mm to just about 150mm with the tape measure, best guess. Typically, all the coolers I've looked at are averaging 160mm
so I'd like some advice on which are good for:
- keeping air in the case flowing effectively (I don't want the graphics card to eat stagnant hot air)
- cooling the CPU down as much as possible, any surrounding stuff is a bonus!
Watercooling isn't an option, I've got some radiators/pump etc lying around and they wont fit right with fans and the fans are needed!
The stock cooler isn't helping move air out the case at all, I've seen my CPU hit 73c and the graphics card 85c while messing around on games. I reckon that's far too high, so what'll it be?
?- -Zalman 9700-
?- -Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme-
?- -Zero Infinity Shiva-
?- -Arctic Freezer Xtreme-
If they're terrible post your suggestions! Thanks
I have an i5 3570, no plans for overclocking of course but its temps on the stock cooler are frightening me. Summer's approaching and its rather noticeable it seems! The case is an NZXT Vulcan with a window installed in the side panel instead of the mesh. I move the pc around a lot and the mesh let in a lot of dust so I installed a 2mm clear acrylic window. It's left me in a bit of a pickle with CPU coolers and the restricted airflow is something I'll be fixing too
System Setup: -clicky-
EVGA Intel Z68 SLI (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard
Kingston 240GB HyperX 3K SSD 2.5" SATA-III
Kingston Hyper 2X4GB 2133MHz DDR3 CL11
Intel Core i5 3570 3.40GHz Socket 1155
Zotac GTX 560Ti
1x 120mm intake fan
2x 120mm top exhaust fans
1x 92mm rear exhaust fan (coming soon)
If the picture is clear enough you can see its a very compact layout; tall RAM, top fans encroaching on the motherboard with the grills (removable if needed). The window is the thinnest I could find but it chops the available height for a CPU cooler down from 175mm to just about 150mm with the tape measure, best guess. Typically, all the coolers I've looked at are averaging 160mm
so I'd like some advice on which are good for:- keeping air in the case flowing effectively (I don't want the graphics card to eat stagnant hot air)
- cooling the CPU down as much as possible, any surrounding stuff is a bonus!
Watercooling isn't an option, I've got some radiators/pump etc lying around and they wont fit right with fans and the fans are needed!
The stock cooler isn't helping move air out the case at all, I've seen my CPU hit 73c and the graphics card 85c while messing around on games. I reckon that's far too high, so what'll it be?
?- -Zalman 9700-
?- -Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme-
?- -Zero Infinity Shiva-
?- -Arctic Freezer Xtreme-
If they're terrible post your suggestions! Thanks
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