Basically I'm looking at CPU coolers for a fairly awkward space, where there isn't a ton of height above the CPU socket, but there is a reasonable space towards the front of the case. With this in
mind, I'm wondering if there are any CPU coolers specialising in fitting in those kinds of awkward spaces?
I was thinking what I need is either a cooler where the bulk of the heatsink is vertical, but offset towards the front of the motherboard. Either that or one that is designed like a "blower", i.e - with a lot of horizontal space, but not too much height, which a front fan can simply push air through. Or some combination of the two I guess! Or even a GPU style cooler where the heat sink is rectangular but relatively shallow, with a fan pushing air through? I dunno.
The case I'm trying to work with is a Lian-Li PC-TU100, so as you'll see there is only really a 60mm clearance above the CPU thanks to the PSU, however, since the PSU I'm looking at is short, there should be plenty of space in front of it, starting maybe 40-50mm offset from the CPU position.
I've already looked at liquid cooling, but for the cost I'm not sure it would actually be all that quiet unless I wanted to heavily over-clock; personally I'm more concerned with just keeping things cool and quiet in the tight space so I'm not fussy about over-clocking.
mind, I'm wondering if there are any CPU coolers specialising in fitting in those kinds of awkward spaces?
I was thinking what I need is either a cooler where the bulk of the heatsink is vertical, but offset towards the front of the motherboard. Either that or one that is designed like a "blower", i.e - with a lot of horizontal space, but not too much height, which a front fan can simply push air through. Or some combination of the two I guess! Or even a GPU style cooler where the heat sink is rectangular but relatively shallow, with a fan pushing air through? I dunno.
The case I'm trying to work with is a Lian-Li PC-TU100, so as you'll see there is only really a 60mm clearance above the CPU thanks to the PSU, however, since the PSU I'm looking at is short, there should be plenty of space in front of it, starting maybe 40-50mm offset from the CPU position.
I've already looked at liquid cooling, but for the cost I'm not sure it would actually be all that quiet unless I wanted to heavily over-clock; personally I'm more concerned with just keeping things cool and quiet in the tight space so I'm not fussy about over-clocking.
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram