Asetek 92mm liquid cooling compatible with Dell XPS 8700

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calebhleyba

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I'm a bit worried that my new Dell XPS 8700 will get a little hot. I was wondering if anyone knew if the Asetek 545LC 92mm liquid cooling would be compatible inside the Dell XPS 8700. I know the dimensions of the case are some what limited. Has anyone tried to install one of these or know if it is possible?

If not does anyone know any other solutions to keeping the CPU cooler?

My current set-up:

Dell XPS 8700 (non special edition)
i7-4790
16GB (8gb x2) DDR3-1600 PC3-12800 CL=11 Unbuffered NON-ECC 1.5V 1024Megx64
250GB Samsung 850 Pro SSD
1TB WD Black HDD 64mb cache 7200rpm SATA 6.0Gb/s
EVGA GeForce GTX 750TI SC GPU
Pioneer Blu-Ray Drive BDR-2209
Dell Standard 460W PSU (might upgrade)
 
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Yeah, I would say stick getting a larger air cooler if you want to get a better heatsink. From what I've seen, if the radiator isn't larger than an air cooler's heatsink, then it'll perform about the same. Water may be able to suck up and dissipate heat faster than air can, but you're still dumping all that heat back into the air in the end. The only advantage small water coolers seem to have is that they at least don't dump the air all over the interior of the PC; The heat goes directly out into the open air. That can help if you have graphics cards that seriously heat up your case. But other than that, really no point in risking spills if traditional heatsinks cool the processor just as well.
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Your cpu should be fine on the stock cooler. Besides, 92mm coolers suck anyways. Even if you wanted an aftermarket cooler installing it will be major pain since the case most likely doesn't have a cpu cutout for attaching a cooler backplate
 
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Thanks for the reply I guess the stock DELL CPU fan will do! Personally, as far as PSU is concerned do you think im fine with the Dell 460W or should I upgrade that?
 
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Yeah, I would say stick getting a larger air cooler if you want to get a better heatsink. From what I've seen, if the radiator isn't larger than an air cooler's heatsink, then it'll perform about the same. Water may be able to suck up and dissipate heat faster than air can, but you're still dumping all that heat back into the air in the end. The only advantage small water coolers seem to have is that they at least don't dump the air all over the interior of the PC; The heat goes directly out into the open air. That can help if you have graphics cards that seriously heat up your case. But other than that, really no point in risking spills if traditional heatsinks cool the processor just as well.
 
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