Any good cooling for FX8320 with air 240 case(mini ATX)?
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cin19
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1) Because you use the fx8320.
2) The case can only support the cpu cooler up to 120mm height. http://www.corsair.com/en-us/carbide-series-air-240-high-airflow-micro-atx-and-mini-itx-pc-case
So I recommend to get the AIO water cooler like Antec KUHLER H2O 650, CM Seidon 120V, or Corsair H60 etc, or other Corsair model H55, H60, H75, H80i, H100i, H105. If you have the budget and get the h100i or h80i.
And other thing is the MB, I don't recommend to use the 78LMT AM3+ for the fx 8320, because that MB has very low power phase count, It will cause big problem like the PC will shut down and restart during the games sooner or later, and you will have to change the MB, more info for the power phase or VRMs, check the link http://www.overclock.net/t/946407/amd-motherboards-vrm-info-database And because the mini ATX case has the limitation, you can't buy the ATX format case. Like GA-970A-UD3P, Asus M5A97 R2.0, MSI 970 GAMING, etc
So you may either use other cpu like fx6300, or intel i3/i5 ( if you are in USA, it will cost more, but if you are in Europe countries, they will have almost same price), or take the chance to see you will use that MB with fx8320.
2) The case can only support the cpu cooler up to 120mm height. http://www.corsair.com/en-us/carbide-series-air-240-high-airflow-micro-atx-and-mini-itx-pc-case
So I recommend to get the AIO water cooler like Antec KUHLER H2O 650, CM Seidon 120V, or Corsair H60 etc, or other Corsair model H55, H60, H75, H80i, H100i, H105. If you have the budget and get the h100i or h80i.
And other thing is the MB, I don't recommend to use the 78LMT AM3+ for the fx 8320, because that MB has very low power phase count, It will cause big problem like the PC will shut down and restart during the games sooner or later, and you will have to change the MB, more info for the power phase or VRMs, check the link http://www.overclock.net/t/946407/amd-motherboards-vrm-info-database And because the mini ATX case has the limitation, you can't buy the ATX format case. Like GA-970A-UD3P, Asus M5A97 R2.0, MSI 970 GAMING, etc
So you may either use other cpu like fx6300, or intel i3/i5 ( if you are in USA, it will cost more, but if you are in Europe countries, they will have almost same price), or take the chance to see you will use that MB with fx8320.
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