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Just click on the hyperlinks for the images. Thanks

Hi, I have my cooler master nepton 240m set up like this. http://

As you can see at the top that is the actuall cooler behind the motherboard. and this is how much space is between the two: http:// http:// http://

My question is, is there enough space for the cooler to work, will there be a good amount of air going through the fans? Also, because of the tight space will they have to work harder? There will be a 200mm fan on the top of the case exhausting air as well, right next to the cooler. Will this work against the radiator fans?

Also, I had to leave 1 fan screw out due to it hitting this bay: http://

Will this create more noise? The rubber gasket is on between the fans and the radiator.

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Thank you
 
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The power delivery on your motherboard and the power phases and VRMs are known to be a bit weak for that CPU on that motherboard, if you are gaming or doing other high-performance tasks. By using liquid cooling, you have further reduced that airflow over the motherboard, and I would expect you to experience thermal throttling of your motherboard due to VRM overheating, in intense situations.

I would have mounted the radiator on the roof and moved the fans there to the side.
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Hi, I just like the look of things that way. I'm using an FX-8350 and its an Element Gaming Hyperion Micro ATX Case.
 
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The power delivery on your motherboard and the power phases and VRMs are known to be a bit weak for that CPU on that motherboard, if you are gaming or doing other high-performance tasks. By using liquid cooling, you have further reduced that airflow over the motherboard, and I would expect you to experience thermal throttling of your motherboard due to VRM overheating, in intense situations.

I would have mounted the radiator on the roof and moved the fans there to the side.
 
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Hi, there is a 200mm fan on the front of the case, and will be 2 AF120's on the bottom all intaking air. On the op there will be a 200mm exhaust fan and an AF120 exhausting out the back. Also, there will be an EVGA Geforce GTX 960 SSC installed. Isnt this enough airflow?
 
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It's not about airflow, it's about cooling directed on the VRMs which are small and 'shielded' by the waterblock and the I/O shield.

As I said, I would have looed at mounting the radiator on the roof. However, the Nepton 240m is a good and effective cooler, so the restrictions in airflow may not matter.
 
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Sorry. Didn't mean to ruin your day. You have a decent board. It will not explode or catch fire, but it can overheat. your CPU uses at least 125W when running at full speed and that power needs to be delivered some how. To make it easier the power is split onto parts, called phases.

Quoted from elsewhere

CPU power phases are pretty easy to understand. Think of a power phase as a lane that current can travel from your motherboard to your CPU. This current is controlled by a transistor, or a VRM. This is the CPU voltage regulator circuit.
Think of a very simple 2 phase circuit. Each phase will be operating 50% of the time in order to deliver the power that the CPU needs to operate. In a 3 phase circuit, each phase will be operating at 33.3% of the time. With 4 phases each phase is working 25% of the time, and so on.
With more phases, each transistor has to work for a shorter amount of time, reducing heat and extending the life of that transistor.
So basically if you have 4 phases (lanes) of power going to a power hungry CPU like the AMD 8-core, it has to pull a lot of power, thus heating up the VRMs. While that board will support the FX-8320 at stock frequencies, I doubt you would be able to get a stable overclock out of it. The VRMs on that board aren't heatsinked so they would get hot enough to cause you problems.

Your board is a 4+1 board, which is better than 3+1, but I would want 6+1 at least and 8+1 or +2 would be much better. The +1 or +2 is extra power phases for RAM.

Your CPU is likely to run OK at stock settings. If overclocked or when doing really intense work for extended periods (and intense gaming can be like that) it can cause the VRMs to overheat and throttle the CPU. A case fan zip tied directly over the VRMs and blowing on them will help too.

I was assuming from your kit that you planned to overclock.
 
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Then you may get occasional throttling with big renders and likely good elsewhere. I'd still consider adding a VRM fan, especially if the socket temperature get too high.

Sorry, I tend to assume, in the absence of other information, that I'm looking at a gaming system.
 
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It is an improvement if you do not plan to overclock or overclock only a little.

Most of the responders on that other thread are experts (it was long, so I only skimmed through it), if you look at their badges, and I have a couple too. We are all telling you the same thing.

That board is not good for a FX 8350. I'm not sure if you told them that this is other than a gaming system, it looks like one.

An air cooler like the RAIJINTEK Pallas (which I use) is a great, medium cost produce that will do nealy as well as the Nepton and cools the VRMs as well.

The location of the Nepton radiator needs to be a lot better.

If you overclock the 8370e very much at all, you will push the power use back up past the safe limit.

This is a decent enough board so actual fire, or even part failure is extremely unlikely, but it is quite likely that your CPU will run slower as the power through the VRMs is reduced to keep them safely cool.

I see why you need the FX83??.
 
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