Am I gimping my cooling if I use a NH-D15 in a HAF XB EVO? (I wouldn't be able to use a 200mm fan on the top of the case)

sevelev

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I want to have a cool and quiet, very overclockable i7 5820k pc. I plan on using Noctua case fans and low noise adapters for those fans to keep the noise down. I would really like to use the NH-D15 cpu cooler, but the 200mm case fan would no longer be able to be used. Would the rest of the HAF XB case fans provide enough cooling or should I look for another case or another cooler for that case?
 
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with space issues like that a AIO water cooler could help. those cooler master 200MM fans are pretty weak though, so if you put decent fans elsewhere in the case there should be no terrible issues.