Mini Itx Build Cooling Help

William_White

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The case is small enough that the 140 front and 120 top fans will keep it cool and there really isn't a place to cut a fan in. The psu will take up some space in the side panel so you cn't add one there. You will have to get a good low profile cpu cooler because you won't have room for a tall one.
You can get creative if you want to add some fans and if you look at the rear of the case and between the MB i/o panel and the psu hole there is some mesh screen in the case. Depending on the actual measured space of the mesh you could put a couple 80mm fans there and maybe a couple 40 mm across the top rear edge. I would mount these fans on the outside so as to not take up any inside space.

Stardust342

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Well since the Motherboard is so small... I doubt most CPU air coolers would work... A water cooler would most likely do that trick. The Hydro H60 Water Cooler is a pretty good one, I don't know if it would fit on a Mini ITX mobo though. I assume it would.
 
The case is small enough that the 140 front and 120 top fans will keep it cool and there really isn't a place to cut a fan in. The psu will take up some space in the side panel so you cn't add one there. You will have to get a good low profile cpu cooler because you won't have room for a tall one.
You can get creative if you want to add some fans and if you look at the rear of the case and between the MB i/o panel and the psu hole there is some mesh screen in the case. Depending on the actual measured space of the mesh you could put a couple 80mm fans there and maybe a couple 40 mm across the top rear edge. I would mount these fans on the outside so as to not take up any inside space.
 
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skaz

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Main question is, what type of clearance do you have with the included PSU, and are you keeping the included PSU or swapping it for a picoPSU?

I was able to fit the coolermaster geminii M4 with a 120mm noctua p12 fan on top within the apex itx mi-008 case with the PSU removed.

Case- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154091
cooler- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103177

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