Air Cooler for NZXT Phantom

[irfan88]

Hello Guys,

I have an NZXT Phantom Full tower case with 16GB Corsair Vengeance Memory Kit. I am looking for an Air cooler Heatsink which would fit with my Vengeance memory. I have the side panel 200 mm fan installed as well. Please recommend a few air coolers to me so that I can buy it and install it on my CPU. I tried looking for some but was unable to as I cannot find any air cooler which would fit with the Vengeance RAM and the side panel 200 mm fan with it. Please help me out with this.

 

[muhammadbinmehroze]

This guy has a noctua nh-dh14 installed with dual fans....

Noctua dimensions:

i am quite confident the space in your case will allow you to have a noctua with single fan!

If not noctua, u can always go with liquid cooling or a Hyper 212+!

And the Hyper Tx-3

Cheers!

 

[irfan88]

This guy has a noctua nh-dh14 installed with dual fans....
http://www.nzxt.com/new/images/_upload/product_gallery/_MG_8934.jpg

Noctua dimensions:
http://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/overview1.jpg

i am quite confident the space in your case will allow you to have a noctua with single fan!

If not noctua, u can always go with liquid cooling or a Hyper 212+!

http://www.nzxt.com/new/images/_upload/product_gallery/_MG_8893.jpg

http://www.nzxt.com/new/images/_upload/product_gallery/_DSC4487.jpg
Cheers!

Well the noctua is 165mm in height. The maximum height allowed for fitting the cooler with the side panel 200mm fan is 159mm I believe. The Hyper 212 plus will not fit with Vengeance RAM as the RAM is too high. I will have to slide the fans upwards, If I do, it will touch the 200mm fan. Any othr suggestions

 

[muhammadbinmehroze]

Besides this,

Hyper212+ is the best bang for buck!

 

[irfan88]

Besides this,

Hyper212+ is the best bang for buck!

The Hyper 212 plus will not fit with Vengeance RAM as the RAM is too high. I already told you this.

 

[muhammadbinmehroze]

Well the noctua is 165mm in height. The maximum height allowed for fitting the cooler with the side panel 200mm fan is 159mm I believe. The Hyper 212 plus will not fit with Vengeance RAM as the RAM is too high. I will have to slide the fans upwards, If I do, it will touch the 200mm fan. Any othr suggestions

Why don't you consider a liquid cooling setup??

 

[irfan88]

Why don't you consider a liquid cooling setup??

Well. I think I may have to go for the H100 then. Thats the only one which will fit with my Vengeance memory and the side panel 200mm fan. Although I need to slant the RAD a little bit towards the outer side If I have to install the fans because of the taller memory.

 

[muhammadbinmehroze]

The side fan could potentially be bad. Had the phantom 410. I had a side case fan blowing in cool air directly onto my GPU. That side fan helps keep my GPU three degrees cooler during bench marking. I'd recommend you conduct a test to see if it helps or hurts your set up.

Secondly, removing the 200mm fan allows you to accommodate a variety of heat sinks.

So it'll be wise to remove the fan and install a cooler instead...

 

[irfan88]

The side fan could potentially be bad. Had the phantom 410. I had a side case fan blowing in cool air directly onto my GPU. That side fan helps keep my GPU three degrees cooler during bench marking. I'd recommend you conduct a test to see if it helps or hurts your set up.

Secondly, removing the 200mm fan allows you to accommodate a variety of heat sinks.

So it'll be wise to remove the fan and install a cooler instead...

Finally I found the cooler which fits on the Phantom full tower with the Vengeance Ram. Its the Zalman CNPS9900 NT. Check the below link for the pics:

http://www.sweclockers.com/galleri/7761-nzxt-phantom#image35

is it a good cooler. Should I get it?

 

[muhammadbinmehroze]

Please visit the following link:
http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2665&page=6

Its the 16th cooler from the top..

Well it sure does has a damn good reputation!!
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Zalman-CNPS9900-NT-CPU-Cooler-Review/872/8
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Zalman-CNPS9900-NT-CPU-Cooler-Review/872/6
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zalman/CNPS_9900_NT/5.html

I think you should go with it!

Cheers!

 

[irfan88]

Please visit the following link:
http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=2665&page=6

Its the 16th cooler from the top..

Well it sure does has a damn good reputation!!
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Zalman-CNPS9900-NT-CPU-Cooler-Review/872/8
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Zalman-CNPS9900-NT-CPU-Cooler-Review/872/6
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Zalman/CNPS_9900_NT/5.html

I think you should go with it!

Cheers!

Well, I sure will. I was wondering, how much of a performance difference would occur between the Zalman CNPS9900 NT and the COrsair H100. Is that really good.

 

[muhammadbinmehroze]

The H100 obviously has a higher hand.. Although not that much.. probably 2-3 degrees..

Considering the noise, we all know corsair H series has high noise issues when functioning at max speed

 

[irfan88]

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