Suitable cooler for a Skeleton

kinny · 9 Jul 2009 at 17:27

Before I get mocked, I have the Antec Skeleton (with Mesh Kit) and I love it, I intend buying a Phenom II 955 to mount on my Asus M3n78Pro, my question is, what aftermarket cooler would you guys suggest for this build (going to check 1. No cooler {AIR COOLED} 2. stock cooler temps and 3. Aftermarket cooler temps) bearing in mind the space limitations, any advice is appreciated. Cheers.

BIGBC · 9 Jul 2009 at 18:24

kinny said:
(going to check 1. No cooler {AIR COOLED} 2. stock cooler temps and 3. Aftermarket cooler temps)

Am i misunderstanding or are u actually planning on trying the system with no CPU cooler installed ?
This would be a bad move.

Ive heard that most of the large coolers do not fit in the Skeleton, if i were you I would take some careful measurments and compare with manufacturer dimensions for any given cooler.

valdai · 9 Jul 2009 at 19:22

Yeah for goodness sake use at least stock cooler, you need the metal to metal heat transfer first for it to ever be cooled fast enough

BIGBC · 9 Jul 2009 at 19:25

Think there was a pretty epic misunderstanding of what air cooled means here lol.

wupwup · 9 Jul 2009 at 20:31

'1. no cooler' ?

Monkey Puzzle · 9 Jul 2009 at 20:33

Haha.

BIGBC · 10 Jul 2009 at 00:25

Im still a tad puzzled as to why the data for a CPU and no cooler would hold any relevance anyway.

Mattus · 10 Jul 2009 at 04:12

That isn't what air cooled means

A modern CPU will just shut down without a heatsink attached. An older CPU will get very hot, very quickly - about 370c to be precise!

elmuzzy66. · 10 Jul 2009 at 05:48

If its an old amd without cooler get the co2 fire kit out

EvRoSn · 23 Sep 2009 at 12:12

I have the same problem so I bought a water cooler kit. I haven't try It yet Im still waiting to arrive

G-Dubs · 23 Sep 2009 at 21:58

Any cooler with a height of less than 156mm will fit under the big boy fan with modifications to the colwing, failing that, if you don't fancy a bit of dremmel action, then the Zalman CNPS9500A LED will fit with no modifications what-so-ever.

The great thing about this case is that you don't need a top end cooler to make it sing. I was running a Q6600 with this "inferior" cooler at 3.6 with no probs at all and nice low temps.