Any idea's to make this possible?

Cheetah Designs · 1 Apr 2012 at 19:50

I'm looking at a case which has a height of 59mm and I want to cool a processor in it that has a TDP of 77W (Socket 1155).

Given that the thickness of the case chassis will be very thin as it is very cheap and the height of the motherboard off the bottom of the chassis I will probably only have 40mm of space for cooling.

Can anyone think of any ideas to make this possible, in there any cooler that I can use?

sypher365 · 2 Apr 2012 at 17:46

Think you may have trouble finding a decent cooler below 40mm in height, I've got a Scythe Shuriken in my htpc and that sits at about 64mm, next best thing is probably Prolimatech Samuel 17 thats sitting at 45mm without a fan so you looking at another 12mm if you can get a 120mm x 12mm fan.

Cheetah Designs · 2 Apr 2012 at 18:30

Poo, thats too big still....that would be 52mm with a fan leaving only 7mm for the case metal thickness (1.5mm total), board thickness (1.5mm) and only 4mm for the screws that hold the motherboard.

hawker1986 · 2 Apr 2012 at 20:10

Titan TTC-NC25/HS, youll need to google it, pretty cheap little cooler but does not come with a fan, only 31mm high. Says it can manage 130W but im a little skeptical about that. I have one on the Mrs' 45W i5 2500T, stays nice a cool with a 80x80x20mm fan and quiet too. Worth a look.

Hawker

Cheetah Designs · 2 Apr 2012 at 21:36

hawker1986 said:
Titan TTC-NC25/HS, youll need to google it, pretty cheap little cooler but does not come with a fan, only 31mm high. Says it can manage 130W but im a little skeptical about that. I have one on the Mrs' 45W i5 2500T, stays nice a cool with a 80x80x20mm fan and quiet too. Worth a look.

Hawker

That looks perfect given its height. I'm hoping it will be fine for a 77W TDP cpu given that it claims up to 130.

Turambar · 2 Apr 2012 at 22:32

Scythe Kozuti has a 40mm height, manufacturer recommends 65W for absolute silence but claims it is capable up to 95W.

Cheetah Designs · 2 Apr 2012 at 23:26

Excellent - another to look at

Just realised, am I going to have a problem with cooling and trapped heat in this case?:

Its 185mm x 200mm x 59mm

Hotwired · 3 Apr 2012 at 14:55

Using this Silverstone low profile cooler atm on an i3 2130 3.4GHz dual core.

It's 37mm including the fan.

Some of the ones you've been suggested do not have a fan on them.

http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=262&area=en