Arctic Freezer 2 question

Relentless81 · 13 Jun 2020 at 09:30

pc-guy said:
The sleeved ones - OCUK has them at something like £40 for a set.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cablemod-pro-modmesh-cable-extension-kit-carbon-cm-14a-cm.html

Ah I thought you meant the flat ones like you get with an SFX PSU

Thanks ill have a look to see if you can just the CPU cable on its own, I got the PCI cables on their own previously

Relentless81 · 13 Jun 2020 at 09:34

TT158 said:
Not sure if you're still looking at this OP, but I have the 360mm in the top of my Fractal Define 7, in push pull. It fits because my case can take 120mm or 140mm up top, and the radiator actually sits more towards the glass panel side of the case, so even though it sits over the ram sticks (can't take them out without getting the rad off, it gives a decent amount of room over the mobo. I think the meshify also does 140mm up top so might work for you?

Edit: I can take a pic of the radiator mount later if you think it might help

Thanks, yes you can mount 140mm fans but only 240 rad max but I understand what you mean, the rad will be closer to the glass than the rear because of the 120mm mounting points

Relentless81 · 14 Jun 2020 at 18:54

Confirmed this won't fit in my case today, not for the reason I expected though, I can clear the PSU cable by a millimetre but the RAM is a problem unfortunately, its not even that tall but glad I spotted it before I ordered

Another reason to stick with air I suppose

pc-guy · 14 Jun 2020 at 23:48

Relentless81 said:
Confirmed this won't fit in my case today, not for the reason I expected though, I can clear the PSU cable by a millimetre but the RAM is a problem unfortunately, its not even that tall but glad I spotted it before I ordered

Another reason to stick with air I suppose

You can always take the ram heatsink off as your rad fans will be sucking air directly over them or change the heatsink to shorter ones?

Relentless81 · 15 Jun 2020 at 06:55

pc-guy said:
You can always take the ram heatsink off as your rad fans will be sucking air directly over them or change the heatsink to shorter ones?

I think I'm just going to stick with air, my case is more geared towards air than water cooling but I'm going to keep an eye on what cases come out and change it at some point and I'll look at aios again then

Thanks for comments

Atari · 15 Jun 2020 at 15:15

This looks fantastic for the price, I'm tempted to get one for my InWin 303 case. Is the thickness of the rad and fans really about 65mm? My case has a slot for a 360 rad and fans but with this fitted, the clearance between the fans and side window will be about 5-6mm which will probably choke the fans something fierce.

Relentless81 · 16 Jun 2020 at 07:24

Atari said:
This looks fantastic for the price, I'm tempted to get one for my InWin 303 case. Is the thickness of the rad and fans really about 65mm? My case has a slot for a 360 rad and fans but with this fitted, the clearance between the fans and side window will be about 5-6mm which will probably choke the fans something fierce.

The rad is 38mm so it's quite thick compared to most other aio's

Fans are 25mm

Atari · 16 Jun 2020 at 09:56

Relentless81 said:
The rad is 38mm so it's quite thick compared to most other aio's

Fans are 25mm

Hmm, thanks for confirming the dimensions on those two.. that'd leave me with 7mm between the fan and the side window. Do you think that's enough space for the fans to get enough air in?

Relentless81 · 16 Jun 2020 at 10:09

Atari said:
Hmm, thanks for confirming the dimensions on those two.. that'd leave me with 7mm between the fan and the side window. Do you think that's enough space for the fans to get enough air in?

It's hard for me to say as I have no experience with your case and the AIO but if it was me I would be weighing up the fact that the 360 version is a bit of a beast so depending on the CPU and if a 360 is overkill for it, it should be fine but of it's a hot CPU then the gap might cause an issue

If the mounting area is filtered you could set it up as intake instead but again that depends on your CPU and how much heat will be dumped in your case

Atari · 16 Jun 2020 at 13:33

Relentless81 said:
It's hard for me to say as I have no experience with your case and the AIO but if it was me I would be weighing up the fact that the 360 version is a bit of a beast so depending on the CPU and if a 360 is overkill for it, it should be fine but of it's a hot CPU then the gap might cause an issue

If the mounting area is filtered you could set it up as intake instead but again that depends on your CPU and how much heat will be dumped in your case

That makes sense, thanks for your help. I can fit a 360 in the top of the case and the 240mm looks a little weird with the added gap as it's completely visible from the side of the PC.

I think the Arctic Freezer 2 might be a bit too thick for my case to work well, the lack of space might choke the fans a bit too much in this case. The new EKWB AIO looks like a solid performer, albeit nowhere near as cheap

Relentless81 · 16 Jun 2020 at 14:07

Atari said:
That makes sense, thanks for your help. I can fit a 360 in the top of the case and the 240mm looks a little weird with the added gap as it's completely visible from the side of the PC.

I think the Arctic Freezer 2 might be a bit too thick for my case to work well, the lack of space might choke the fans a bit too much in this case. The new EKWB AIO looks like a solid performer, albeit nowhere near as cheap

There is a 280 version but the P14 fans are 27mm so add another 2mm to the total thickness

You've obviously seen Gamers Nexus video today on the EK AIO, it looks good in terms of performance but like you say, its expensive.

I simply cant fit an Arctic AIO in my Meshify C unless its the 120 version which is also 38mm in thick so will outperform most other 120mm rads and might even perform as well as some 240's when installed as intake, also it wont affect GPU temps too much in a standard ATX case as the airflow would go over the GPU and the GPU would still have its own case intake fan. Hmmm I'm justifying a 120mm rad to myself here, tempted to try it.