Aspire qpack question!

johntmanic · 16 Jan 2006 at 15:16

Hi im looking to get the Aspire Qpack and i was wondering what is the maximum height of the cpu fan that can fit in the case?
I have the thermaltake Blue orb 2 and its a bit of a beast so i just wanted to check this out first before i went and bought the case!

link to blue orb 2
http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/cl-p0257-blueorbii-2/cl-p0257-2.htm

Thanks
John

johntmanic · 16 Jan 2006 at 19:36

***F1ZZY*** said:
I think you'd be ok.

Height is only 66mm which is similar to zalman 7000 which at 62mm is a proven fit.

Be aware of the diameter too. 140mm is very wide and if the socket on your chosen mobo is not near centre it may overhang and hit case side.

What mobo u planning on using?

Yeah i thought it was about same as the zalman 7000, at the minute ive got a mini atx board and the fan probably overhangs by about 5mm if that!! so i dont think ive got any problems with it touching the side of the case etc.
Ive had a qpck case before ages ago and my motherboard fitted then but i had a tagan psu and there were so many wires it was unbelieveable so i had to get rid of the case!
but now i have a nice hiper modular psu and im going to get another qpack case!

johntmanic · 17 Jan 2006 at 10:20

***F1ZZY*** said:
OK cool, good luck.

I've heard the zalman 7700 fits too but not seen pics to prove it.

If you not got the q-pack yet, try and find a windowless one- they look better IMO.

Well im getting the Blue windowed version of it, and im going to fit a 92mm fan either side in the window blowing hot out and im going to use the 120mm fan at the back to draw cold air in, so it can cool the cpu and the 2 hard drives that will be in!
Ill get pics of it in stages as i build it and the finished product!

johntmanic · 17 Jan 2006 at 19:11

Bad-Co said:
if you going down the 939 AMD route and want a motherboard to fit the Q pack.
The ASRock 939A8X-M isn't a bad choice,

But with the Orb and the Zalman, you need to put the ram in slots 3 and 4, because the fins overhang the first two slots..

Im putting the stuff in my sig into the qpack. Ive already got the Blue orb installed and it sits nicely above all 4 of my memory sticks. it doesnt block any out!

johntmanic · 25 Jan 2006 at 08:24

timmy1988 said:
i got the q pack and the a8x-m and also a zalman 7000 and it fits with plenty of room. atleast about 45mm from edge of cooler to side of case. height wise not a lot of room. will get a photo up soon 2 show

Hi timmy!

Yeah i got it to fit in my case! by the sounds of things the thermaltake blue orb 2 is a bit bigger than the zalman?!
there pics at the bottom of this of mine!
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17247892&page=6