Questioning

JeremyBuchan · 29 Mar 2015 at 21:10

Looking for high end cpu air cooler and i seem to be intrigued by Zalman CNPS12X but will this fit inside my antec 1200 v3 case. Do i have to remove the side panel fan to make this mount? Will i have to change into low profile dual ram also?

stulid · 29 Mar 2015 at 23:35

What platform is this for? what RAM do you have? what sort of budget do you have?

Andreas.96 · 29 Mar 2015 at 23:42

Should fit with the side panel fan from what I've gleaned from the internets.

And it's going to be a tight squeeze with RAM depending on what motherboard and RAM combo you have.

I would ask the question whether a high end air cooler like this is worth it though? Wouldn't an AIO like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £89.99
Total : £98.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

Be better?

JeremyBuchan · 30 Mar 2015 at 00:14

Mainly for gaming only and here some of my specs:

Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Asus Crosshair V Formula Z AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard
AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail
TeamGroup Xtreem LV 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C9 2133MHz DualQuad Channel Kit (TXD316G2133HC9NQC-L)

willing to spend around £500 ish.
Most likely have to change into smaller size ram.
Probably this.
TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01)

Can my motherboard support it?
Going to change top fan also instead of using the big boy.
BitFenix Spectre PRO 200mm Blue LED - Black

I ask on the forum before and he said the big fan would fit inside the case.
Closed water cooling is nice for cpu but prefer air cooling. Thank you for replying so fast. Another thing that i was planning on buying is flash drive.
Corsair Flash Voyager Slider X1 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive (CMFSL3X1-128GB)

stulid · 30 Mar 2015 at 00:34

£500 is a lot for a cooler.

Or is that for the RAM, board, CPU and GFX card?

JeremyBuchan · 30 Mar 2015 at 00:57

My price was over exaggerated. Mostly cooling for the cpu and change for the ram so everything can fix in place would be splendid for me.

stulid · 30 Mar 2015 at 01:00

YOUR BASKET
1 x Noctua NH-U12S Ultra-Quiet Slim CPU Cooler with NF-F12 Fan £52.99
1 x Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Slim £33.95
Total : £96.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

I cant seem to find the max support cooler height for your case (with or without side fan) but these are both slim coolers so will easily clear tall RAM.