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Coojeekitten

Coojeekitten

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I just found out that the Lian-Li 011 case does not allow the Noctua NH-U9S to fit. I either have to find another case, or change the cpu cooler. Should I look at a Noctua top flow cooler or find another brand?

Does anyone recognise this cooler?

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Looks like a Cryorig H7 to me, which is a lot taller than the Noctua.

Are you sure the Noctua wont fit? It's listed as 125mm tall and the Lian Li case should support up to 155mm tall coolers.
 
As others have said, Cryorig H7 Quad Lumi.

But I don't understand why you say NH-U9S won't fit,but it's only 125mm tall and Lian Li 011 has 155mm CPU clearance .. 30mm more than you need
 
UnworthyBean said:
Looks like a Cryorig H7 to me, which is a lot taller than the Noctua.

Are you sure the Noctua wont fit? It's listed as 125mm tall and the Lian Li case should support up to 155mm tall coolers.
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I know, I'm surprised too. It doesn't fit just by the little metal bits at the top. Lian-Li are not measuring from the processor, they are measuring from the plate under the mobo.

Look at 8:21


Thanks guys. I think I need to find another case?

What is the cpu cooler at 3:19?

 
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Coojeekitten said:
I know, I'm surprised too. It doesn't fit just by the little metal bits at the top. Lian-Li are not measuring from the processor, they are measuring from the plate under the mobo.
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Talking head in video says it's be quiet! cooler being taller than spec, not Lian Li. But I've measured many coolers including be quiet! ones and never found any more than 1mm different than published specifications.

Drawing shows distances from mobo tray to surface of motherboard and CPUIHS surface above motherboard measurements.
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Coojeekitten said:
Thanks guys. I think I need to find another case?
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That was the first thing that came to mind as I read your opening post. :D What motherboard and RAM do you have? If it will fit your mobo and you get a case with 171mm or more CPU clearance you could fit TRUE Spirit 140 Power in, one of the very best coolers and only a few quid more than H7.
 
doyll said:
Talking head in video says it's be quiet! cooler being taller than spec, not Lian Li. But I've measured many coolers including be quiet! ones and never found any more than 1mm different than published specifications.

Drawing shows distances from mobo tray to surface of motherboard and CPUIHS surface above motherboard measurements.



That was the first thing that came to mind as I read your opening post. :D What motherboard and RAM do you have? If it will fit your mobo and you get a case with 171mm or more CPU clearance you could fit TRUE Spirit 140 Power in, one of the very best coolers and only a few quid more than H7.
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Nice drawing, thanks. Agreed that he was talking about the Bequiet. However it also seems to apply to the Noctua U12S. Case headroom seems to be 155mm, the U12S is 158mm. (grrrr) Maybe I can go with a U9S with twin fans? I'm not intending to overclock by that much - just a click or two.

This is a new build, so I still have options. Expected kit is Asus Prime X299-A II, CPU i9-10980xe, cooler Noctua U9S, case Lian-Li air. Usage Premier Pro 4k H.265 editing, Photoshop, Lightroom. Heading towards 6k Prores editing.
With the air case, I can put 3 fans inflow at the front, 2 fan exhaust at the back & maybe 3 fans exhaust at the top, 3 fans exhaust at the bottom for the graphics card. 3 fans inflow at the side. I can run all the fans at slow speed maybe?
 
Coojeekitten said:
Nice drawing, thanks. Agreed that he was talking about the Bequiet. However it also seems to apply to the Noctua U12S. Case headroom seems to be 155mm, the U12S is 158mm. (grrrr) Maybe I can go with a U9S with twin fans? I'm not intending to overclock by that much - just a click or two.

This is a new build, so I still have options. Expected kit is Asus Prime X299-A II, CPU i9-10980xe, cooler Noctua U9S, case Lian-Li air. Usage Premier Pro 4k H.265 editing, Photoshop, Lightroom. Heading towards 6k Prores editing.
With the air case, I can put 3 fans inflow at the front, 2 fan exhaust at the back & maybe 3 fans exhaust at the top, 3 fans exhaust at the bottom for the graphics card. 3 fans inflow at the side. I can run all the fans at slow speed maybe?
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Indeed, 3mm taller would be problematic, especially if case has side window. As windows are on inside of case the lower CPU clearance by thickness of window .. which is why cases without windows usually have a couple more mm of clearance that spec. ;) Lian-Li make quality cases but they are not much good for air cooling because their venting is more for radiators than through case airflow. If you could return / exchange case for something else with better airflow and more CPU clearance I would. But it's your choice. ;)

You only need intake fans and 1 more exhaust vent than intake fans. Using intake & exhaust fans is like push & pull fans on cooler or radiator .. maybe 1-2c lower temps at same fan speed, but 2x fans make couple dB more noise, and if you raise the speed of single fan to same db noise cooling is the same. I would use 3x front intakes and block any openings in front fan mounting panel not covered by fans so air they push into case has to move back and out, not leak into front and go in circles. Less fans means less noise and also less expense. What fans are you planning to use? Remove all PCIe back slot covers to increase rear vent area around GPU and thus more front to back airflow and lower GPU and CPU temps. Top exhaust tends to draw GPU's heated exhaust up around CPU cooler thus warming air to CPU, so I wouldn't use top exhaust except maybe the rear most top vent.
 
Thanks for the tips, great stuff!

I'm designing this from scratch & don't have any of the kit yet. So it's basically a blank canvas apart from I need 3x M.2 slots & I'm biased towards Intel. I was going to get all Noctua fans.

I was originally looking at the Lian-Li dynamic, but thought the air case would be more suited to air cooling. I'm not married to air cooling, it's just I have zero experience with water cooling.
 
Then get a case that is actually designed for air cooling and has good airflow designed into it. Fractal Design and Phanteks are both well built and most have good airflow. Noctua make good fans, but for less money there are others easily as good or better. PH-f120MP and PH-F140MP are quite good and in 2-pack are very reasonably priced.
2-pack PH-f140MP £16.26
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/two-...140mm-fan-radiator-performance-bu-003-pt.html
2-pack PH-F120MP £14.99
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/two-...120mm-fan-radiator-performance-bu-002-pt.html

A case with 171mm or more CPU clearance, 2x 140mm front intakes, maybe 1x bottom intake and a big air cooler will cool everything quietly .. and cost a fraction of what H20 cooling costs. AIOs better than CLCs but still not even close to component built H2O. A well setup air cooled system is easily as good as custom loop and does not need annual servicing either. I used custom water for years before I came back to air about 10 years ago when good heatpipe coolers became available. I don't miss water cooling at all.
 
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Thanks, I've been doing some more reading, especially at Puget. I'm now thinking along the lines of close loop liquid cooling just for the cpu. This gets me the case I really wanted, Lian-Li dynamic, without the crazy times of a full water cooled system. I need to figure out airflow for the memory slots & sort out where the graphics fans are going. But with a closed loop, I don't have such a maintenance issue. What are your thoughts?
 
Coojeekitten said:
What are your thoughts?
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Air cool both CPU and GPU.

AIOs/CLCs are only marginally better if at all, usually cost more, will not last as long as air cooler, plus if CLC and component goes bad (always pump) no way to fix without new CLC or other cooler. Even AIO with threaded fittings, copper radiator, etc. it's the pump that will fail first, and most new pumps are £50+.

GPU is more of a problem to cool with it's heated exhasut dumping everywhere, so if only water cooling one it should be GPU. But to do it properly requires a full cover waterblock design specifically for on model GPU and costing £100+ that you will have to replace when you change GPU in a year or so.

Bottom line, if you go water cooling be it CLC or higher qualtiy it will end up costing at least twice as much over 5 years as a good air cooling setup will cost .. and in 5 years air cooling will still cool as well as it did brand new with maybe needing a new fan or two .. and maybe a mount upgrade to use on newer CPU.
 
If I was you I'd get an AIO/CLC. There are plenty of decent ones to choose from and they work very well, expell the hot air straight out of the case without affecting the other components and they look very neat. Don't worry about replacing it in 5 or so years: putting aside 50p a week will more than cover the cost. :)
 
I have a couple options. I'd like to keep with the Lian-Li cases which mean I may have to get a water kit for the processor because of clearance issues. With the graphics card fans aiming down, I've no idea why Lian-Li show the bottom fans blowing up straight into the downward graphics card fans. Looks like a severe flow issue there to me. I'd just have the fans the other way around & then to get some inflow, use the side fans to blow inwards.

How much air flow does the memory, mobo in general & the M.2 cards need?

Hmm, do all images have to be hosted off site?
 
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