Shadow Rock 3 very snug fit

[Mark Baxter]

Hi guys,

Recently asked for help regarding choosing a CPU cooler as the Intel stock was simply worrying in regard to the temps I would receive, this has improved significantly since purchasing the Shadow Rock 3, but my issue is that as it's very tall it's such as snug fit in my case. It's working perfectly and my temps seem fine, but is this an issue since the top of the heat sync is only just touching my case, would this cause an issue?

Everything seems ok, the side of my case feels warm, but not hot.

New to all this cooling, is it worth getting a different CPU cooler?

https://imgur.com/a/DpBRbWP

Image above

Thanks

 

[clone]

Yes mate it looks ok as the cpu fan will shift the warm air straight to the rear fan in the case, nothing to worry about as the glass will get warm.

 

[Danny75]

It's fine as long as the panel isn't pushing down on the cooler, and is only touching lightly.