Will it fit?

Donny84 · 27 Feb 2017 at 19:36

YOUR BASKET
[*] 1 x Corsair Obsidian 450D High Airflow Mid-Tower Case (CC-9011049-WW)= £106.99
[*] 1 x thermalright macho 120 cpu cooler (socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / am2 / am2+ / am3 / fm1 / fm2) £29.99

i have the above, but i wanted to upgrade to:
[*] 1 x Cryorig R1 Ultimate Dual Tower CPU Heatsink with 2x 140mm Fan - Black= £76.99

I've already ordered it yesterday. But today I thought, "omg, I didn't check the size!".

So I just checked the size, my case says, Maximum CPU Cooler Height: 165mm.
CPU cooler actual height: H168.3mm

3.3mm too big... reckon it'll be ok?

pastymuncher · 27 Feb 2017 at 19:41

The only way it will fit is if you leave the side panel off. Don't force it on or you will damage the motherboard. This is why you should check things before ordering.

Donny84 · 27 Feb 2017 at 19:44

pastymuncher said:
The only way it will fit is if you leave the side panel off. Don't force it on or you will damage the motherboard. This is why you should check things before ordering.

Well, I won't be leaving the side panel off... guess I'll have to send it back.

Donny84 · 27 Feb 2017 at 19:48

pastymuncher said:
The only way it will fit is if you leave the side panel off. Don't force it on or you will damage the motherboard. This is why you should check things before ordering.

You sure it'll damage the mobo and not just bend the side panel a little bit? its only 3.3mm .....

MassiveJim · 27 Feb 2017 at 21:54

Donny84 said:
You sure it'll damage the mobo and not just bend the side panel a little bit? its only 3.3mm .....

Is it worth the risk ?

pastymuncher · 28 Feb 2017 at 15:38

It will put a lot of pressure on the motherboard and is not worth the risk. 3.3mm is actually quite a bit when you don't have the space to begin with. I doubt if it will give you that much of a difference in temps over the beast of a Thermalright that you have already anyway. Have you tried fitting a second fan to your Thermalright?

Donny84 · 28 Feb 2017 at 21:21

pastymuncher said:
It will put a lot of pressure on the motherboard and is not worth the risk. 3.3mm is actually quite a bit when you don't have the space to begin with. I doubt if it will give you that much of a difference in temps over the beast of a Thermalright that you have already anyway. Have you tried fitting a second fan to your Thermalright?

Well, it came and I tried it. Just finished fitting it and the side panel slid on with ease. There's about 2mm of space still left between side panel and heatsink, so all is good

Temps are a whole 10degrees cooler on max load.

Never though about adding an extra fan to my Thermalright....

crazypete00 · 28 Feb 2017 at 21:37

Nice decrease in temps

Donny84 · 1 Mar 2017 at 10:25

crazypete00 said:
Nice decrease in temps

Yeh, I'm loving this cooler already.
I loaded a saved OC setting which had my 3.4 i5 3570k running at 4.5ghz, but with the old Thermalright cooler it was reaching temps in the mid 90s while running Prime95.
This new cooler with the same settings at 4.5ghz is reaching a max of 74 degrees. Massive improvement. (Insert McDonalds advert jingle)

crazypete00 · 1 Mar 2017 at 13:16

thats awesome. im running a 4670k on a AIO water cooler and with a clock of 4.5ghz im getting temps around 75c+. I know the Haswells run hotter anyway but getting 75c on air is awesome.