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Best air cooler for Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX

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Hi

What is the best/largest air cooler that I can fit in a Thermaltake Core V1 Mini ITX?

It will be cooling an i7 6700K.

Thanks

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6700K @ 4.4GHz 1.2v || Noctua NH-D9L || ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac Z170 || 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 2400MHz 15-15-15-35 || Samsung SM951 NVMe M.2 512GB || Antec HCG 620M || Thermaltake Core V1 || LG 29EA73 2560x1080 Ultrawide || Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 || Logitech G5 Blue

 

MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2010 || 120GB SSD || 8GB (Will upgrade to 2016 15" model)

 

iPhone 4 || Nexus 4 32GB || OnePlus One 64GB || Moto 360 || Nexus 9 32GB || Kindle Paperwhite || Sennheiser CX 300-II

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Budget? Also protip when building with it snake cables around the side.

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Budget? Also protip when building with it snake cables around the side.

No budget. I thought that was implied with "best".

October 2015 Dev Rig:

 

6700K @ 4.4GHz 1.2v || Noctua NH-D9L || ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac Z170 || 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 2400MHz 15-15-15-35 || Samsung SM951 NVMe M.2 512GB || Antec HCG 620M || Thermaltake Core V1 || LG 29EA73 2560x1080 Ultrawide || Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 || Logitech G5 Blue

 

MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2010 || 120GB SSD || 8GB (Will upgrade to 2016 15" model)

 

iPhone 4 || Nexus 4 32GB || OnePlus One 64GB || Moto 360 || Nexus 9 32GB || Kindle Paperwhite || Sennheiser CX 300-II

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D9L or something by noctua? Since you're already going with a largish mITX case you could get the NH-D15 if you get a Entho Evolv

G3258 @ 4.5 | 8GB Team Vulcan RAM | 128GB Kingston V300 SSD (I didn't know what I was doing when I bought it) | MSI H81I Motherboard | Corsair H55 with Noctua NF-P12 | EVGA SSC GTX 960 4GB | OCZ 550W Fully Modular PSU with Noctua NF-A14 | Cooler Master Elite 130 (Soon to be something cool)

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No budget. I thought that was implied with "best".

Its a budget case so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the best would be a 140mm liquid cooler like the X41

I do recommend getting that cases bigger brother the v21 which I personally think is much better designed or if you want to stick with ITX the enthoo evolv.

 

EDIT: air cooler one sec still researching 

 

EDIT 2: L12 or U9s

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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D9L or something by noctua? Since you're already going with a largish mITX case you could get the NH-D15 if you get a Entho Evolv

 

 

Its a budget case so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the best would be a 140mm liquid cooler like the X41

I do recommend getting that cases bigger brother the v21 which I personally think is much better designed or if you want to stick with ITX the enthoo evolv.

 

EDIT: air cooler one sec still researching 

 

EDIT 2: L12 or U9s

 

Thanks for your suggestions. I went with the NH-D9L.

Do you know what are some safe Skylake temperatures? I am getting 85C on my 6700K at stock vcore at 4.4GHz after a few minutes of PRIME95. Seems quite high. I have not put any exhaust fans in the case so it might be because of that.

 

Idle is only 30C.

October 2015 Dev Rig:

 

6700K @ 4.4GHz 1.2v || Noctua NH-D9L || ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac Z170 || 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 2400MHz 15-15-15-35 || Samsung SM951 NVMe M.2 512GB || Antec HCG 620M || Thermaltake Core V1 || LG 29EA73 2560x1080 Ultrawide || Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 || Logitech G5 Blue

 

MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2010 || 120GB SSD || 8GB (Will upgrade to 2016 15" model)

 

iPhone 4 || Nexus 4 32GB || OnePlus One 64GB || Moto 360 || Nexus 9 32GB || Kindle Paperwhite || Sennheiser CX 300-II

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Thanks for your suggestions. I went with the NH-D9L.

Do you know what are some safe Skylake temperatures? I am getting 85C on my 6700K at stock vcore at 4.4GHz after a few minutes of PRIME95. Seems quite high. I have not put any exhaust fans in the case so it might be because of that.

 

Idle is only 30C.

try putting the grill side on the top

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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try putting the grill side on the top

 

Ok, will try.

What do you think will be more effective:

1) Putting in 2 80mm exhaust fans

2) Putting a second (or third) fan on the Noctua NH-D9L?

 

I might also delid the CPU. The temps are crazy high atm.

October 2015 Dev Rig:

 

6700K @ 4.4GHz 1.2v || Noctua NH-D9L || ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac Z170 || 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 2400MHz 15-15-15-35 || Samsung SM951 NVMe M.2 512GB || Antec HCG 620M || Thermaltake Core V1 || LG 29EA73 2560x1080 Ultrawide || Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 || Logitech G5 Blue

 

MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2010 || 120GB SSD || 8GB (Will upgrade to 2016 15" model)

 

iPhone 4 || Nexus 4 32GB || OnePlus One 64GB || Moto 360 || Nexus 9 32GB || Kindle Paperwhite || Sennheiser CX 300-II

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Ok, will try.

What do you think will be more effective:

1) Putting in 2 80mm exhaust fans

2) Putting a second (or third) fan on the Noctua NH-D9L?

 

I might also delid the CPU. The temps are crazy high atm.

extra fan on the cooler. Wait is the one your getting having a horizontal or vertical fan?

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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extra fan on the cooler. Wait is the one your getting having a horizontal or vertical fan?

 

The case and cooler all have vertical fans. The air flows in from the front of the case and out the back. The only exception is the PSU fan which is horizontal and pushes air out the bottom.

October 2015 Dev Rig:

 

6700K @ 4.4GHz 1.2v || Noctua NH-D9L || ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming-ITX/ac Z170 || 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 2400MHz 15-15-15-35 || Samsung SM951 NVMe M.2 512GB || Antec HCG 620M || Thermaltake Core V1 || LG 29EA73 2560x1080 Ultrawide || Microsoft Ergonomic 4000 || Logitech G5 Blue

 

MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2010 || 120GB SSD || 8GB (Will upgrade to 2016 15" model)

 

iPhone 4 || Nexus 4 32GB || OnePlus One 64GB || Moto 360 || Nexus 9 32GB || Kindle Paperwhite || Sennheiser CX 300-II

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The case and cooler all have vertical fans. The air flows in from the front of the case and out the back. The only exception is the PSU fan which is horizontal and pushes air out the bottom.

oh nvmdont put the vent on the top then.

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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