Hello,
I'm having some difficulty choosing an appropriate cooling system for the case and hardware I've ordered.
The Fractal Design Focus G case has a max CPU cooler height of 165mm.
The Deepcool Assassin III is supposedly 165mm (I've been unable to confirm this, I've seen heights of 165mm and 171.5mm reported).
Does anyone here own both of these products, and can confirm that the Assassin III will fit into the Focus G? This is one of the last parts I need to order.
I'd be facing the same issue with a Noctua D15.
The Dark Rock Pro 4 wouldn't give me enough RAM clearance.
I've *considered* going for a Noctua D15S, but it seems to not perform as well as the D15 or the Assassin III (or the Dark RockPro4, but the RAM clearance is only 40mm, and my RAM is 41mm).
I've ordered a Ryzen 9 3900x, Asus ROG STRIX X570-E, G.Skill Trident Z Neo RAM, a Sabrent 1TB Rocket Nvme PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD (with heatsink), and I'll be using this MSI RTX 2060 I have in my current PC (for now).
I've read that the 3900x runs quite hot; so if I'm going the air cooling route, I want the best air cooler possible. I'm not totally opposed to an AIO, but all of the research I've done has claimed that the high end air coolers are sufficient for the 3900x, and will only run a few degrees hotter.
I'd really just like to get the Assassin III, but I'm hesitant to order because I can't get confirmation that it'll fit into the Focus G.
Also, if anyone has advice on a better system for cooling this CPU, I'd appreciate hearing it. This is the first PC I'm building from the ground up, I really don't know what I'm doing.
I will be purchasing case fans with a fan controller, so I'm confident that I'll have enough airflow; but I'm worried that the air cooler I want to use on the CPU will either be too big, or not be powerful enough for the 3900x.
Please help!