Scythe Big Shuriken 3

[xuanshin13]

Hey guys, I'm using a Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite mobo and I'm wondering if the Scythe Big Shuriken 3 is able to fit well in my set up. I'm running on an inverted case as you can see in the pic. So my concern is actually the large heatsink and my RAM that I circled. Will the Scythe Big Shuriken 3 be able to fit onto my mobo with no problem?

[FloRolf]

First of, why do you want to go with such a small cooler when you have a full size case? 

 

Second, ram won't be an issue at all, since the cooler only goes to the rear-IO side. I can't tell if the shroud would be an issue. I have this same cooler on my Asus B350-i Strix. You can take a look at that board to see if it's similar in terms of rear shroud. 

[jaslion]

Why that cooler? It's not that much better than the stock one and you seem to have a massive amount of space anyways?

[xuanshin13]

2 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

First of, why do you want to go with such a small cooler when you have a full size case? 

 

Second, ram won't be an issue at all, since the cooler only goes to the rear-IO side. I can't tell if the shroud would be an issue. I have this same cooler on my Asus B350-i Strix. You can take a look at that board to see if it's similar in terms of rear shroud. 

Well the reason why I'm going with a small cooler is purely aesthetics. Didn't want it to look too chunky inside. As you can see I have the RGB RAM in there so I wanna be able to see that part. 

 

The shroud on top shouldn't be a problem coz the cooler won't be near there.

 

This is a picture of how a typical heatsink would look like in this case

[xuanshin13]

4 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Why that cooler? It's not that much better than the stock one and you seem to have a massive amount of space anyways?

Well it's purely aesthetics. Do you have any recommendations? Coz I just came into the PC building world so I don't know which coolers are good yet aesthetically pleasing

[FloRolf]

43 minutes ago, dxrrxn13 said:

Well it's purely aesthetics. Do you have any recommendations? Coz I just came into the PC building world so I don't know which coolers are good yet aesthetically pleasing

I mean you have the exhaust fans right there I would install a 240mm rad. 

While they aren't the cheapest and now even the best performancers, they certainly look nice. 

Corsair even has a white one. 

[xuanshin13]

1 minute ago, FloRolf said:

I mean you have the exhaust fans right there I would install a 240mm rad. 

While they aren't the cheapest and now even the best performancers, they certainly look nice. 

Corsair even has a white one. 

Yeaaa due to budget I think I'm gonna stick with air cooling. I mean I don't plan on overclocking my pc so I think it might be a little overkill to use an AIO? I'm not really sure to be honest. I tried researching and I don't know which cooling option I should go with

[jaslion]

4 hours ago, dxrrxn13 said:

Well it's purely aesthetics. Do you have any recommendations? Coz I just came into the PC building world so I don't know which coolers are good yet aesthetically pleasing

I mean a goto is like the dark rock pro. If you want those flat coolers there are some not many that are bigger and will actually be worth the upgrade.