How to fit a Cooler Master cooler in a mATX case?

[morn14150]

So you guys probably already know the cooler master hyper 212 evo or spectrum, it’s not fit very well in microatx cases because of the heatpipes 

 

what should I do? Drill holes? Or just leave the pc window open forever?”

[emosun]

judging from the age/condition of the case you can probably just leave the side off forever

[aisle9]

You know there are smaller coolers, right? 120mm coolers as short as 148mm are out there and cheap.

[RONOTHAN##]

13 minutes ago, morn14150 said:

Drill holes?

This is the solution I would want to go with.

 

13 minutes ago, morn14150 said:

Or just leave the pc window open forever?

This is the solution I would actually go with. 

[morn14150]

11 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

You know there are smaller coolers, right? 120mm coolers as short as 148mm are out there and cheap.

Well I’ve seen Linus’ video and apparently you need to get a beefy cooler like this to cool this cpu down

And yeah, I forgot about the fan size

[morn14150]

14 minutes ago, emosun said:

judging from the age/condition of the case you can probably just leave the side off forever

No the side panel is probably fine for a few more years

 

Also I’m doing it to keep dust away

[SPARTAN VI]

Looks like the fins are also beyond the threshold, but difficult to tell with the angle. Ideally you'd get away with just drilling out holes to accommodate the heat pipes. I'd use nail polish or acrylic paint to dab the ends of the heatpipes, place the panel back on as carefully as possible to mark the areas where the heatpipes are in contact, then drill baby. 

 

If it STILL doesn't fit, I'd use a hole saw or rotary tool to cut out a circle to accommodate the area. Then use a speaker grill to dress up the hole and provide some dust filtration. Something like I've done to an old front panel (see attached).