Cooler to big for my case?

[itzi3andit1]

Hello today i bought a noctua NH-D14 cooler and put it on my processor (AMD fx8350) when i was all done the cooler works just fine but is saw that the cooler popped out of the case with

1cm. So now i cant put on the side panel. So i came to think to cut the plastic spacers inbetween the motherboard and the cooler. Would that be wise to do? or do you guys have any alternative thank yuo very much for reading.

[ADZ_123_!"£]

Really you only have to options mod the cooler or mod the case.

Modding the case would be the best option.

[Rampiks]

i would RMA the cooler or case. Or you can just use it with the side panel off

[Husky]

Hello today i bought a noctua NH-D14 cooler and put it on my processor (AMD fx8350) when i was all done the cooler works just fine but is saw that the cooler popped out of the case with

1cm. So now i cant put on the side panel. So i came to think to cut the plastic spacers inbetween the motherboard and the cooler. Would that be wise to do? or do you guys have any alternative thank yuo very much for reading.

You could probably cut a hole the size of the cooler in the side of the case so that it sticks out a tiny bit. It is a Getto solution but atleast you can put your side panel on!

[Rampiks]

You could probably cut a hole the size of the cooler in the side of the case so that it sticks out a tiny bit. It is a Getto solution but atleast you can put your side panel on!

he would need to cut bigger since most sidepanels slide on

[Husky]

he would need to cut bigger since most sidepanels slide on

Lol didn't think about that, But it's better than not putting on the side panel at all.

[Jumper118]

you could get a bigger case or send the cooler back and get one that will fit in your case. 

[TomvanWijnen]

What case do you have?

[itzi3andit1]

he would need to cut bigger since most sidepanels slide on

the only thing thaths get out of the case are those little spikie tops on the cooler can i cut them off without having trouble of performance?

[sherman9800]

the only thing thaths get out of the case are those little spikie tops on the cooler can i cut them off without having trouble of performance?

Those are the ends of the heatpipes so you definitely can NOT cut them off. Its a pain but you need to either find another cooler that fits, get a different case or mod the sidepanel. I suggest exchanging the cooler.

 

What case do you have?

[itzi3andit1]

Those are the ends of the heatpipes so you definitely can NOT cut them off. Its a pain but you need to either find another cooler that fits, get a different case or mod the sidepanel. I suggest exchanging the cooler.

 

What case do you have?

 

 

the only thing thaths get out of the case are those little spikie tops on the cooler can i cut them off without having trouble of performance?

 

 

What case do you have?

 

 

you could get a bigger case or send the cooler back and get one that will fit in your case. 

 

 

Lol didn't think about that, But it's better than not putting on the side panel at all.

 

 

he would need to cut bigger since most sidepanels slide on

 

 

You could probably cut a hole the size of the cooler in the side of the case so that it sticks out a tiny bit. It is a Getto solution but atleast you can put your side panel on!

 

 

i would RMA the cooler or case. Or you can just use it with the side panel off

 

 

Really you only have to options mod the cooler or mod the case.

Modding the case would be the best option.

 

 

Hello today i bought a noctua NH-D14 cooler and put it on my processor (AMD fx8350) when i was all done the cooler works just fine but is saw that the cooler popped out of the case with

1cm. So now i cant put on the side panel. So i came to think to cut the plastic spacers inbetween the motherboard and the cooler. Would that be wise to do? or do you guys have any alternative thank yuo very much for reading.

All thank you very much for helping me out, i solved the problem by putting aluminium strips on the side pannel of 1cm so that the cooler can fit. it costed about 5 bucks and it works perfectly good. I used removable tape so that it will stay in place here is a picture:

 

http://gyazo.com/4387f4505f7210e45c40007fecc20bb6

 

just wanted to let you guys now how i did it so maybe someone else with my problem can do the same.

[rjfaber91]

All thank you very much for helping me out, i solved the problem by putting aluminium strips on the side pannel of 1cm so that the cooler can fit. it costed about 5 bucks and it works perfectly good. I used removable tape so that it will stay in place here is a picture:

 

http://gyazo.com/4387f4505f7210e45c40007fecc20bb6

 

just wanted to let you guys now how i did it so maybe someone else with my problem can do the same.

 

I actually did something surprisingly similar with my case, except with plastic U-profiles rather than aluminium ones. I really appreciate your work, but I will tell you one thing: you're bound to get vibration problems in that side panel sooner or later, unless you only run SSDs or you have flexible HDD mounts. Whether you are actually bothered by that will depend on yourself, but because the side panel won't fit as snugly in its mountings as it did out of the factory, the HDD vibrations will start to make a fairly annoying vibrating noise...