Jump to content

Air cooler that would fit in a aercool x1 with side.

igetaroundd
By igetaroundd
in Cooling
 Share
Posted

I'm looking for a decent small air cooler for my i5 2500k, for about £20-£40. I recently bought a hyper 212 but that wouldnt fit with a side fan installed.i'm planning to use the side panel fans as intake so a low profile cooler wouldnt work.

CPU - i7-10700K, MB -MSI Z490 Gaming Plus, RAM-Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200MHz, GPU - MSI GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING X TRIO, PSU - EVGA 650w Supernova G2 80+ Gold, Storage - Samsung 970 EVO 500 GB ,WD 3x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB, Cooler- Noctua NH-D15S, CASE - Fractal Meshify 2 Compact

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Aerocool X1 cpu cooler height limit is 158mm, with side fan you limit yourself to 133mm cpu cooler, there's not much choice if there's any for a tower I think.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Why not a low profile cooler? A Shadow rock LP would be ideal for that situation.

Budget Rig "Curable":     | FX 6300 @4.5Ghz | Asus R9 270x | Asus Crosshair IV Extreme | 16GB HyperX Beast | 120GB PNY SSD
 

Tablet "Buddy":                 Trekstor Wintron 10.1|

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
2 minutes ago, Rodniz said:

Why not a low profile cooler? A Shadow rock LP would be ideal for that situation.

I was planning to use the side panel fans as intake, wouldn't that mess up the airflow?

CPU - i7-10700K, MB -MSI Z490 Gaming Plus, RAM-Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200MHz, GPU - MSI GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING X TRIO, PSU - EVGA 650w Supernova G2 80+ Gold, Storage - Samsung 970 EVO 500 GB ,WD 3x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB, Cooler- Noctua NH-D15S, CASE - Fractal Meshify 2 Compact

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
8 minutes ago, igetaroundd said:

I was planning to use the side panel fans as intake, wouldn't that mess up the airflow?

There's a mixed result on whether blowing air towards the heatsink or away from the heatsink gives better cooling.

If you can find positive results on a cooler with fan blowing towards the heatsink itself on a low profile cooler then you can give that a shot I guess.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
29 minutes ago, Ichi said:

There's a mixed result on whether blowing air towards the heatsink or away from the heatsink gives better cooling.

If you can find positive results on a cooler with fan blowing towards the heatsink itself on a low profile cooler then you can give that a shot I guess.

I'm gonna give the shadow rock lp a try

CPU - i7-10700K, MB -MSI Z490 Gaming Plus, RAM-Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200MHz, GPU - MSI GeForce RTX 3070 GAMING X TRIO, PSU - EVGA 650w Supernova G2 80+ Gold, Storage - Samsung 970 EVO 500 GB ,WD 3x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB, Cooler- Noctua NH-D15S, CASE - Fractal Meshify 2 Compact

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
10 hours ago, igetaroundd said:

I was planning to use the side panel fans as intake, wouldn't that mess up the airflow?

Just remove the side fan. 

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
Also, make sure to quote a post or tag a member when replying or else they won't get a notification that you replied to them.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Cooling

×