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pjsmith727
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Ok, so I just got my hyper 212 evo in the mail, which I know everyone is going to approve of. I need someone to confirm for me that you can fit a hyper 212 evo in an Inwin 303 case. Don't want, "should fit" I need to know. I'm not about to order a case that won't fit it. Also, any idea how bad it would be if I grinded  the heat pipes down a bit to make it fit? Or is that just a terrible idea

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Yes it will fit just fine. The cooler is 158.5 mm and the case is 572mm deep. 

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grinding down heat pipes would be silly. In the future, I recommend checking compatibility before purchasing. It should just fit

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CM's website says 159mm, INwins site says 160mm.  That should leave you 1mm.  I definitely would not grind the heatpipes since they are'nt solid copper but a tube filled with a gas/liquid under pressure

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4 minutes ago, 0ld_Chicken said:

CM's website says 159mm, INwins site says 160mm.  That should leave you 1mm.  I definitely would not grind the heatpipes since they are'nt solid copper but a tube filled with a gas/liquid under pressure

Thank you so much, omf. I would have been the idiot that tried grinding them? Really appreciate the heads up bro, thanks a million

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2 minutes ago, pjsmith727 said:

Thank you so much, omf. I would have been the idiot that tried grinding them? Really appreciate the heads up bro, thanks a million

no problem! Feel free to ask anything here, after searching on your own of course ;)

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14 hours ago, Trey222 said:

Yes it will fit just fine. The cooler is 158.5 mm and the case is 572mm deep. 

The case is 572mm long and only 335mm deep. How deep a case is also doesn't determine whether a cooler will fit since the design could have used it for rear cable management.

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11 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

The case is 572mm long and only 335mm deep. How deep a case is also doesn't determine whether a cooler will fit since the design could have used it for rear cable management.

Yes you are right, my bad. Thank you for the correction. 

 

Also to the OP I have found that the case can hold a cooler up to 160mm according to Inwin but people who have been able to get away with up to 172mm. So it will be a little close but you will be fine.  

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2 minutes ago, Trey222 said:

Also to the OP I have found that the case can hold a cooler up to 160mm according to Inwin but people who have been able to get away with up to 172mm. So it will be a little close but you will be fine.  

What cooler were they using? Link?

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3 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

What cooler were they using? Link?

Dmitri over at Hardwarecanucks put a Dark Rock Pro 3 in and that cooler is 163mm. Here is the link to where I found found said information. https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/168938-inwin-303-cpu-cooler-clearance Also on InWins spec page it has max CPU cooler height which I missed the first time. 

My Work in Progress PC http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/522048-xeon-build/ <-- That PC was built but never booted:(

My Work in Progress PC 2.0 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/540583-xeon-build-20-code-name-xenox (Hopefully this one boots.) 

 

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6 minutes ago, Trey222 said:

Dmitri over at Hardwarecanucks put a Dark Rock Pro 3 in and that cooler is 163mm. Here is the link to where I found found said information. https://pcpartpicker.com/forums/topic/168938-inwin-303-cpu-cooler-clearance Also on InWins spec page it has max CPU cooler height which I missed the first time. 

Oh, 172mm is the distance between the motherboard tray to the side panel and not from the socket. The case doesn't actually have 172mm of clearance. 

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3 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

What cooler were they using? Link?

Oops I didn't read the whole post. I should really get some sleep. Still the OP should be able to fit his cooler as the official spec is 160mm.

My Work in Progress PC http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/522048-xeon-build/ <-- That PC was built but never booted:(

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