Hi everyone,
for those that saw my other post, my current pc is in my project sophia case, which is now a year old and falling to pieces, So i'll be moving my whole system to my second case, project kairos and I'm dealing now with some difficulties.
I'll be using a lot of old parts, I'll probably only buy a new cpu cooler and maybe a new hard drive.
I'll use here more as a building log and test on my mdf pc case.
so, now i need help with cpu cooler clearence.
My cpu is a i7-4690 non k
I dont game at all but I do a lot of cpu rendering and cad workload, so I need good cooling for 100% cpu utilization (like, 100% for 2 hours or more)
the intake will be a 140mm fan. I'll also have 2 hdd and an ssd. My gpu is a 6770hd, it doesn get much use.
I dont have many options (both by availability and space) on what to do and here are my ideas :
noctua L9i fits perfectly, but I dont know if it can handle my cpu??
same with cryorig c7. anyone know how it handles 100% load??
noctua NH L9x65 cooler, very tight
This leaves about 2mm clearence, which wont do so I'd have to use my psu as exaust
any 120mm rad
240mm rad up to 275mm length max (thats kinda ridiculous but might work?)
I'm not sure what's my best option :/
edit:
my motherboard is a slim micro atx (213mm width) so it fits. the dark gray part of motherboard is what is left in the micro atx form factor.
for those that saw my other post, my current pc is in my project sophia case, which is now a year old and falling to pieces, So i'll be moving my whole system to my second case, project kairos and I'm dealing now with some difficulties.
I'll be using a lot of old parts, I'll probably only buy a new cpu cooler and maybe a new hard drive.
I'll use here more as a building log and test on my mdf pc case.
so, now i need help with cpu cooler clearence.
My cpu is a i7-4690 non k
I dont game at all but I do a lot of cpu rendering and cad workload, so I need good cooling for 100% cpu utilization (like, 100% for 2 hours or more)
the intake will be a 140mm fan. I'll also have 2 hdd and an ssd. My gpu is a 6770hd, it doesn get much use.
I dont have many options (both by availability and space) on what to do and here are my ideas :
noctua L9i fits perfectly, but I dont know if it can handle my cpu??
same with cryorig c7. anyone know how it handles 100% load??
noctua NH L9x65 cooler, very tight
This leaves about 2mm clearence, which wont do so I'd have to use my psu as exaust
any 120mm rad
240mm rad up to 275mm length max (thats kinda ridiculous but might work?)
I'm not sure what's my best option :/
edit:
my motherboard is a slim micro atx (213mm width) so it fits. the dark gray part of motherboard is what is left in the micro atx form factor.
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