can i put a air cooler in this case and still get good temps (cooler is a master cooler 212 evo)?
903982
Haven't tried it in mine. I think the case is more geared towards a water cpu cooler
903983
They're not bad. I definitely got better temps out of my old antec 900 though.
1790821
I use a stock cooler and put a 120mm fan in the right side (no screws needed). This keeps everything inside cool and quiet.
1259585
The bottom one may not be usable depending on the length of your power supply. I was not able to get a fan to fit because the cables coming from mine were just too close. I do have 4 fans in use though, along with the CPU fan and that is plenty in my opinion. Stock fans are usable, but average at best. I moved them to the front and side and have high end 120mm in the back and top. Airflow is excellent in my opinion. I do really like this case due to the price and features.
418293
I stuck with the stock fans and they've worked for me - quiet, no overheating. That said, I should mention that I'm not overclocking anything in this build and did the best I could to keep wires out of the airflow channels (cable management is still a challenge in this form factor, but if you're doing it for cooling and don't care what things look like once the case is closed, you're fine). I'm running an i5 4670K with stock heat sink/fan, Corsair Vengeance RAM, 2 x 2TB hard drives.
961969
I haven't seen a need to use any additional cooling on the mainboard itself and I've been using it for moderate gaming. Keep good airflow in the case and it'll be fine.
2104182
that's exactly what I did on mine, mostly because i replaced everything in the case with these and wanted consistency. If the stock fans aren't loud then it might not be worth it. Doubt you'd see much of a difference in cooling performance.
67514
Make sure that there is a good airflow. I installed an extra fan in the side of my PC and so far its good. Cases with PSU on the bottom seem to have more issues with overheating if psu is blowing inside
1006606
I have an Evo 212 sitting on my processsor and it sticks out like a sore thumb. Luckily, The case was wide enought to accommodate that monster. I would say that if it can fir that monstyer, any cooling pipe line sytem you have will MORE than fit in it.
1189115
People love to debate this question, but in my professional opinion you want to direct them blowing into the case. Place them so they are blowing across components that generate heat such as the RAM, BIOS & HDD.The best thing I did to improve overall temperature and noise in this case was to upgrade the stock CPU cooler to the Zalman CNPS 8900 Quiet (~$33) which was Tom's Hardware's pick for best low profile CPU cooler. Make sure you look into the specs for your build though, it will not fit for every motherboard depending on MOBO size, RAM position, RAM height, PCI slots etc.
567278
I uses Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan (RR-212E-20PK-R2)it is really big, I have a little problem put the ram in, but I made it finally
1177910
The Fans are 120mm just like the description says. I am not sure what the size of the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO is but I would check the measurements of it first to see if 120mm Fans will fit it.
2267444
yes, i had it above 4.0 even without liquid cooling, i don't recommended that of course, my case has 7 fans and the air coming out is very hot; but the point is, it is still stable.
1833595
Yes it can, make sure that your cooler is designed to convert to heat mode or else you will damage the cooling unit and fan.
954786
Yes! But if you are using a gaming capable graphics card and play any games like Crysis, Hard Reset, etc with most things set to high eye-candy then you'll get the temps a little too high and you'll hear it turn up to speeds that will make it sound like a big bumblebee in side the case and that's where you'll need to stop and at least get a Cooler Master Hyper 103 if you can find one in the USA, for some reason NewEgg and Tigerdirect don't have them. If you planed on doing overclocking you'll need an even larger CPU cooler or go to a medium capacity liquid cooling.
2281755
Honestly with my thermal take case I kept the stock fan for my CPU because I have 3 200 mm fans, and 1 140 mm fan, it stays at a cool state and performs well with the i5 but if you have the i7 I would recommend the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus - CPU Cooler with 4 Direct Contact Heat Pipes (RR-B10-212P-G1).
327763
I see no reason why not. As long as you have a spot in your case for the cooler.
945822
Yes. It comes with a Cooler Master heat sink / fan combo that has a few heat pipes and thermal compound pre-applied. With the stock heat sink my CPU temp (at 4.2 GHz) at idle is only 34 C and so far has only gotten up to 45 C when gaming.