What is a good CPU water cooling solution for this case? Will be using an AMD FX8350 and an ASUS Crosshair V Formula-Z AM3+ AMD 990FX motherboard.
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I am personally using the Corsair H100i system for mine that I am currently in the process of building, i am also geting the same processor and motherboard as you also. The Corsair system may be you best bet
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H-80 - H-110 should do the trick unless you want to make a custom water cooler yourself. Hope this helps
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Read my review you will find I went with EK Supreme Elite block, used MK4 compound. TIM is hard to apply. (can arrange to sell you mine new for cheap, email me) radiator I'd go no less than 360mm 120mmx3. XSPC if you wanna save money else I'd choose Alpha. Fans need to have good force corsair AF120 is on deal works quiet and good. I just used distilled water to fill it. This set up should cover 80-90c 100% cpu run and 30-50c normal. Yes I overclocked mine to 4.8GHz hope this helps and have fun
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Stock cooling will do just fine. I have mine slightly over clocked and no worries. Just make sure you have good air flow through your case.
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I have been able to fit a Primochill 120mm in the case, but removed it and put in a single bay xspc reservoir. For the radiator, since my two 7970 Ghz cards are quite big and cool real well I only have a single 120mm rad for my fx8350. But at one point I had a 240mm rad plus the 120mm rad and thought about considering a dual 80mm for the bottom two fan ports. But, I wouldn't see much possibility of putting in a bigger rad in than 240mm. But if you are good with aerodynamics, or understand a lesser extent air flow, then you should be fin with one 240mm and the additional 120mm. Maybe a little equipment possibilities would also clear up my blurriness of what you would like to run, game wise, and to run, hardware wise. It is a great case and have run everything from Crysis to AC Unity to BF4 and have never gotten above 40c on my cpu or 65c on either of my crossfired cards. But, a little more info from you could clear things up. Plus I could upload a picture to give you somewhat spacial considerations. And it can fit a 1200ax power supply...little bit cramped but have yet to have problems. -some AMD Aficionado...
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Yes, you can use the fx-8150 CPU within a AM3+ motherboard. I am currently running this setup so i know 100% it has 0 problems. Liquid cooler is a must for overclocking. The stock air fan is loud but, the liquid cooler is a much needed improvement. Go with this you cant go wrong great value with this setup. My processor windows rating is 7.8 with overclocking to 4.3GHz.
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I am gaming on the board with a intel 4790 and a GTX 970. I do have an aftermarket cooler (air) on the cpu but honestly probably don't need it. Highest temp in stress testing was 48c. you should be fine with stock heat sink.
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Hi Rich, If you want the best performance from your processor then you want it to stay 'Cool'. It is the heart and mind of the whole system. Even if you aren't a cutting edge enthusiast who overclocks a processor to it's maximum and must use a custom water cooling system and a high performance thermal compound also.It's a very good idea to use a High Grade, highly reviewed, high performance thermal compound. This can add a lot of lifetime to your computer. There are several good choices out there including our old workhorse Arctic Silver.
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Liquid cooling is best with this particular motherboard. Yet, it all comes down with what you are experienced with and personal preference. In my opinion, liquid cooling really brings out all the potential in this motherboard. For beginners in the water cooling side I would purchase a h100i or an nzxt kraken. This board comes with most everything you would need for sli and etc. Getting into detail It does has 4 dimm slots and 16+ gb of ram (32 preferably) would suffice. It is a wonderful board in my build of which was built last November and still running strong. My best wishes,Joshua -- IT Expert Liquid cooling is best with this particular motherboard. Yet, it all comes down with what you are experienced with and personal preference. In my opinion, liquid cooling really brings out all the potential in this motherboard. For beginners in the water cooling side I would purchase a h100i or an nzxt kraken. This board comes with most everything you would need for sli and etc. Getting into detail It does has 4 dimm slots and 16+ gb of ram (32 preferably) would suffice. It is a wonderful board in my build of which was built last November and still running strong. My best... » Read More Liquid cooling is best with this particular motherboard. Yet, it all comes down with what you are experienced with and personal preference. In my opinion, liquid cooling really brings out all the potential in this motherboard. For beginners in the water cooling side I would purchase a h100i or an nzxt kraken. This board comes with most everything you would need for sli and etc. Getting into detail It does has 4 dimm slots and 16+ gb of ram (32 preferably) would suffice. It is a wonderful board in my build of which was built last November and still running strong. My best wishes,Joshua -- IT Expert « Show Less
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Be sure CPU is clean, no residue from prior builds.Add a Small Pea Sized amount of Thermal Paste.It should not be oozing out from under the cooler plate.
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This case will provide plenty of airflow to help cool your processor. Just make sure you have a good cooler to pair it with if you plan to overclock it.
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The system comes with the stock AMD CPU, which is seems to keep these computers working at low temperatures under normal use. As for running the CPU at 100%, I would say that the fan inside would probably be sufficient, so long as the ambient temperature is kept at a reasonable level (I'm talking server room temperatures: 65-70 degrees.) Even at 100%, the fan at maximum speed should be sufficient enough for cooling the computer. The rest of the case has enough airflow to keep everything else moving well enough (hard drive, DVD burners, etc.)
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I would recommend using a ThermalTake branded Liquid Cooling system for this case. The following link will give an idea of one of these systems. Thermaltake Water 2.0 Performer/All In One Liquid Cooling System CLW0215
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Stock cooler is fine. It's noisy, though. It may also depend on your case set up - you might have less air flow in your case and/or maybe running Crossfire or SLI with 2 hot GPUs. I have since bought a Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO, which is awesome. I have a Coolermaster HAF Tower, so I have good air flow in my case naturally. In any case, I doubt you'll have over-heating issues with the stock fan and heatsink without overclocking it.
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Would it fit? Maybe. Would it benefit you? Absolutely not. The sheer size of the heatsink would restrict airflow so badly that your computer would have major temp issues. This case is really designed for water cooling
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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.
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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.
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Hi Michael, Get this cooler! It's fantastic! It only comes with 1 fan. You can buy an optional 120mm fan on the opposite side. With my 8350 idle temps are 34c. If i rip or if the processor is getting used my temps get to around 65c. That's excellent!!! The sound isn't even loud at all. It sounds like a stock fan in a store bought PC. To answer your questions. Get this fan and heat sink if you don't want water cooling. The performance is fantastic!!! No worries at all!!!