wanted to know if anyone has used the NZXT aio watercooling kit and (separate) bracket on this
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i have the card and it's great but not the watercooling kit. Have not found the need to overclock it. It runs games great.
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I guess that depends on your case, I have a similar closed loop water cooler on my cpu also, so yes. But getting both radiators installed in my case took a little ingenuity.
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Cooler master and Corsair have sealed water cooling units that fit great with mini atx. No water tank or tubing. Just fan and radiator.
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Had it for almost a year now and no problems at all. I'm going to be getting rid of it due to the fact that I'm going to be watercooling in a little bit in a new case, but it was amazing while I had it.You can't go wrong with ASUS motherboards. It's scary how reliable they are.
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im using hydro h100i. and holy moly. its freakin 100% NOT FIT. I put the 2 fan of the hydro in top(outside) of this case
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I have a regular NZXT case and I was using the ARCTIC Hybrid with a Noctua CPU air cooler and I had not problem at all. There was enough room between the video card and the cooler. I also had room for a liquid CPU cooler if I wanted.
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240mm AIO's will fit in the top (as long as you aren't doing Crossfire/SLI with a 2nd GPU), and there's a 120/140mm fan mount on the rear panel too. A Silverstone TD03 works okay if you can center it on the back fan mount with a Bitfenix Spectre 140mm fan (and use the 120mm holes to mount the TD03), since the reservoir portion of the radiator could potentially cause some conflicts with GPUs in the very first PCI -E slot (depending on motherboard). Most 120mm/140mm AIOs *should* fit though, and the Thermaltake Water Extreme 3.0 will definitely fit in the top two 120mm fan mounts.
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Should not be a problem. The bracket clamps on to the lock levers. The width is the main concern. In my installation I had to omit one of the fans on my aftermarket CPU cooler. No problem if you run liquid or use the Intel CPU fan. Check the wires of the fan very carefully. I had to re-solder one.
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Yes it comes with compatible bracket to work with LGA 1150 socket. I am currently using it with my i7-4790k intel processor.
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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
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Yes & if you not an Overclocker it is just fine with stock heatsink and fan. Might want to consider purchasing a mounting plate, (I hate those plastic plugs) the clips provided are the weakest link in cooling processors if you don't have a fairly tight seal you heat up quick.
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Did you ever install this CPU cooler in your Phantom and if so, did it fit with the two 200mm exhaust fans on top for a push/pull config or did you have to take those out to make room? It looks like doing some measurements with the big fans on top installed and using the radiator brackets, it would come down too low and interfere with parts of the mobo and the RAM.
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It comes with brackets for intel and AMD which includes the FX line so you shouldn't have a problem.
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Its an alright choice. I have a custom water cooling set up in mine. Hold a 360 rad just fine though you lose the top 5.5 slot.
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Thankfully the thermal compound is not pre applied on the heatsink. It comes in a little plastic sleeve, seperatly. I would definitely apply the artic silver 5 compound instead of what comes with the heatsink. By the way this closed loop cooler is AWESOME. Lemme know if you have any other questions about it.
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Yeshttp://pcpartpicker.com/parts/case/?compatible_with=noctua-cpu-cooler-nhu12s
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I'm using a "Cooler Master MegaFlow 200 - Sleeve Bearing 200mm Blue LED Silent Fan for Computer Cases" without any modifications to the case itself. Fits like a glove with the screw slots on the case. Hope this helps. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103073