Any recommendations for a heat sink for this board inside a M-ATX case?
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I believe by atx standards it should fit just about any heatsink. That said, I am actually running that noctua-u12p but it's running fanless and only cooled by the power supply and the rear 120mm exhaust fan. It's been running like this 24/7 for almost a year now without any issues and it doesn't even get hot. That is however an ivybridge based processor (i7-3770).
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ZALMAN CNPS5X Performa 92mm FSB (Fluid Shield Bearing) Powerful Cooling Performance CPU Cooler is what I am using. Easy to install, superior performance and should fit any M-ATX case.
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Most of the processors for this board are only 75 Watts so I just went with the heat sink that came with the processor. Under typical usage, my whole system only uses about 50 W of power so the processor is obviously drawing less than that. Unless you are significantly overclocking, you probably don't need more than what comes with most processors.
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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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You're definitely right! I think the chip outputs too much heat. What I did is undervolted the cpu from the BIOS and also disabled the AMD Turbo Technology, and now it's so much cooler and quieter. Temp on idle around 30-35 load 50-55. Lowest degree was 25. That's insane with the stock fan!
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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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Hi SenorFrog,Honestly I haven't done that before so I can't make any suggestion.You can visit Thermaltake website or ask their technical support.Thank you.
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Just to amend my answer, mounting the heat sink horizontally could also be a problem as the fan could block the PCI and PCI Express slots and the power connectors on the motherboard. So, do the measurements first.
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In your case.. using it as a rear case fan, use the molex connector, not the 3 pin one.. &lt;unless you want to monitor the fans RPM's via the MB&gt; As for the setting.. Does your case get warm? If so use the high setting.. I personally like quiet fans, since its a case fan, try the medium setting. If you have a temp monitor with that case, watch it and adjust accordingly.
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Sorry, I don't know since I used the case for an Intel MB that has no fan. I have to say, though, that I have several different mini itx cases, and I don't really care for any of them. A different problem with each one.
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I replaced the fan with a '' 120mm cooler master fan''. I think almost any 120mm fan will work but do yourself a favor and buy a '' 120mm COOLERMASTER'' fan. You can also do what I did and use an led fan to make your heats ink look cooler(.... master hehe)
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I have use mother boards with cpu unit that have an non fan air cooler they have work great for me. I don't know of any that would fit for this case because of the size of the case with hardrive/dvd added in. now the best thing you can do is if you don't need the DVD player and can use an outside dvd player you can add a fan in the DVD player port and help remove the heated air up and out the back, or you can put a small fan on the sides out side the case. this the best I can do. do the the size of the case air cool cpu work the best.
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This is a very nice motherboard. Please note that the CPU and memory sockets are closer to the ATX power connector than most micro ATX boards. I had to move my hard disk so that it would clear the CPU cooler.
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I put one in my cpu heatsink and one in my gpu heatsink the rest i use for ambient case temp
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I had no success in fitting it in a Micro case. It is a tight fit in a normal ATX case.
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i put this motherboard in a mid tower case. I had now problems. You should check to see if your case can take a Micro ATX mother board .
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The case comes with a power supply which has a fan and a small case fan on the side/top of the unit. There are no places to install additional fans. One nice thing though is that the CPU fan has a vent directly above it. So in a way the CPU fan acts as a case fan because the case is so small and the side vent is so close to the CPU. I'm running an A10-5800K APU and I haven't had overheating issues. I did have overheating issues when I attempted to overclock it. It's not exactly an overclocking case. You're most likely going to be fine with up to 100W TDP CPU or APU in this case. I highly recommend looking into AMDs line of APUs. With an APU in this thing you can make a mighty fine SteamBox. One thing worth mentioning is that this case is TIGHT! My CD drive is touching my ram. There is no extra clearance. If you get ram that has huge cooling fins you may have a bad day depending on the layout of your motherboard.
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Side of heatsink top fin. Thermo compound should be the only thing between chip & heatsink
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Yes you should. The radiator should either be in front of an exhausting vent so hot air that comes off it is not trapped in the case. Or arguably using an incoming vent for more immediate cool air. Though you run into the dilemma that you are exhausting hot air in the case. That all said traditional heat sinks do the same thing pass hot case air across the heatsink dumping it into the case. So the point is ideally exhaust it out. If your can't, it still should be an improvement over stock heat sinks.
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I did some looking, and I did not find the answer.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcjQ1MlZFasASUS AM1M-A Micro ATX AMD Motherboard Overview - Newegg TV however, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4DR1PN3300&cm;_re=heatsink-_-9SIA4DR1PN3300-_-Producthas a mounting set that is not displayed.http://www.computershopper.com/feature/75-pc-building-tips-cpu-heat-sink-installationand this link has lots of hints regarding installing your heatsink