Mini ITX Build: Which all-in-one cooler?

[Crono]

I'm looking at building a new system soon (in 3 weeks or less) that will definitely be mini ITX, will very likely be based around an i7-7700K (barring a sudden release of Ryzen), and will probably use this motherboard and this Lian-Li case.

My question is which which all-in-one CPU cooler will fit and work well in that mini ITX case? The full Lian-Li specs give the supported radiator size (W=300mm, D=130mm, H=60mm, or 2 x 120mm fans), so I was hoping a cooler like the NZXT Kraken X52 or X62 would fit, however I'm not sure if there would be issues with the size of the CPU block for that particular cooler and the RAM slots.

Any insight or other ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!

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[jana519]

That Lian Li case is quite big for a mini-ITX, so I'm not seeing any issues at all with the radiator fitting.

One way to gauge the size of the cooler is to look at it's relation to the 4 mounting holes. It looks like the hoses L fittings on the cpu block are mounted on the side, which might block a single RAM slot on the top of the Z270 Carbon. If that's the case, I would assume you could just rotate the radiator 180 degrees so that the L fittings would go on the opposite side.

 

[waldoh]

That RAM will not fit with the x52. x52 has 35mm of ram clearance while the ram is 44mm or taller. For some bigger builds this isn't an issue if your not populating all ram slots, but for mitx the tubing will get in the way of the closest slot.

 

[Crono]

That Lian Li case is quite big for a mini-ITX, so I'm not seeing any issues at all with the radiator fitting.

One way to gauge the size of the cooler is to look at it's relation to the 4 mounting holes. It looks like the hoses L fittings on the cpu block are mounted on the side, which might block a single RAM slot on the top of the Z270 Carbon. If that's the case, I would assume you could just rotate the radiator 180 degrees so that the L fittings would go on the opposite side.

That RAM will not fit with the x52. x52 has 35mm of ram clearance while the ram is 44mm or taller. For some bigger builds this isn't an issue if your not populating all ram slots, but for mitx the tubing will get in the way of the closest slot.

Hmm, most of the RAM I've been looking at is around the same height as the TridentZ one, so I'm thinking I might change the cooler, then.

For a second I thought about that new CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Maker 92 (try saying that 5x fast!), but then I realized the case only has clearance for an 85mm cooler, and even in horizontal mode the Maker 92 is too tall. I'll take a look at more standard all-in-one's and maybe low profile HSFs, though.

Thanks