WC for silverstone FT02 case? Nepton 140XL fit?

[uk dave]

Hi! Was hoping someone could advise on a good cooler that would fit in my old Silverstone fortress FT02 case (with a MSI X99S SLI Plus mobo).

Never used WC before, but the CM Nepton 140XL is getting great reviews, just no idea if it would fit the case/mobo position. Can anyone help? Or recommend a cooler you'd recommend and would definitely fit?

Thanks, any advice really appreciated

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Hi! Was hoping someone could advise on a good cooler that would fit in my old Silverstone fortress FT02 case (with a MSI X99S SLI Plus mobo).

Never used WC before, but the CM Nepton 140XL is getting great reviews, just no idea if it would fit the case/mobo position. Can anyone help? Or recommend a cooler you'd recommend and would definitely fit?

Thanks, any advice really appreciated

Question is: "Great reviews for [what] processor?"

The X99 board is made for skt-2011 v.3 processors, which all have a TDP or stock-clock load thermal wattage of 140W.

You'd be better off with a D15, I'll bet. Or a Corsair H110. Now -- may be that the Nepton 140 will provide better cooling than the stock cooler. You didn't mention what processor you're using: 8-core 5960X? 6-core 5930K? or the 6-core 5280K?

Were you planning to overclock the processor?

 

[Ramses]

I can't imagine trying to cram water in an FT02. I know it's been done, but it's sort of cross purposes to what it was designed for. D15...

 

[bunnyfubbles]

the top exhaust on the FT02 is only a single 120mm, so you would need to find a way to attach any bigger AIO water cooling to the bottom 180mm intakes

I can't imagine trying to cram water in an FT02. I know it's been done, but it's sort of cross purposes to what it was designed for. D15...

it isn't easy, but the FT02 can make an impressive case for water cooling, particularly if you are willing to do some modding to fit in a triple 180mm radiator (need to remove or trim the HDD bay as well as the air filters)

 

[uk dave]

Thanks for all the replies, first off. Appreciated. So CPU is just the 5820k, but yes going to overclock it (after years on the sidelines playing it safe with stock speeds, decided its time ). Given I want the build to last me, I won't be going to an aggressive overclock, and keeping fan noise down would be a nice bonus. Was torn between the D15 and 140XL but given your comments here I'm swaying towards the D15. Is that the way you guys would go?

 

[Ramses]

D15 cools my FX-9590, fairly quietly even at other than full load. In the FT02 I don't even run it's two 140mm fans very often.

I think that speaks volumes lol...

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Thanks for all the replies, first off. Appreciated. So CPU is just the 5820k, but yes going to overclock it (after years on the sidelines playing it safe with stock speeds, decided its time ). Given I want the build to last me, I won't be going to an aggressive overclock, and keeping fan noise down would be a nice bonus. Was torn between the D15 and 140XL but given your comments here I'm swaying towards the D15. Is that the way you guys would go?

Another current thread suggests to me that there's still a widely dispersed chip lottery on these processors. They all run stock with a TDP of 140W. Some folks reported getting to 4.6 or .7 on the 5820K; others had trouble at 4.2 or 4.3. Someone cited a voltage up to 1.35; others were much luckier.

While I'm planning to build one in the next year (while people start egging me on about Broadwell etc.), I want to see a more consistent overclocking profile. And again in other threads, I've participated in a discussion of "brute-force" water-cooling with large radiators.

I think the D-15 will take you far with the right chip. If you don't get the right chip, it won't matter how you cool it. I was still thinking I wanted to leapfrog the AiO offerings, which mostly just match the D15. This means a larger radiator, but not so large that the CPU doesn't exceed ambient + 10C or so. You don't get a premium overclock for just lowering temperatures; you get it from a chip that OC's at reasonably low voltages and cooling that gets you something better than the D15 or AiO coolers. Bad draw of the chips? It won't matter. Tsk, tsk.