Corsair cooler

[cookiemonster]

Hi i am thinking of changing my CPU cooler can anyone tell me if this cooler will fit into a Lexz S,and if so would it be worth my while to overclocl my 965 BE.

Corsair Cooling Air Series A70 CPU Cooler.

NZXT Lexa S
Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H (rev 2.0) motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, Deneb Core, S AM3, 3.4GHz
8gb Crucial Ballistic DDR3 1333mhz/PC3-10600 (7-7-7-24) 1.65v
XFX HD 6970 ATI - AMD Radeon Graphics Card - 2GB
Western Digital WD6402AAEX 640GB Hard Drive SATA111 7200rpm 64MB Cache-OEM Caviar Black.
WD 250GB 3.5" SATA 6Gb/s Caviar Blue Hard Drive - 7200RPM 16MB Cache
Corsair 750 PSU
Zalman 9500
Liteon DVD Writer
24” Samsung SM2433BW Black Widescreen LCD, 1920x1200
5.1 Creative Surround Speakers
Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard
Logitech MX516 Gaming Mouse
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Epson DX8400 All in one.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Would fit in the case. Although unsure if it would block the first 2 dimms on your board.

EDIT:

At a quick glance it would block the blue dimms on your board.

 

[cookiemonster]

Hi JrRacinFan so are you saying it's no good can you suggest a good one how about the latest Zalman and how about overclocking the 965

 

[JrRacinFan]

Hi JrRacinFan so are you saying it's no good can you suggest a good one how about the latest Zalman and how about overclocking the 965

Didn't say it wasn't good. It's a very very good cooler. Overclocking the 965, bring up the multi one notch at a time run prime95 for an hour, rinse repeat til you can't run it stable for 30 mins, then back it off one core multi. Stay less than 55C & 1.5v core. I like the Coolermaster hyper 212+ or Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer. A70 is just too big for my personal liking.

EDIT:
Also when overclocking MANUALLY enter vcore and adjust it yourself from auto. Start at 1.3v/3.4Ghz and work up from there.

 

[cookiemonster]

Sorry my mistake about the Corsair Cooling Air Series A70 CPU Cooler what i mean't is it no good for my mobo, should i look for another make

 

[JrRacinFan]

Sorry my mistake about the Corsair Cooling Air Series A70 CPU Cooler what i mean't is it no good for my mobo, should i look for another make

You made a good decision. I am just saying don't expect to use 4 sticks of ram in combination with the board and cooler.

 

[cookiemonster]

cheers JrRacinFan understand you know don't really want to change my ram but will check it out.

regards

 

[Raovac]

Check out Corsairs water cooling solution. H50, H60, H70.
Then you won't have to worry about if it will fit or if it will cover any ram.
It looks damn good too.
But that's my opinion and I'm sure others will differ.

 

[cookiemonster]

thanks Raovac but i would rather stick to air.

 

[Dave63]

The H50,60 or 70 is like air put the in do not have to do any more had my H50 running for a year now no probems at all. Keeps my x3 oc to 3.5GHz below 50c at full load.

 

[streetfighter 2]

In case it helps I have a little trick for sizing a cooler:

Make a (to scale) template for the motherboard using the diagram in the mobo manual and your favorite paint program (I use Paint.NET because you can draw in inches/cm). Then you can download info about the cooler's size and draw it (to scale) on the mobo template you made. An example of fitting a Mugen 2 on a P8P67 is shown in the attached image.

If you want to check if the top of the heatsink will hit the door or door fan, measure from the mobo tray to the door then subtract 1cm (roughly 0.5 inch) to account for the standoff + mobo + cpu clearance. Ideally you should have already mounted the mobo so you can measure from the socket to the door.

For bonus points download the spec sheet on your RAM sticks or measure their height then add 1/8" or 1/3 cm to account for the DIMM offset. That way you can figure out of the heatsink/fan is too low for your RAM slots.

EDIT: It also helps to check the back of the mobo to make sure there are no obstructions to the backplate (such as screws). I usually forget this last bit because I'm quite comfortable cutting up the backplate to fit, but if you're not, it's helpful to check.