I need to buy a new case to fit the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280
Posted by Plasi_@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 2 comments
Hello everyone, as I said in the title I have to buy a new case for my build but the CPU cooler is the problem.
Some time ago I bought the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280mm and at the time I didn't know how much of a problem it would be, if I had known I would have sent it back and taken another one. It doesn't fit in my case at all in any way, not in the front and not on top so it's awkwardly mounted ON TOP of the case, it's useless and maybe even dangerous, but I always told myself that I'd buy a new case.
Fast forward to some months ago I discovered what a bane the LFII 280 was for pc builds because of how thick the radiator is, I've searched far and low, got a lot of different results but RAM clearance is always a possible issue daunting on me.
Before stating my results I'll paste the PCPartPicker link of my actual build (minus the case because I couldn't find it, it's a Golden Field that's all I know):
[https://it.pcpartpicker.com/list/VJkzBq](https://it.pcpartpicker.com/list/VJkzBq)
Anyway, the options I found are:
Cooler Master MasterCase H500P Mesh (because I saw a video in which the LFII was mounted)
Cooler Master MasterCase H500M (since it's basically the same as far as I know)
Corsair Frame 4000D (heard it fits)
Fractal Design Pop Air (Not sure about this one anymore)
Obviously I'm not saying these are my final options, I'm open to know what you guys think about it and if you guys have a build similar to mine with that Liquid cooler.
Additionally I want to say that I don't care about ARGB/RGB, the "glass" part is on the wall side so I won't be seeing what's in there anyway. I just want everything to fit and trying to stay under 250€ (or 290$)
Thank you in advance for your help and sorry for the rambling :)
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