Doh! Ninja does NOT fit in a Silverstone LC16M
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Doh! Ninja does NOT fit in a Silverstone LC16M
I just found this out the hard way.
The Scythe Ninja does NOT fit in a Silverstone LC16M. You have been warned!
The Scythe Ninja does NOT fit in a Silverstone LC16M. You have been warned!
I wound up using an Thermalright SI-128, which does the job beautifully on my AMD X2 3800+, but does not leave enough room to fit the HDDs in the left-hand bay at the front. They do fit, but you'll need infinitely small fingers to get the sata connectors in.
I have therefore ordered it's little brother, the XP-90C, and that should do the job nicely.
I have therefore ordered it's little brother, the XP-90C, and that should do the job nicely.
This weekend I'm planning to do a motherboard swap on my PVR, which resides in an LC16M. The new motherboard is an Abit M2-HD and I'll be using the Zerotherm BTF90 hsf. According to my measurements, there will be between 1/16" and 1/8" of clearance between the top of the heat pipes and the lid.
I hadn't considered the clearance between the drive bay and the heat sink. It looks like I won't be able to use the drive bay on that side, unless I remove the fan and slide the drive all the way to the front of the bay. This may not be an issue for me because I'll be limited to three hard drives. All of the drives that I'm installing in this box are SATA, including the DVD drive, and the motherboard only has four SATA connectors.
BTW, I wish this case had provisions for soft-mounting the drives. I suspect that I'm going to have a problem with drive vibration being coupled to the case.
I hadn't considered the clearance between the drive bay and the heat sink. It looks like I won't be able to use the drive bay on that side, unless I remove the fan and slide the drive all the way to the front of the bay. This may not be an issue for me because I'll be limited to three hard drives. All of the drives that I'm installing in this box are SATA, including the DVD drive, and the motherboard only has four SATA connectors.
BTW, I wish this case had provisions for soft-mounting the drives. I suspect that I'm going to have a problem with drive vibration being coupled to the case.