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Heat sink touching case ... Maybe

OSiriS · 2012-08-10 16:34:58

I'm coming close to finishing my new build, and I believe that part of my heat sink may be touching the case, or coming very close to it (left for work before I could confirm). It is a True Spirit 140 in a Cooler Master 690 II case. The heat sink copper pipes extend a bit over the vanes, and here the problem lies. Is there…

10-08-2012 05:34PM

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I'm coming close to finishing my new build, and I believe that part of my heat sink may be touching the case, or coming very close to it (left for work before I could confirm). It is a True Spirit 140 in a Cooler Master 690 II case. The heat sink copper pipes extend a bit over the vanes, and here the problem lies. Is there a risk of a short if the case was being touches by those pipes? If not, is there a risk of heat damage?

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#2 10-08-2012 05:39PM

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It shouldn't be able to short unless there are other issues such as a damaged CPU. What id does to cooling I'm not sure - but I wouldn't think it will effect it much.

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#3 11-08-2012 12:17AM

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Your case will act as a very large heatsink and help cooling. It also wont have any affect on shorting anything.
I had a htpc set up like this so I could passively cool it.

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