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Today we are using the Zotac H55-ITX motherboard with an Intel Core i5 655k. The Freezer 11 LP requires two mounting brackets to be fitted.
Unfortunately to get both of these fitted on the Zotac motherboard we had to remove the northbridge heatsink. I know from past experiences that these really aren't needed if you are running at reference voltages within a decent chassis. I did however use some thermal epoxy to adhere a smaller heatsink to the core.
This left me enough room to fit the cooler with the heatpipes on that side. Rotating the cooler wouldn't work as it would intrude on the ram slots or the PCIe slot for a graphics card installation.
Four screws are fitted through the plastic shroud into the brackets underneath, a simple procedure which only takes a few minutes. Negatively, I am not sure the push pin system would take a lot of abuse.
The cooler in this position allows the fitting of a graphics card, however it is tight and you wont be able to use any cards with a cooler on the reverse side of the PCB. We opted for a Sapphire HD5670 Ultimate Edition, which worked fine.
Looks ideal for a media build as you say. pricing is all important in this sector. they are always quite cheap. the Freezer 13 for instance is 17 quid. id expect this to be 13.
Nice temperature results, and I love that Lian Li chassis too, its beautiful. missed that review last month.
Thank you for the review. Just ordered, fingers crossed it will fit my board. Saw mixed reviews on Newegg about fitment for ITX, although when reading between the lines it may have been user errors.
How did you get on with this cooler, just ordered it for my Mini build
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/634674fbdb3699c51f269b235758705bf83c905fbfcf02469d43ddd479e04a9e.jpg I ended up having a payment issue and the price changed before updating. Went with the Rajintek “Zelos” which I’m quite happy with. It’s really nice and has quite a better style than the artic cooler. I have an extremely small build but had just enough room to clear the DIMMs, no need for low pro ram.
I replied above. Sorry for the delay
Cheers for the reply, I ordered it before and sadly it fouled either a RAM slot or the PCI-e so it was no good, used it in another PC and found it was decent though.
Sadly I have an Asrock Z77E-ITX board which is honest to god, the worst designed board in the world, so trying a Cryorig C7 this time
no it´s not. some gigabyte itx are worse.