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I remove the complete cooling fins. That's all I reused which is only the holding mechanism:spence4 said:I notice that your Samuel 17 oops like it is about to where the heat sink would be had you not removed it. Is this so?
The Samuel 17 fits nearly perfekt. Just a few fins needed to be shortened a little bit as you can see here:
Correct. It is 45mm tall and all the space is used for the cooling fins. The Scythe Kozuti should also work but the fins are smaller because the space between the baseplate and cooling fins is needed for the 80mm fan. I think the Samuel 17 is the better choise.spence4 said:It is my understanding that the Samuel is 45 mm tall. Would the Sctthe Kozuti which is 40 mm be a better bet?
The top is not flush and therefore not really good for heat transfer to the original heatsink.spence4 said:Also, what is the top of the Samuel like? I would plan to leave off the fan and have it in direct contact with the Cube heatsink. Is the top flush?
I don't think so! But you can try to take a big thermal pad.spence4 said:Would it make good enough contact to transfer the heat? Is this a terrible idea?
The space between the two parts of the holding mechanism is 920mm. Perfect for a low noise fan (e.g. bequiet):