A520M-ITX Cooler Compatibility

Update

slight change of plans.

After waiting for two weeks for the components to arrive i realised i forgot to order the cooler -.-

Well, i used the stock cooler (AMD Wraith Stealth) up until now.
Temperatures under heavy load were about 91-98°C

Since i wasn't able to find a reseller for the ID-Cooling cooler just now (except shipping from China which will take a month or more to arrive)
i bought an Thermalright APX-100 Full Copper and an Noctua NF-A12x15 fan.
Unfortunately i got the APX-100 Retro which looks like the Full Copper variant but they made it 7mm taller than the "Full Copper" variant...

So the bad news is that the side panel doesn't fit with the cooler inside. Good news is that the cooling performance is way better with about 78.5°C avg.
I guess the open side helps. Also the rig is way quieter.



I ordered the APX-100 Full Copper which should fit exactly in the case and i will provide an update when i replaced the cooler.
Still looking for the ID-Cooling IS-60 tho. Might have just found a Chinese seller with stock in a close country. I won't give up just yet :D

I'll keep the thread updated when i get the final components and everything fitting (or not ^^)

As I mentioned, I chose them because their information is readily available :)
After decades of Noctua usage only last week I migrated to Arctic Liquid Freezer.

Ok, I just looked at ID cooling solution in more detail, and one of the photos shows it installed on mini ITX board, and it shows that it does not go above memory, but next to it:
http://www.idcooling.com/Product/detail/id/19/name/IS-60
Scroll down when you see series of photos, one of them is from the top next to the RAM. So I think we are worrying too much about this. IS-60 is 55mm tall

Here is the dimensions of mini ITX form factor:
Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm

The reason I'm mentioning Noctua, because they are more widely used, and you have more chance to find info about their cooling solutions.
Up until today I never heard of ID-Cooling.

For example: Look at this product (you don't need to necessarily buy this particular one):
https://noctua.at/en/nh-l12s
Look how many installation and review videos they have posted there. One of them is bound to have info about RAM clearance :)
Compare that with what ID-Cooling gives you for info, it's day and night :)

Oh, I just watched a video on ID-cooling website, and it seems that heatsink will be nowhere near RAMs, however they were fitting it on full ATX board