150mm Cooler height, 150mm Cooler clearance?

[normandysr1]

Evening guys!

Sorry if this has been asked a million times, but I am looking at Picking up a Arctic freezer 33 esports cooler for an i5 8400 + Asus z370 p combo build, which is going to be housed in a Corsair Carbide 100R windowed case.

Now, they both state 150mm for there respective heights and clearances, but as this is my first build and I dont want to mess with liquid cooling just yet, will this cooler fit?

Not sure if this makes a difference, but 2 4gb sticks of hyperx fury ram will be present in the board.

Thanks!

 

[Barty1884]

At 150mm for each, *technically* they're compatible.... but it's going to be really, really snug.

For the money ($50ish?) though, I'd be much more inclined too look to a Cryorig H7.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13C-000U-00005

Cheaper, equal (if not better) cooling performance, and 145mm.
While 5mm doesn;t sound like a lot, it give you that tiny extra bit of clearance to work with.

 

[normandysr1]

Yeah, to be honest I was thinking of the H7, however i'm being put off by the apparent complexity of the install (screws behind motherboard, one hand holding, one hand securing screws) as a beginner. Though I suppose I have nothing to compare the difficulty to as It's my first build!

I'm not looking to OC or anything like that, would this coupled with 2-3 more Corsair fans do the trick with regards to cooling? (2 front, 1 upper rear, one top)

Thank you for the quick reply also, much appreciated!

 

[USAFRet]

150mm -> 150mm.
Depends on which engineering and marketing team fudged the measurement.

Even if they are both "perfect", it might touch.
0.5mm clearance is OK.
0.5mm interference is not OK.

Given those numbers, I wouldn't.

 

[normandysr1]

Gone for the H7, thanks guys!