Cooling options in NZXT lexa S

Jonofin

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Hey guys, this is my first post on these forums. I've been to this website a few times and I have always found what I'm looking for, but I decided to make an account this time. :)

Anyways, I just bought a Lexa S case from NZXT and being a mid tower it's a little limited for tower coolers. I would love to get an Xigmatek HDT-S1283 to cool the AMD Purpos quad core I am getting soon, but it's too wide and tall by a few centimeters. Unfortunately, this is probably the problem with all tower coolers for me. So what are my options? The Thermaltake Spin-Q would look great in my case and from reviews, it looks like it performs pretty well but the measurements are too close to call in my case. I have room for a dual 120 or 140 mm radiator in the top of my case, but water cooling is a little extreme for my needs right now and too expensive. So what do you guys suggest? As a good reference, it can only be a little bigger (1 cm wider, 2 or 3 cm taller) than the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro (the cooler I have now).
 
i think you can fir the XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 because according to http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NZXT/Lexa_S/
this case is 196mm wide and that cooler is 159mm tall so that leaves you with 1.46in to spare which i think is enough. btw i have the same case, love it.
 

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