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So I got my LP53 in this morning, and set it up open-air style to test somethings. First some measurements of the Z270i for people who need them. This is the IO shield thing; around 36mm tall on the inside edge:
Entire mobo; this board has all sorts of xxxtreme gamer l337 heatsinks everywhere (I usually don't buy these boards, pardon my grumpiness):
Ziptied A9x14. Removing the original fan is easy, just slip the rubber pins out from the heatsink. I had to re-do these zip-ties as you cannot have anything hanging off the side with the Z270i, as I will show later. Try and have the zip lock part on top, and also try and maybe buy non-enormous ugly ass zip ties, like me. (These are what I had lying around). I don't think it matters if one or two fins get bent in the process.
Securing the heatsink is a little more white-knuckle-ish than I would like, the holes on the bottom are not perfectly aligned such that you can just drop it right on and it is a very tight squeeze on this motherboard with all the heatsinks everywhere. DO NOT screw in the screws that much, as noted in review in the Sentry thread. Just get them in and then maybe tighten a tiny bit to secure it, you really hardly need to screw them in at all. The heatsink will make contact with the CPU with very little pressure needed on all four screws. Prepare to manhandle your motherboard in the process of doing this. Don't worry, it can take it. Also there is only one orientation the LP53 will fit in, sadly the fins have to be perpendicular to the RAM and the IO thus air may not circulate as well as one would like if they were parrallel.
This RAM is not very tall but the cooler will not clear it. Ergo, no fan larger than the A9 will fit. Which is fine, as the A9 is a wonderfully quiet fan.
Nor will you clear the IO panel, also note the IO heatsink is touching the side of the fan. Did I mention this is a tight squeeze?
You can avoid this if you are more careful than me (bent fin at the bottom). It will fit within the M2 heatsink, just be careful. Not to worry if this happens though, I can report that your computer will still work and not burst into flames because you bent this fin. Not a big deal.
The fit, it is tight:
Out of the box and working (ignore ugly zip ties, I cut them later), huzzah. Thanks, $2.49 power button from Amazon.
41c at boot, default settings, 925rpm. Fan is silent at this speed. I have a Noctua in another case and can tell you that you will not hear it until it gets >2000RPM or so, and even then it will be hard to hear unless you are near the PC. But I'm not going to really worry about whether that temp is too high for now, this was mostly just a "plug it all in and see if it works" excercise. And it does. (Enabling XMP did not change the temp.) BTW this RAM sort of sucks, Team Vulcan 16GB, very temperamental to get to 3000mhz.
That's it for now. TL;DR, there is no room to use any fan larger than around 92x92 on top of the LP53, and be careful when placing it on the mobo to not overtighten it.
Entire mobo; this board has all sorts of xxxtreme gamer l337 heatsinks everywhere (I usually don't buy these boards, pardon my grumpiness):
Ziptied A9x14. Removing the original fan is easy, just slip the rubber pins out from the heatsink. I had to re-do these zip-ties as you cannot have anything hanging off the side with the Z270i, as I will show later. Try and have the zip lock part on top, and also try and maybe buy non-enormous ugly ass zip ties, like me. (These are what I had lying around). I don't think it matters if one or two fins get bent in the process.
Securing the heatsink is a little more white-knuckle-ish than I would like, the holes on the bottom are not perfectly aligned such that you can just drop it right on and it is a very tight squeeze on this motherboard with all the heatsinks everywhere. DO NOT screw in the screws that much, as noted in review in the Sentry thread. Just get them in and then maybe tighten a tiny bit to secure it, you really hardly need to screw them in at all. The heatsink will make contact with the CPU with very little pressure needed on all four screws. Prepare to manhandle your motherboard in the process of doing this. Don't worry, it can take it. Also there is only one orientation the LP53 will fit in, sadly the fins have to be perpendicular to the RAM and the IO thus air may not circulate as well as one would like if they were parrallel.
This RAM is not very tall but the cooler will not clear it. Ergo, no fan larger than the A9 will fit. Which is fine, as the A9 is a wonderfully quiet fan.
Nor will you clear the IO panel, also note the IO heatsink is touching the side of the fan. Did I mention this is a tight squeeze?
You can avoid this if you are more careful than me (bent fin at the bottom). It will fit within the M2 heatsink, just be careful. Not to worry if this happens though, I can report that your computer will still work and not burst into flames because you bent this fin. Not a big deal.
The fit, it is tight:
Out of the box and working (ignore ugly zip ties, I cut them later), huzzah. Thanks, $2.49 power button from Amazon.
41c at boot, default settings, 925rpm. Fan is silent at this speed. I have a Noctua in another case and can tell you that you will not hear it until it gets >2000RPM or so, and even then it will be hard to hear unless you are near the PC. But I'm not going to really worry about whether that temp is too high for now, this was mostly just a "plug it all in and see if it works" excercise. And it does. (Enabling XMP did not change the temp.) BTW this RAM sort of sucks, Team Vulcan 16GB, very temperamental to get to 3000mhz.
That's it for now. TL;DR, there is no room to use any fan larger than around 92x92 on top of the LP53, and be careful when placing it on the mobo to not overtighten it.
