CPU cooler help - High profile RAM worries

doyll said:
As far as I know Asetek, Swiftech and CoolIT are the only manufacturers of CLC systems. All others are rebranded Asetek or CoolIT product.
Asetek has patents on the "concept" of CLC systems (closed loop with pump built in).
Asetek is claiming because of these patents it has control of the manufacture and sales of all closed loop cooler systems with a built-in pump.
Asetek has filed patent infringement suits in America against CoolIT and swiftech to stop them selling CLCs. This is the reason Swiftech pulled their H220 off of American market.
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I knew that there were only 3 proper manufacturers but I was unaware of the patent suit.

Have you a link to the case?

Edit: Found it and having read the articles and the actual patent, it's another case of the US patent system failing. The patent in itself I agree with most commentators that it's too generalised and shouldn't have been granted.
 
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Indeed.
It's unethical of Asetek to be are going for the jugular.
More than likely the court will reject Asetek's claim finding the patent description is too general and all encompassing. Than Swiftech and CoolIT will be able to sell their products again. But until then the injunctions against Swiftech and CoolIT stand. Of course some public support for Swiftech and CoolIT doesn't hurt either.
 
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doyll said:
Indeed.
It's unethical of Asetek to be are going for the jugular.
More than likely the court will reject Asetek's claim finding the patent description is too general and all encompassing. Than Swiftech and CoolIT will be able to sell their products again. But until then the injunctions against Swiftech and CoolIT stand. Of course some public support for Swiftech and CoolIT doesn't hurt either.
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It's a good job that outside the US the patent systems are more stringent.

To me this is nothing more than Asetek 'patent trolling'. If I read rightly too, the patent was submitted 2005 but only granted late 2012 but it gets backdated which I find unfair since Coolit/Swiftech could have come up with their own solution in say 2008 unaware of an existing patent.
 
Just found this quote online:

"Although Viper 3 can be deemed low-profile, the aluminium heat-spreaders still extend above the modules themselves. This extension is a mere 1.3cm and shouldn’t present any clearance issues for big CPU coolers. It certainly didn’t present any problems with the Alpenfohn K2 used in the testing procedure later in this review."

Good pic of the K2 clearing the memory here too: http://www.vortez.net/articles_page..._mamba_edition_8gb_2133mhz_ddr3_review,4.html

So if people think it's a good idea, I guess I'll go for the K2. As long as you think it'll fit in the 500R?
 
Noctua site lists the NH-D14 as compatible with the Patriot Viper 3 RAM. I imagine maybe a fair few coolers might work with this RAM.

How do you guys think think the NH-D14 compares to the K2?
 
melvyn said:
Noctua site lists the NH-D14 as compatible with the Patriot Viper 3 RAM. I imagine maybe a fair few coolers might work with this RAM.

How do you guys think think the NH-D14 compares to the K2?
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Check out the Noctua NH-U12S or NH-U14S (if you have a wide enough case). These are big single towers but made slimline so you can get tall heatsinks next to them, even with two fans (though only one is really necessary).

Bear in mind that the NH-U14S is really tall, so you need to measure the clearance in your case carefully, and it really needs something a little wider than standards. For instance, it won't fit in an Antec 300, but will fit in an Antec 302.

Noctua do have lots of compatibility lists and size diagrams on their website for all their coolers, so you can check if any given cooler will fit.
 
Thanks guys. I think what's important for me is as low-noise as possible and ability to have fan speed controlled by my Gigabyte UD5H board.

I think I read the NH-D14 only has 3 pin fans, will this cause a problem with speed control?
 
The Noctua and the Phanteks coolers are whisper silent, I owned a Phanteks PH-TC14PE and after install (which by the way is fiddly) I had to run the pc with the side off just to see the thing working. :)
It is a huge heatsink though, but it cooled extremely well, and was near silent
 
Thanks all.

Do I need to make sure whatever CPU cooler I get has a 4-pin connector, not a 3-pin? I have a Gigabyte UD5H board.
 
Tbh the Noctua doesn't need PWM, but if you want you can buy PWM fans and fit them on at a later date, if you feel it's running too hot, but stock non PwM will be fine unless he's planning on pushing an OC and a burntest
 
Melvyn asked. And if you want PWM controlled fans than yes you need to make sure cooler has them.
As for NH-D14 needing or not needing PWM fans that's personal choice/opinion. The NH-D14 SE2011 comes with PWM fans... as do all the new Noctua releases... and some buyers have reported getting the NH-D14 SE2011 with other mounting kits included with note from Noctua saying they do not have their normal fans in stock for NH-D14.
 
swapped the stock d14 noctua fans for a pair of akasa apache pwm fans,its silent now and cools just as well

think mine was an early model that didn't have pwm fans,i found those too noisy for me
 
Hakanese said:
I owned a Phanteks PH-TC14PE and after install (which by the way is fiddly)
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I found the installation on the Phanteks very straightforward compared with other coolers, thermalright etc. Once you have fitted the brackets, it only needs a long philips driver to fix it with two screws (on the AMD). the fan clips are very easy.
 
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