Noctua D14 + Corsair Vengeance (Tall Heatsink)

I have a pair of Corsair Vengeance with tall heatsink and it was a real pain finding a good CPU cooler without interfering with the tall memory modules. After a few days of sleepless nights trying to deliberate if I will change the RAM in favour of a big cooler so I can overclock, or just overclock a little and just keep the RAM....in the end, I decided to get a Noctua D14 with Corsair low profile modules.

But I found out that the tall Corsair Vengeance modules are actually compatible with the Noctua D14.

You might think I must be mad and there's no point using the tall RAMs as they are totally blocked by the front fan - It's becase I can overclock them a bit to 1866Mhz where as with the low profile ones, I don't know why I can't.

Proof:

Without the front fan, the memory modules can still be seen






With the front fan attached, it covered all ot the memory modules.

Forgot to mention, I had the option not to install the front fan so the memory modules can be seen... I did my own tests and there is only 1-2 deg Celcius difference without the front fan, but I just installed it anyway, but it has to be a little higher than normal.

I now have a Silver Arrow.....

I bought 2 pairs of the Vengeance so I went with the Noctua NH-C14 instead. I don't have it yet but at least I know it will all fit (blowing down over the heatsinks, not the RAM).

Hey sorry to bring up old posts but saves me making a thread. k_poh does the high profile ram have any contact with the Noctua fins?

Harrybololxd said:

Hey sorry to bring up old posts but saves me making a thread. k_poh does the high profile ram have any contact with the Noctua fins?

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Just the one middle tooth just about touches one fin of the memory. You can just leave it, or bend the d14's tooth a little. Please note what motherboard I'm using as all mb's are different.