Scythe Ninja - heatpipes touching capacitors

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hello chaps,

bought a scythe ninja which is supposedly compatible with my NSI NF4 Platinum SLI motherboard

however the heatpipes on one side firmly touch the capacitors... is this acceptable / safe?

The caps are bent back a touch and are not touching anything else...





 
I remember my old zalman flower would touch the parallel port pins. I just stuck a sticker onto the side of the parallel port to insulate the connection.

Yours looks more serious, those caps are under pressure! Should be allright I guess, just dont snap them off.

The caps arent conductive on the outside anyway
 
I think I'd be worried. Those heatpipes get mighty hot and liquid-filled capacitors don't like to be so hot. Is there enough room at the bottom to turn the caps so they're more horizontal with relation to the board?
 
Hrm, it depends how hot those heatpipes get. Do you have a temperature probe?

I'm not sure how well capacitors cope with heat, but you might be able to look up the capacitors specific specs somewhere to find out their operating temperatures.

I would imagine that it's fine, obviuosly would be nicer if it didn't do that though :p If you have a temperature probe and you're only talking 35 or so degrees then I wouldn't worry... But like I say, if it's more like 60 then look up the specs for that capacitor if possible and see what it says!

I've just realised that i've never touched a CPU heatsink while it's on so I dunno how hot they are
 
Heatsinks can get hot enough to burn so that puts it well above body temperature.
What material is really thin and a good insulator of heat. Maybe you could use some exhaust manifold tape off a car on the heatpipes :D
 
maybe someone with a ninja will be able to tell me how hot these get...

had also thought of insulating with insulation tape - read that someone else had done that

have only dry fitted the cooler, so I can still remove, repackage and take back to the shop, bit miffed the compatibility issue is there as have seen quite a few with mt board and this cooler...
 
fraseredwards said:
have only dry fitted the cooler, so I can still remove, repackage and take back to the shop, bit miffed the compatibility issue is there as have seen quite a few with mt board and this cooler...
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If you have the option of taking it back quite easily then I would do so, and get a cooler that fits better with a bit more clearance :)
 
furnace said:
If you have the option of taking it back quite easily then I would do so, and get a cooler that fits better with a bit more clearance :)
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wise words mate... I am going to refit my zalman, which was fine, the ninja was a treat for myself - it is going back...

cheers :)
 
I'd be much more concerned about the amount of stress you've put on the capacitors. I reckon the legs will break before the heat gets involved.
 
hmmm, getting some conflicting advice to say that this will not be a problem, the capacitors are not super stressed just pushed to the side

anyone else with a ninja care to comment?
 
I have a Ninja and the heatpipes stick out more in one plane than they do in the other - Have you tried turning the Ninja by 90 degrees? Since the fan can be mounted on any side, it shouldn't matter which orientation you use.
 
this is a rev b version which has the new mounting system, therefore it uses the original amd cpu mount and does not need a custom backplate

this in turn requires use of the amd cpu mount using a clip that screws to the botton of the ninja, the clip can only be mounted two ways - unfortunately both ways pushes the caps back
 
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