Cpu fan recommendations,

jesus2nd

jesus2nd

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Had a liquid cooler in my old rig, updated my MoBo and processor and then realised that my old cooler wasn't a socket 1555

Looked to drop £40-65 on one, don't really know what I'm looking for but these ones have taken my fancy already, they any cop?


I have enough room to swing a cat round in my case so size isn't that much of an issue.

Cheers,
Sam

Edit: I have a Gigabyte Z77-D3H MoBo
 
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jesus2nd said:
Had a liquid cooler in my old rig, updated my MoBo and processor and then realised that my old cooler wasn't a socket 1555

Looked to drop £40-65 on one, don't really know what I'm looking for but these ones have taken my fancy already, they any cop?


I have enough room to swing a cat round in my case so size isn't that much of an issue.

Cheers,
Sam

Edit: I have a Gigabyte Z77-D3H MoBo
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mount doom or silver arrow are amazing but Noctua I would go for the
Noctua NH-D14
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-011-NC&groupid=701&catid=2330&subcat=2346

they all perform the same really
 
I have the K2, Its quite fiddly mounting the fans, but it took my temps down from around 55c (stock cooler) to 29c. So it definately works. I think the K2 and the noctua are very similar, I just didn't like the colour of the noctua.

It does touch very close to the top left of my case though, it isn't a problem, it fits, its just a bit tricky getting the top screws in. But great coolers.


As for Ram, like said below. Once again, fits fine, just fiddly. I use corsair 2x4G, so normal sized.
 
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passey89 said:
That doesn't have heat spreadders does it?

Be carefull with full size ram with heat spreader with these top end air coolers as the heat sinks go over RAM slots.
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Heatspreaders?

I'm not at my PC at the moment but from what I can remember there's nothing on/in the case thats up near RAM.

EDIT: I've just realised you're talking about the RAM, Don't think they do, there's nothing really sticking out of them

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That's 'em, turns out they do have heatspreaders, this gonna be an issue?
 
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Your ram's ok, but I wouldn't chance anything with 140mm fans in there.
The K2 should be ok. Ram won't trouble it, hopefully your case clearance won't either :)
 
Cheers bud, I'll give it a bit more research and I'll get some measurements of space inside the box tonight.

Thanks :)
 
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