For reasons I won't go into, my previous case had the airflow reversed, from back to front. Because of this, the CPU heatsink was mounted with the fan towards the back of the case, blowing across the heatsink towards the front.
Now I've rebuilt into a new case with standard front-to-back airflow, I've had to reverse the heatsink so the fan is at the front. The problem is that it now fouls the memory slots
The board is a Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 and the heatsink is a Freezer 7 Pro v2. I like the sink itself to be honest. It does a decent job cooling my i7 with a modest overclock without being huge or noisy. Ideally I want something similar but which is taller or "higher" so it can clear the memory slots. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Bear in mind that the memory is Corsair Vengeance so, with the heatsink fins at the top, is quite tall. I'm prepared to accept that there may well be no sinks with enough clearance for these, in which case I'll have to change the memory, but I'd rather not unless I have to.
Ta for any advice
Now I've rebuilt into a new case with standard front-to-back airflow, I've had to reverse the heatsink so the fan is at the front. The problem is that it now fouls the memory slots
The board is a Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3 and the heatsink is a Freezer 7 Pro v2. I like the sink itself to be honest. It does a decent job cooling my i7 with a modest overclock without being huge or noisy. Ideally I want something similar but which is taller or "higher" so it can clear the memory slots. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Bear in mind that the memory is Corsair Vengeance so, with the heatsink fins at the top, is quite tall. I'm prepared to accept that there may well be no sinks with enough clearance for these, in which case I'll have to change the memory, but I'd rather not unless I have to.
Ta for any advice
Length 140mm x Width 102mm x Height 162mm plus fan
