RAM Clearance

implosiveturnip · 9 Apr 2014 at 11:57

Just a quickie,

Anyone know if i'll have clearance issues using a Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E with Avexir Core memory on LGA1155?

If so, any recommendations for a decent air cooler (it's to replace an ageing H100 on a rather warm 3770k @ 4.5ghz) that won't interfere with my RAM?

Thanks in advance

implosiveturnip · 10 Apr 2014 at 10:48

Hi thanks for the thorough reply! So I'm considering the Meghalems (with x2 Noctua NF-F12's ), The K2, and the dark rock pro 2/3 or maybe the Phanteks, but tbh unless anyone is going to tell me it's a bad idea, I'll probably go with the Meghalems as I already have the fans so it'll be a bit cheaper for me. but then will it perform as good as some of the larger heatsinks?

But then I might just say sod it and grab the dark rock or the phanteks, despite being a bit more than I would have liked to spend, they cool really well and are quiet about it too... hmmmmm decisions decisions...

implosiveturnip · 10 Apr 2014 at 15:19

I'm in a define R4, and I'm a bit skeptical about how well the TRUE is going to handle my 3770k. It's quite warm running and it gets warm in the case too since I want it silent (ie i'm using the "modu-vent" covers). I'm just concerned that where it keeps up with a large twin-tower cooler in reviews etc... they probably had better airflow or maybe even open air. I'm kinda convinced I'll get better temps having a larger/twin tower in my warm case...

implosiveturnip · 10 Apr 2014 at 20:18

Informative, thank you. As it is, I'm using 2x 140mm spectre pros as front intake, one as intake in the bottom and one in the rear as exhaust. I think my main problem is my ivy runs hot, as it needs high llc and and slightly more voltage than others to run stable at 4.5, and as a result, there's a fair bit of heat generated by the vrm cooling, so I think I'll benefit from a cooler with a large overall surface area for cooling, considering I don't want to open any more vents up, as I'm quite anal about the amount of noise I can hear from my case.

Going to ponder airflow and acoustics over a cheeky pint for now...