Will all this fit without snagging? (cooler related)

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Will all this fit without snagging?

I should have asked BEFORE I clicked on the "place order" button :o

Just ordered from here:

Asus A8N SLI-SE Mobo
Zalman CNPS9500 LED Aero Flower
OcUK Geforce 7800 GT
Zalman VF700-CU Copper VGA cooler
Zalman Northbridge Cooler ZM NB47J
SB Audigy 4 OEM
Hiper Type R Blue 580W PSU

Question

Are all those coolers gonna sit OK on that board and not snag each other. I particularly worried about the Zalman Northbridge cooler snagging the GFX card or GFX card cooler.

Anyone got a similar spec and been fine with it, or had any problems?

Ta
 
I have the Lian Li PC6083a case. Medium Tower

I should think the new 9500 cooler will fit in.

I'll have to bend a few of those NB cooler fins then. Fine, so long as the thing will work... The Asus NB fans are too noisy for me thats for sure....
 
RobP said:
Just out of interest, seeing as the VF700-Cu is lopsided, when not just mount it on the other diagonal? I've just done it, getting very good temperatures and the northbridge is now completely clear for an NB47J. This is with an A8N-E and a 6800GT.

Only problem now is I've got to take the motherboard out of the case to get the old northbridge fan off...
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What an inspired idea!

I've not put the northbridge cooler on to date as I was scared of breaking the pins off trying to avoid the VF700.

At the moment the A8N-SLI-SE northbridge cooler is surprisingly quiet. If it gets noiser I'll take it all to bits again and do as you suggested. Any chance of a picture of your setup with that vf700 please?

Ta

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If its just pics of the standard VF700CU as fitted normally, no need JDL m8. I have one in my PC. I would like to see Rob's setup to see how he fitted it backwards so to speak. :D
 
Give this man an intuitive thinking award. Brilliant.

I'm sorely tempted to give this a go. Although I have a feeling that I may have crossthreaded one of the nipples (sounds painful don't it! :D )
 
No No No. The Zalman Northbridge installation too !! I know you did the VF700 as you described before ;)

I want to know if its gonna fit for sure. That said my Second Edition A8N has the chipset rotated by 45 degrees so yours may not be totally representative.

EDIT: Oh and JDL, do what Rob did and you shouldn't snag the NB cooler. Are you gonna try it?
 
Does seem a bit hot. My 7800GT Idles at around 39 to 40C and goes up to 50-55 under load (depending on what my fan speed is set to for the VF700)

That said 68 is waaaaay too low to be concerned so long as its stable. These things are rated past 100 degrees.....

Very thin layer of thermal paste. I used a bit of plastic from the packaging to spread mine thinly. I didn't bother buying AS5 since we are only really talking about a few degrees difference.
 
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