Will this cooler fit?

Thrash911 · 23 Aug 2011 at 16:45

Hello folks,

I am building a PC for a friend. I have chosen the parts. The motherboard is Asus P6X58D-E. The CPU cooler is a Thermaltake Frio.

Will the Frio cooler (with both fans attached) clear the RAM slots on that motherboard? The RAM modules have high heatsinks. It is acceptable if it blocks the FIRST RAM slot, because I will only use the three blue slots.

I hope someone can help. Thanks a lot in advance, good people.

Stone22uk · 23 Aug 2011 at 16:48

It should be fine, You can just use slots 2 , 4 , 6 instead of slots 1 , 3, 5. Most big air coolers cause this problem of blocking off the 1st ram slot

Stone22uk · 23 Aug 2011 at 17:01

Also what case are you going to be using, thats quite a tall cooler so you will need make sure it fits in the case too.

Helios1234 · 23 Aug 2011 at 17:05

You'll be fine for memory clearance.

Thrash911 · 23 Aug 2011 at 17:05

The case is a Cooler Master CM 690 II Advanced. It should JUST fit, according to this:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/287680-10-will-advanced-frio-cooler

Aretenon · 23 Aug 2011 at 17:36

It will fit easily... if you don't have a fan installed in the top slot on the side panel.