Will this fit?

[wij]

Hi,

Thinking of building myself a new system using a Xenon 3200 on a Gigabyte P35-DS4 motherboard.

Several people have recomended me the Noctua NH-U12F as a suitable cooler. I don't really plan on overclocking it too much, although I would like it to run cool and quiet.

My concern is whether or not the heat pipes that cool the northbridge/southbridge/caps on that particular motherboard would get in the way of the Notcua as it is quite a big cooler from what I've seen. If that is the case could someone recomend me a good cooler as an alternative?

Any advice would be great, thanks in advance.

 

[mishima]

According to this Noctua NH-U12F compatibility table - it won't fit!

 

[wij]

Ahh brilliant, didn't see that page last night while looking around

Bit of a shame, might have to look at at the Artic Cooling Freezer7 again.

 

[mishima]

Yeah it is a shame, brilliant cooler. That's the trouble with the 'high-riser' heatsinks though!