im gonna be building an i7 system soon,
last time i used a huge HSF was with a lga775 p4 3.2ghz with a thermaltake tower cooler
1) it was a bitch to install
a) mb had to be off
b) it was hard to apply even pressure to the cpu and/or tight yet not too tight so the mb doens't snap
2) the thing didnt' look too secure
3) it was loud...
4) it wasn't that great of a cooler
for my q6600 system i just went with the stock intel cooler, but i find it to be rather loud (i think its the loudest thing in my system right now)
so anyways since its been a good few years, im wondering if technology has improve substantially for me to consider tower HSF's again
what im eye-ing right now is the noctua nh-u12p se2, from reviews it looks pretty sturdy with a good mounting system, will the heatsink be another pain in the ass again?
1) what im looking for is something thats quieter than stock (very important) yet cools as well or better
mobo is gigabyte x58a-ud3r
case is antec p182
2) the mobo is listed as compatible on gigabyte's website, from experience or hear-say, will the HSF block the first ram slot?
3) will it fit in a P182 case height-wise?
4) will there be enough clearance BEHIND the mobo to accmodate the mounting hardware? (irrc theres a backplate thing that goes on top of the backplate thats already on the mobo
5) 2 fans or 1 fan? (what im worried about here is a push-pull configuration emitting resonance noise (or whatever its called)
thanks!
last time i used a huge HSF was with a lga775 p4 3.2ghz with a thermaltake tower cooler
1) it was a bitch to install
a) mb had to be off
b) it was hard to apply even pressure to the cpu and/or tight yet not too tight so the mb doens't snap
2) the thing didnt' look too secure
3) it was loud...
4) it wasn't that great of a cooler
for my q6600 system i just went with the stock intel cooler, but i find it to be rather loud (i think its the loudest thing in my system right now)
so anyways since its been a good few years, im wondering if technology has improve substantially for me to consider tower HSF's again
what im eye-ing right now is the noctua nh-u12p se2, from reviews it looks pretty sturdy with a good mounting system, will the heatsink be another pain in the ass again?
1) what im looking for is something thats quieter than stock (very important) yet cools as well or better
mobo is gigabyte x58a-ud3r
case is antec p182
2) the mobo is listed as compatible on gigabyte's website, from experience or hear-say, will the HSF block the first ram slot?
3) will it fit in a P182 case height-wise?
4) will there be enough clearance BEHIND the mobo to accmodate the mounting hardware? (irrc theres a backplate thing that goes on top of the backplate thats already on the mobo
5) 2 fans or 1 fan? (what im worried about here is a push-pull configuration emitting resonance noise (or whatever its called)
thanks!