hierovision Posted April 7, 2010 Posted April 7, 2010 (edited) your mobo is on noctua's compatibility list: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=compati...u12f&lng=en and worse case scenario... the dominator's are tall, so you may have to bend the edge of the lower fin on the heatsink. I had to do this on my previous mobo and it worked like a charm. I only had to bend about 5-10mm worth on it There's another alternative Mr. Stay-puft. They have a brief guide in their FAQ to remove the top grill of the nearest stick's heatsink so you don't have to bend anything. http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=faqs&am...4&lng=en#14 Edit: By the way, is anyone else impressed with Noctua's website? I feel like it's one of the most clean and navigable cooler parts websites I've visited. Edited April 7, 2010 by hierovision Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulicro Posted April 7, 2010 Posted April 7, 2010 @Hieovision - Definitely, that website is a breeze (heh) to navigate. Wouldn't taking off the grill of the RAM defeat the purpose in buying that RAM anyway? @Everyone - I just realized, that in addition to being huge, the Noctua is also heavy. How will that affect the motherboard? Its a kilo just hanging off of it... kind of making me uneasy. Thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowKing Posted April 7, 2010 Posted April 7, 2010 @Everyone - I just realized, that in addition to being huge, the Noctua is also heavy. How will that affect the motherboard? Its a kilo just hanging off of it... kind of making me uneasy. Thoughts? people have taken hammers to their Motherboards and they still worked, I don't think 1 kilo is going to be much of a problem Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hierovision Posted April 7, 2010 Posted April 7, 2010 @Hieovision - Definitely, that website is a breeze (heh) to navigate. Wouldn't taking off the grill of the RAM defeat the purpose in buying that RAM anyway? @Everyone - I just realized, that in addition to being huge, the Noctua is also heavy. How will that affect the motherboard? Its a kilo just hanging off of it... kind of making me uneasy. Thoughts? I don't think removing the top portion of one stick's heatsink will make a significant difference in temperature. I don't think there's anything wrong with bending the bottom fin of the heatsink either, so if you have issues with RAM temps from removing those little fins then bend away I think the dominator GT's might create a problem though lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1P5AW Posted April 7, 2010 Posted April 7, 2010 Actually Noctua's website recommends removing the heat fins off the top of tall ram (such as Doms) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hierovision Posted April 7, 2010 Posted April 7, 2010 Actually Noctua's website recommends removing the heat fins off the top of tall ram (such as Doms) Like post #13 I figure bending the fins like sdy suggested is pretty much an equally viable solution, but I would personally go with removing the fins because Noctua says to do it that way. I don't think they suggest doing it for any other RAM though... just dominators. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted April 7, 2010 Posted April 7, 2010 eh, I'd rather not effect the cooling of my RAM in anyway, and just bend ~10mm of metal out of the way... but to each their own Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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