So new pc arrived today

[BloodOmen]

Almost shit myself when I seen how big the cooler was, first thoughts? how the fuck am I going to get that in the case lol.

 

[ECA]

I too have a Noctua DH14

You actually need to check their approved low profile ram list to make sure your ram fits!

 

[BloodOmen]

I too have a Noctua DH14

You actually need to check their approved low profile ram list to make sure your ram fits!

It fits had to put the ram in first though obv most annoying part was screwing the heatsink to the mounting rails, one of the screws refused to thread for awhile.

Full part list was basically

4690k i5
Noctua DH14
MSI Gaming 5 motherboard (comes with some pretty awesome features - got 20% cash back + steel series kinzu mouse worth £30 free with it)
8gb HyperX 1866mhz 9-9-9-24 ram (haven't sorted the timings/voltage out yet though so its still clocked at 1600mhz)
Zotac GTX 780
EVGA Supernova 650w PSU / gold rated / fully modular
Corsair 540 Carbide Air (amazing case)
Samsung 250gb SSD
2tb Seagate hybrid HD
Generic LG dvd rw

 

[Moriath]

It fits had to put the ram in first though obv most annoying part was screwing the heatsink to the mounting rails, one of the screws refused to thread for awhile.

Full part list was basically

4690k i5
Noctua DH14
MSI Gaming 5 motherboard (comes with some pretty awesome features - got 20% cash back + steel series kinzu mouse worth £30 free with it)
8gb HyperX 1866mhz 9-9-9-24 ram (haven't sorted the timings/voltage out yet though so its still clocked at 1600mhz)
Zotac GTX 780
EVGA Supernova 650w PSU / gold rated / fully modular
Corsair 540 Carbide Air (amazing case)
Samsung 250gb SSD
2tb Seagate hybrid HD
Generic LG dvd rw

How much. .?

 

[BloodOmen]

How much. .?

about £900 ish all together.

 

[caLLous]

You've got the fans wrong imo. You should have one fan on the front instead of the back to push air through the first set of fins towards the middle fan which then pushes it on through the second set and out. You're not gaining anything by having the back fan about a centimetre away from the case exhaust (in fact if they're not moving the same CFM of air it might well work against you and you will be stressing one of them). The case fan will suck air out of the heatsink so that back Noctua fan really isn't helping.

eg:

It's easy enough to move the fan, it can be a bit of a faff to get those wire hooks in to the bottom holes on the heatsink when it's mounted, though. I love Noctua stuff.

 

[BloodOmen]

You've got the fans wrong imo. You should have one fan on the front instead of the back to push air through the first set of fins towards the middle fan which then pushes it on through the second set and out. You're not gaining anything by having the back fan about a centimetre away from the case exhaust (in fact if they're not moving the same CFM of air it might well work against you and you will be stressing one of them). The case fan will suck air out of the heatsink so that back Noctua fan really isn't helping.

eg:

It's easy enough to move the fan, it can be a bit of a faff to get those wire hooks in to the bottom holes on the heatsink when it's mounted, though. I love Noctua stuff.

hm nm i see what you mean now, will sort it later.

 

[caLLous]

Yes, they should all be blowing towards the back but the fan that is mounted on the back of the heatsink should be mounted on the front like in my picture (imo). Still all blowing towards the back of the case. Having that rear Noctua so close to the case fan will cause interference and it might also make it noisier than it should be. It's better (imo) to have the fan on the front sucking in more concentrated cooler air rather than relying on the middle fan to suck air in through the first bank of fins. It lets the middle fan get on with pushing the air on out through the second bank.

 

[BloodOmen]

Yes, they should all be blowing towards the back but the fan that is mounted on the back of the heatsink should be mounted on the front like in my picture (imo). Still all blowing towards the back of the case. Having that rear Noctua so close to the case fan will cause interference and it might also make it noisier than it should be. It's better (imo) to have the fan on the front sucking in more concentrated cooler air rather than relying on the middle fan to suck air in through the first bank of fins. It lets the middle fan get on with pushing the air on out through the second bank.

no no, you're right the chinglish instructions I got with it lead me astray clearly, i'll swap them around when the child goes to nursery.

 

[BloodOmen]

there, turned the fans around

 

[Overdriven]

Pics - Is a very good case

We actually use the same fans..

 

[Raven]

My next project is getting a new case and getting it sorted out. So fed up of my stupidly large Cosmos.

 

[Embattle]

I had the D14, took a little adjustment to make it fit right in my case at the time and was a great cooler but replaced it with a Corsair H110.

 

[Raven]

I am planning on going semi water cooled, Corsair seem to do some nice closed units. Can't be arsed with all the pumps and external cooling and whatnot.

Edit, actually the Corsair H110 is what I was looking at, how do you find it?

 

[Embattle]

I had done full water cooling many years ago but didn't fancy doing it again so went with the H110 because my case could also take advantage of the 140mm fans it is designed to work with but I did replace the corsair fans with a set of Noctua 140mm fans.

 

[Overdriven]

Do you find the Noctua (140mm) fans quite loud? Or are they fine?

EDIT: Apart from the colour. I've heard they're quite... Cooling.

 

[BloodOmen]

Do you find the Noctua (140mm) fans quite loud? Or are they fine?

EDIT: Apart from the colour. I've heard they're quite... Cooling.

fine i think, i've had louder heatsinks that were much smaller.

 

[Embattle]

Do you find the Noctua (140mm) fans quite loud? Or are they fine?

EDIT: Apart from the colour. I've heard they're quite... Cooling.

Mine have been fine, although I also have them connected to the motherboard via PWM connectors.

 

[old.Osy]

I have the Macho HR-02, which is cheap and very effective. Also, damn quiet.

 

[Litmus]

Must be gutting buying a 780 knowing you could of had a 970 for the same price

 

[Hawkwind]

I had done full water cooling many years ago but didn't fancy doing it again so went with the H110 because my case could also take advantage of the 140mm fans it is designed to work with but I did replace the corsair fans with a set of Noctua 140mm fans.

How noisy is the H110? I personally found the H80/H100 way too noisy and after trying both I eventually switched over to Zalman LQ510.

 

[Embattle]

How noisy is the H110? I personally found the H80/H100 way too noisy and after trying both I eventually switched over to Zalman LQ510.

The thing is I replaced the fans with Noctua's and both are PWM controlled and thus it isn't noisy to me.

 

[Hawkwind]

The thing is I replaced the fans with Noctua's and both are PWM controlled and thus it isn't noisy to me.

good to know as I still have an H100 sitting in my junk/spares box.

 

[Embattle]

I've got a medium OC (3.6->4.3ghz) so the Asus fan setting is silent and perfectly stable at 100% load.