Hey all, I'm looking to get a new cooler for my i5-750 so I can do a bit of over-clocking, and hopefully be a bit quieter than the stock intel cooler. Thing is I have a Gigabyte P55M-UD2 and G.Skill Ripgaw memory which due to the heatsinks sits about 10mm higher than normal ram. I'm worried with any of the big coolers that it may interfere with the memory. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I can use that will provide ample cooling and not get in the way too much, and not cost the earth?
I vote for the Gelid Tranquillo - clicky Its quiet, cool, wont foul your RAM and cheap! Big upgrade on the stock cooler for overclocking
Is your ram plugged into slots 1 and 3 or 2 and 4? most new motherboards compensate for large coolers by putting channel 1 in slots 2 and 4.
You have a good point. Totally forgot but it's in 2 and 4 so I have 1 slot between the CPU and Ram. Issue would come if I want to upgrade to 8GB, I would have to use 2x 4GB sticks rather than sling another 4GB in there.
Got the same board as you, make sure whatever you get is smaller than a Titan Fenrir. Mine fouls the first 2 memory slots lol
The gelid is a good cooler and I've fitted one in a similar situation as you, board with 2 tall sticks in 2 and 4. It works fine with the first slot being covered by the cooler fan. At a push you could even slide the fan up a bit higher, lose a little performance but not too bad. You could also get another 2 2gb sticks with a lower profile but memory is a lot cheaper than when I bought my 2nd set, now I would go with 2x4gb.
Thanks so far guys. Just wondering if maybe I can get a larger heatsink, but flip the installation round so the fan is "sucking" through to the rear of the case rather than blowing through to the rear of the case? That would solve the clearance issues (or probably just cause it to foul the I/O) ?
Sadly it doesn't work this way. Pulling air in is easier than pushing air out. While it will work, you won't have great temps.
I think he's talking about reversing the flow, but if the PSU is above then it will probably suck the air in from the back before it gets to the cpu. You'd have to reverse your entire PC's airflow.
Yeah pretty much I meant flipping the cooler through 180 degrees, then doing the same with the fan to pull through the cooler. My PSU is in the lower section as it's a P182 Naturally it'd be better to just get something that can clear the memory slots in the first place anyway.
You'd have to make sure that you can then exhaust the heat somehow before it got trapped in your case and heated up all your other components.
Bingo, seems far easier and less hassle? Already some advice above that seems to answer your problem.
