Hello all, I am looking in buying a Gigabyte X58A-UD3R, Core i7 930, and Noctua NH-U12P SE2. I know that tall memory won't work with the Noctua NH-U12P SE2. The memory I was looking at is the G.Skill Pi black 6GB triple-channel (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231247) I was looking at Gigabyte online manual I see this: I was wondering where the fan of the Noctual heatsink stops, to see if I can fit my 3 stick of RAM, knowing that I won't be able to put 6 (as the first one will be blocked for sure). Does anyone know? Does anyone have any suggestions? I also saw the Noctua NH-U9B SE2... however I don't know if it will be the same problem despite being smaller. Thank you very much in advance!
hey good.. can do this for ya- yep it just fits ran the numbers to scale in ps you have 2 1/8" from the center of the cpu to the edge of the first stick.. 2 7/16" to the edge of the second that sink is 71mm wide.. converted and divide that by 2 it comes to little over 1 3/8" add the smaller 25mm fan and it came in just over 2 3/8" (2.3815") from center- so you'll have a little over 1/16" to play with (0.0865" to be exact) man I need to get to bed.. insomnia or something woke me up
Wow awesome... so it will be an exact fit in other words. Thank you VERY much! Not that I don't believe you, but I don't want to return parts, so I need to be 100% sure, essentially that it's essentially and exact fit (hopefully it won't bend the RAM but a half a milometer and after 3 years it breaks :S). How do you know the mentioned dimentions?
Noctua seem to think it is compatible... http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=compatibility_gen&products_id=31&lng=en#LGA1366_Gigabyte The poster of this thread has the two and also has G.Skill RAM... http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?topic=1613.0 This thread shows the cooler on a P55A-UD3R with the fan above the RAM (note how he has moved the fan up a bit): http://www.overclock.net/intel-build-logs/590408-i5-adventures.html If I looked harder, I am sure I could find other examples. Would this be a better memory choice for height issues? http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231225
Yes for normal size RAM (40mm). The one I was looking at has a heatsink that expend up. I want these RAM simply because they are 1.5V (so I don't risk breaking my motherboard, and the timing are low all by having fast 1600MHz memory, also they are fairly affordable for what they offer. He has normal size RAM It looks like the RAM is further away from the CPU heatsink compared to the one I am looking to buy. His motherboard is dual channel. [/quote] Yes but the timing are very average.
Would you really notice the difference between CL8 & CL9? There are loads of articles around that say you wouldn't.
No idea... As you can see my RAM on my current system is DDR1. Back then, latency was everything as I recall. I know that I don't want 1.65V RAM because I don't trust Intel specs. My guess is that they assume you'll keep the computer for 3 years, while I want to keep for 5 years. The current system is 4 years and a half, it getting change 6 month sooner as I need a computer at my father place (the current computer there is a AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 512MB of RAM, as you see it's way over passed it's life span, and it doesn't work properly all the time).
This article, despite being focused on RAM for Lynnfield, states: For the Lynnfield platform, buying high performance memory offers questionable appeal. From the results we can conclude that only multi-tasking and file compression show the only notable performance advantage for high performance memory, and then only with latency reduction not frequency increments. However, for the cost of the seven to 10 per cent performance increment, dropping the latency at 1,600MHz from CL9 to CL7 or 6 (if your CPU/BIOS can handle it) using performance memory can cost between one and a half and two times as much as vanilla CL9 stuff. CL8 is not worth it over CL9 in any case - don't be tempted to spend more. For that money, it's extremely difficult to recommend spending it considering additional performance can be had, for less, elsewhere in the system (an SSD for example). Our advice for gamers is to buy 1,600MHz CL9 memory, save your money and plow it into increasing the CPU frequency or, better yet, getting a faster graphics card. I am not sure but I would hazard a guess that you wouldn't notice the difference between CL8 & CL9 on a Bloomfield chip. But the RAM you linked to in your first post is 1.6v - 1.65v?
Thanks! I'll look into it. POPSICLE STICKS! Wrong link I posted. http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Produc...31335&cm_re=G.Skill_pi-_-20-231-335-_-Product (and I was wondering how come they it got cheaper within the same day). So yea they are CL7, not 8.
If it was me I would be lurking in forums looking for people whose sig shows that they run the exact spec that you want then ask them some questions. You are going to need to know: - is the CL7 RAM compatible with the EX58-UD3R? - does the Noctua fit with that RAM (it is not looking likely after browsing a lot of photos with that cooler but you never know)? - would you notice the difference on the EX58-UD3R with CL9 RAM?
Honestly dude - just buy shorter RAM. LOL. As people have mentioned, you're highly unlikely to ever notice the difference.
Heuumm ok... They were just a few dollars (~30$) more over the normal higher latency ones. That is why I wanted them. Ok thanks. Again, back in the old days, it made a HUGE difference... Hence why I was double interested in them, I guess the extra speed increase (over DDR1) makes up for it to a point where latency doesn't mater.
AHA interesting: If only there is 1 picture on this Internets that has a view from top and not angle to confirm that there is room for the second RAM port.
AH yes yes, I think I actually skipped that image or it wasn't loading on the page at the time of viewing. I guess by force of viewing thousand of pictures on the net I got everything confused. :/
I just got the Noctua, and I don't think it will fit with tall memory like that. You could always just rotate it to blow air out the top (if you have fans up top). I'll provide some measurements if you want, but without the motherboard I don't think it'll be much help.
ok Thanks a lot! So no tall memory it is. I think I'll wait for my upgrade in any case, because some people complain about a whine problem with certain PSU's affected both ASUS and Gigabyte motherboards using the X58 chipset. :/
that's not even the same board in that picture.. look at the number of ram slots I measured the board out.. you have enough room to run high sticks in the thing used photoshop to scale a high res picture off newegg and took the measurements.. it goes over the first slot but the second slot is clear by over a 16th =] everything from the second stick over is clear but maybe mess with the airflow a bit here's the board
Well, I stand corrected apparently. It happens. Also, I forgot to say in my first post how impressed I am with this product. I know bit said the Titan Fenrir was a better buy, but I can't praise the Noctua enough. With the ULNA adapters on the ends it quieter than my hard drives spinning up, while still being the same temps as my annoyingly loud Zerotherm Nirvana. Without the adapters the sound is noticeably louder; but still quieter than my previous cooler.
Million thanks! +rep to all! This whining/high pitch noise issue that seams to affect all motherboards brands is concerning me, especially that I read reports of people having the problem with my PSU (Corsair, Antec, Seasonic, OCZ, 2 Thermaltake models). So, I think I'll wait for the next chipset technology (as it affects more than Gigabyte motherboards). But, for now, I know that Noctua is a great choice, and that tall RAM should fit on a gigabyte motherboard, but best to get small ones if possible.
