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Hi all. I am building a new home server and have the ASRock Rack E3C246D4M-4L motherboard and the Noctua NH-U9S cooler in a 4U case. I am trying to install the cooler to the motherboard, and when I go to put on the backplate, the bolts will not go through the holes around the socket at all. I tried pushing a bit but it seems like this should just slide through. Am I missing something? Is this cooler just not compatible? If so, how can I tell if a different cooler will be compatible? I don't really want to change motherboards because I want IPMI, onboard video, and plenty of SATA/PCIe and to support my Xeon E-2146G.

Title. Does anyone know if the cooler will fit, or will the cooler hit a discrete GPU and the RAM? Would check myself but don't have the physical units at a local store to check. Thanks for any help!

The goal is simple. Downsize, upgrade, make it look fantastic, keep it really cheap, build it with superior materials, pack in as much power as possible, leave room to upgrade, and use it to leave my female counterparts totally smitten. It also has to fit the aesthetic of a new house I haven't moved into, and be all available for delivery to my house in the remote wilderness of Ireland. Like I said simple. ---- Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My current build is in my signature, it's bugging me. It's been evolving in bits and pieces for almost 8 years now, the design ethos was: "whatever works, whenever there's money". Nice as that is, and although I picked up some very good deals for sheer price to performance my platform is now outdated and frankly - it really doesn't look that appealing, alongside starting to chug like an old turf chimney. Here she is lit up in white, for visibility - not strikingly pretty anyway.. So much unused space, so poorly spaced out Forgive me community, for I have sinned... My list of visual ailments is likely familiar to any builder ailed by lacking funds and not much desire to work on his own rig: Cable management is akin to Medusa's straightening routine in effort invested and effect achieved. The power supply is exposed, and totally un-modular, I do like my plugs thick and my ports plugged, but not like this. The plastic window is scratched and dusty, a little warped and genuinely unappealing, although I can relate I don't want it on my desk. The CPU cooler is unfortunately large, it might look better with a fuller PC but in such a small frame it's almost cartoonish. I have some sympathy for that state of affairs, but still. My GPU looks goofy, and out of place, neither fitting the theme neither being in suitable proportion with the rest of my componentry. There's so much free space, yet I find the case too large. I could live with this a while longer if it wasn't starting to slow down a lot in daily use - that's gaming, video editing, never closing 100000 chrome tabs and virtual machines. It's time for an upgrade. With Ryzen around the corner I seized all the assets I could (1000 euro) and set to designing something that appeases the following goals A downsizing, any downsizing is good but I did want to go mATX. This is the only area in which I have failed, moving to a smaller ATX case instead. I aim to minimize empty space. Very clean, industrial design with straight lines and plain panels, a premium, professional seeming colors - pleasing interior proportions and reasonably low noise output. A clear improvement in performance, and an affordable path to significant upgrades in the future, without having to swap out components or negatively impact its aesthetic value High quality materials and avoiding the gaudy at all costs, tempered glass is a big element of that for me because I find the cheap plastic windows abhorrent ---- Part selection and rationale ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Case The very first component choice to enter the battleground was the case, I wanted smaller than my Fractal Design Define S, but was almost totally set on a tempered glass window. I also needed cheap, go figure.. Due to needing a lot of IO in my life, it's probably better that I bought an ATX board. So that left me with: Small, cheap, ATX case, complete with a tempered glass window and clean design. Y'all can probably guess where I went from here - The NZXT S340 Elite. At a whopping 14% less elongated than my Define S, while being slightly taller and equally deep, I've most surely failed with a serious downsize - as frustrating as this is the S340 Elite ticks every other box. It's beautiful, clean, well built, generously endowed with a fantastic tempered glass window and enough space to fit any future upgrades while not being excessively large. I love the sheer cleanliness of this case, so sleek, so uniform, a great interior layout - and best of all? I can get it for 99 euro over at http://www.komplett.ie/nzxt-s340-elite-zwart/80045367/details.aspx?channel_code=1199&s2m_product_id=80045367&utm_source=adwords-shopping&gclid=CN-fvKPws9ICFaK87QodaRoMaA Motherboard, CPU, Cooler, and RAM The most important component of this build is the CPU as it's the part I'm least likely to upgrade. I want to grab a platform, and stay with it - but my budget most certainly does not lend itself to picking up totl chips. The Ryzen release was the deciding factor in this long awaited rebuild, not out of brand loyalty but out of sheer price/performance juiciness. I got a great deal on my FX8350 and have seen generation after generation of gradual performance increase from Intel - not something dreadfully appealing to those of us strapped for cash. The R7 1700 is perfect for my approach. With the full 8 cores and 16 threads of it's bigger siblings I would speculate that its value will practically multiply with a good overclock, which does leave one a little dependent on the silicone lottery, but with the value presented that's a risk I can take. It's also bundled with the Wraith Cooler which.. I know I have a nice cooler as is but for the ease of transfer, and cost considerations, I plan to use for the first little while of the new computer's life. At some point I will purchase an AIO to fit to it and that's when I'll attempt a decent overclock, but with the Wraiths thermal and acoustic performance with the 125w Bulldozer chips I'm sure it can handle the 65w R7 1700 perfectly. In terms of motherboard, I'll be waiting for the first few reviews of X370 ATX boards before making a decision but it'll be among the cheapest few - I currently have earmarked the Gigabyte AX370 GAMING K3. Deciding factors will be aesthetics and included I/O - pray for me y'all For RAM there's an amazing Prime Deal right now selling a 16GB kit of Crucial Ballistix DDR4 Memory for 82.62 Euro GPU As I was resolute on purchasing the aforementioned components, I new that the rest of my search would revolve around squeezing as much money out for a graphics card as I could. I found the XFX Radeon RX480 8GB with the reference cooler going for a poultry 245.83 euro at https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01H3P9CKI/?tag=pcp0f-21 . Especially after the continued software improvements for the 480 it makes for a slightly better value proposition than the GTX1080, and furthermore I fully plan on buying and equipping a second when budget allows. The clean and mostly (aside from the Radeon logo that is) neutral look to the blower-style RX480 will fit in wonderfully with my build and I have no problem going SLI despite the consensus towards getting a better performing single card as my budget simply won't allow for that right now. PSU The PSU was an easy choice, fully modular, any form of 80+ certified 500+watt PSU. I was able to find the EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550w Fully Modular power supply from https://www.cclonline.com/product/182244/220-GS-0550-V3/Power-Supplies/EVGA-SuperNOVA-550SW-GS-Power-Supply-Unit-80-PLUS-Gold/PSU0897/?siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-ykpLCm8Gqfdai458AeeaEw for 93.82 euro. It can even remain hidden beneath that lovely shroud on the S340 Elite. Other Parts Storage, Fans, and my RGB controller will all be coming, thankfully, from my current build, leaving me around 70 euro above my stated budget, which I'm sure I can find from somewhere ----Fin, for now--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It may be two or three weeks before I can order these parts but the money has been set aside and the build will soon move forward! This build ought to be cheap, powerful and beautiful with plenty of room for future expansion. If anybody has any thoughts or comments on where I should take this please let me know! Eagerly awaiting any response Ya boi, King of Hip Hop, Tadgh

I'm putting together my new computer and I'd like to go with a super cheesy black and gold theme. The case frame and a few other bits (video card cover, motherboard shield thingy, etc) are going to hopefully be spray-chromed gold but I'm hesitant to do the same with the air cooler heat sink (an NH-D15S) because this particular spray-chrome process (there are a few) essentially involves some layers of paint. I know most people are going to say that getting the cooler itself gold-electroplated sounds ridiculous and is probably not a GOOD idea; I'm not going to dispute that. I just want to know if anyone thinks it's a horrible idea; are there better, safer alternatives? Gold has pretty decent thermal conduction, but would the electroplating process itself cause any unwanted thermal insulating factors? Additional thoughts?

I'm planning on upgrading my CPU cooler from the Intel stock cooler and I was wondering with one is better in cooling performance (asthetics and ease of installation don't matter too much): Cryorig H7 Corsair H50 I am open to other suggestions but I'm limited to a 155mm CPU cooler clearance and preferably under $30 USD

Hi, I´m not sure if this is the right place for this kind of question because it might not even require something exotic: Is there a way to quietly, preferably totally silent, sufficiently air-cool an E3-1230 V2 in a 1U case? "Sufficiently cool" involves the CPU being able to run 24/7 at 100% at ambient temperatures up to 40C. You can do that with very loud fans, but how about quiet?

Hi guys, I have recently bought a new workstation with i9-9900k and I think it is overheating. When I am rendering in blender (all cores and threads on full load) the temperature goes up to 90+°C (194°F). And I don't know what am I doing wrong. :D Is it because the Noctua NH-D15 can't handle that cpu or what? Thanks for any response. Sorry for my english, it is not my native language.

TLDR: Running stock fan setup, need to make airflow/temps better for upcoming project I built this computer as a video editing workstation for my company a little while ago with this subreddit's help. We have a really big project coming up and I need to install an ssd in the PC so I thought it would be a good chance to clean out the PC as well as create some better airflow since I'm just running with the stock fan solution. Since the case is inverted, this is what it looks like. https://imgur.com/a/tNRbbQO The airflow isn't too different than a regular case I would assume but I have no idea. Either way, currently we have 2 fans installed in the front as intake and then 1 fan installed in the back as exhaust. I have the same air cooler used in the picture (The Dark Rock Pro 4), and a 1080ti installed. Anyways, I was wondering where you guys would recommend I install more fans to get the best possible temps?

I have this setup right now. I use this machine for Deep Learning purpose. That means it I run the GPUs at full strength for quite long period of time (sometime 2-3 days at a time). Right now it has 1 1080ti and 1 1070. I use the GTX 1070 for VGA or occasional gaming, and 1080ti for Deep Learning Research. I will be selling these two card and upgrading to RTX 3080. RTX 3090 has a different air direction. I am wondering if I replace the PCIEx16 lane (currently holding 1080ti GPU) and remove GTX 1070 will there be any air flow problem. What I worry most is that, air should flow from the bottom of the gpu towards CPU direction. Air reaching to the bottom of the GPU is kind of complicated in this casing as the front panel fans are mostly upwards (in the CPU side) and there is no place to put them below the GPU to generate airflow in the GPU's input side air flow direction. I was wondering what others think about it. Do you think I need to change the casing? If so, then what's your suggestion? I am already broke thinking about buying 3080 GPU. Please suggest some budget options but better air flow casing if you thin I need a new Casing. (And also I hate RGB). Note: Strictly speaking, I don't overclock the CPU or GPU because I need the GPU and CPU to perform longer period of time with consistence performance.

Hey guys! I have two questions and I was hoping that you could help me with them. After some questionable decisions I have ended up with a Phanteks P300 case and a CPU cooler (Dark Rock 2) that is too big for it. It should have fitted but it didn't so now I have sidepanel that is about 4 mm open (see the picture). Question nr 1: Should I keep it half open like that, should I open up the whole panel the same amount (~4 mm) or does anyone have any other good ideas? I also need some case fans to cool it. It would be nice to sync the integrated RGB light with those too but my MOBO does not have a RGB controller. Case can house 2 x 120/140mm in the front, 1 x 120/140mm on the top and 1 x 120mm rear. Question nr 2: What are my options for syncing the fan RGB with case RGB? Only obvious one is using Phanteks Halos but they cost ~12€/pc (~13.90 USD / ~18.30 CAD) here and I would also need to get the fans and I would be left with the integrated hardware control button - no software control. Thanks in advance! -Henrik

Hi, i was wondering which cooler i could use in my mini-itx build. I chose the ML08B-H case from silverstone, zotac gtx 1080 mini, 16 gb ddr4 2400mhz, sharkoon sfx gold psu, HST travelstar 7k1000 1TB HDD 7200RPM and a wifi card. I also dont know what motherboard I should get for this case. I’m kind of on a budget, I’d like the cost of these two parts to be around €100-€110 or less (I’m from Belgium). Thanks for the help!

Okay so a little while ago I lost the little corners you put on noctua fans and I can't seem to find replacements online anywhere. I know you can get the colored ones, but I want the original brown color. anybody know where to get it?

**UPDATE** I have just ordered 7 Noctua NF-F12 PWM Hi im Bil I'm from the Jordan and this is my first build but I'm facing a few problems with the fan noise Here is my rig http://pcpartpicker.com/user/bilbeissi/saved/j98gXL **i have my top 140mm fan disabled** so the problem I'm having is that the fan on the 980ti hybrid is loud and I'm looking to replace all my fans since all my fans are stock. I'm looking for the most quite build even at the cost of a few degrees of temperature. Q1, Should i run all fans on case airflow fans or all of them on static pressure fans (for future expandability on water-cooling with custom loops) Q2, Should i use push/pull on rads using case airflow fans, should i use push pull at all Q3, Which fans should i choose for optimal results with lowest noise in mind Thank you Ladies and Gentlemen i hope i wrote properly since this is my first build and my first time on forums.

I dont think this is a great idea, since air is not the greatest conductor, but i still geeking out about this technology. What do you guys think? Is it gonna be breakthrough in air cooling, or another fiasco? source: http://www.kitguru.net/components/cooling/anton-shilov/coolchip-vows-a-cooling-breakthrough-by-reinventing-computer-fans/

what are your reasons to OC your system? and What data are you write down in the fine-tuning of your system? I have tried to make a chart with results - must be said that it is air-cooled CPU .. is it totally unusable and what can I do to improve and fine-tune my OC? im expect to buy a cooler master 280L water cooler soon.. so that's why I practice a little on my OC

Hey guys! I'm going to embark on building my second PC soon, and this time it's for my sister who would use it for work most of the time with some gaming. She's not a big gamer, but she wants to play The Sims 4 and Grand Theft Auto V on the PC when both games come out, and hopefully at "High" settings. As we know, the specification requirements are not known yet so I'm just trying to get the best performing components while staying close to the budget. My budget must not exceed: USD$1333/ CAD$1397/ EUR$1009 Things to take note! Because demand for individual computer components is not very high in my country, it tend to be more costly than those found in other countries, and as far as I know, shipping is not the way to go for my location. Also, my location is right on the equator so it's summer year long and the average temperature is around 32 degrees Celsius or 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Hence I'm reluctant to overclock. Looking on the bright side, the budget does not include peripherals, which would be taken care of separately. Below is a list of parts I have in mind with their respective prices, broken down into different currencies. (Apologies to those I've left out ) Approximate sum of parts above (Corsair 400R, H77, both storage drives, 660Ti, HX650 power supply, Dell S2340 IPS): USD: 1183.20 / 1333 CAD: 1240.40 / 1397 EUR: 895.30 / 1009 *** I have a few dilemmas regarding the upcoming build, hence this post. I can't decide on the form factor, the motherboard, the graphics card, the monitor, the PSU and whether to get an additional CPU cooler. (That's almost everything.) Originally I wanted a mid-tower case, but a mini-ITX is really cool and the BitFenix Prodigy seems like a great case. But I've read online that there are compatibility issues with some power supplies, so I'll have to look into that. Also, there will not be any PCI-E slot available for a LAN Adapter so I will need a motherboard which encompasses that. And I have no idea which motherboards on the market features this. Secondly, I can't distinguish between different motherboards, such as Asus P8H77-M LE and P8H77-V etc. This applies to Z77, Z78 and all that, though I'm aware some allows overclocking. The variations drive me mad. So please recommend me a motherboard which is within the price range or comment on those I've eyed on. Thirdly, the graphics card. 7950 is out of the question. For some reason 7950 cards are particularly expensive here and the MSI GTX660Ti Power Edition is the only 660Ti that fits the price. Any 7870 card would probably be fine, so go ahead and recommend me some great performing ones Fourth, I can't differentiate the monitors as well, other than IPS etc. I'm not sure which I should get. Lastly, I'm unsure if I should get a CPU cooler. I probably will if it stays under the budget, hence I'm leaving the prices out first. So throw me your opinions guys! If you think I should go for a mini-ITX build perhaps you could give me some tips and component recommendations! Thanks for your time!