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Noctua NH-D15 Clearance on Z370-A II Motherboard

Wolfenswan
By Wolfenswan
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So I am doing a full overhaul of a former small form factor build.

 

here's the MOBO: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813119163

 

as I have already purchased the motherboard I have come up to a bit of a snag, originally the plan was to do an AIO water cooler, but I have since been scared away by the horror stories of leaks that many seem to have experienced. From this point I determined that I would go with the Noctua NH-D15 since everyone seems to recommend it for the 8700k. That being said, on the Z370-A II there is a sizeable hunk of heatsinking and plastic that covers the IO portion of the board and I am worried that this beefy cooler won't fit. I've already had enough issues finding ram that was low clearance enough to fit, but as a college student I really can't afford to buy a new board. Anyone know if it will fit in duel fan mode? if not, any suggestions on alternatives? 

 

Thanks!

 

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Well since u have the MB, just go on to Noctua's website , get the dimensions for the D15, and start measuring.

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It's fine, the cooler will fit. Even though I could have a lot to say on the part list itself.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

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Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 hour ago, Wolfenswan said:

I have since been scared away by the horror stories of leaks

seriously, how dumb someone has to be to cut an AIO tube? I mean you have to do it on purpose with a knife otherwise there's no way a tube can break, or pull really hard until you tear apart the couplings on the radiator/block

 

about the board, you should be able to remove that chunk of plastic using tweezers or a small flat screwdriver, does nothing but absorb heat tbh 

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23 hours ago, SolarNova said:

Well since u have the MB, just go on to Noctua's website , get the dimensions for the D15, and start measuring.

Thats rarely needed with Noctua coolers. Noctua has quite extensive compatibility listing.

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