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Anyone here own the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4? What's its RAM clearance?

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Just found out that the Noctua NH-D15 has a maximum RAM clearance of 32mm. Technically, it's 37mm if you put its second fan into the elevated position, but that's irrelevant for me since the RAM I plan to buy is 40mm tall. I don't want to use liquid cooling, so at this point, my only option is to see if the NH-D15's competitors accommodate taller RAM sticks. At the moment, I've got my eyes on the Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4. I checked its product page on the Be Quiet! website, but couldn't find anything about RAM clearance. I've tried googling the answer to this question, but didn't find anything... I've even tried e-mailing them, but haven't received a response yet. Anyone here have the information I'm looking for?
 

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3 minutes ago, ProtoflareX said:

my only option is to see if the NH-D15's...

How about the NH-D15S?

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You should be okay, i've used the regular DRP4 on the Ripjaws V memory and it is fine, also the TR4 model (same apart from the baseplate) is fine with Flare X memory.

 

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in reality you can raise the Noctua fans far more than that because they used narrow fan clips. If your case allows it you can easily get 50mm of RAM clearance.

 

As for the DRP4, be quiet has a picture showing 44mm tall Gskill Trident Z RGB sticks below the front fan so I'd say you're fine with 40mm tall sticks. Unlike the Noctua, the wide fan clips doesnt allow the front fan to go higher than that.

 

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How bout the macho direct?

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

the DRP4

My brain tried to force this to DDR4 as I read it, so disoriented.

 

Last build I did with the dark rock pro 4 was also with Trident Z so I second this example of gracious ram clearance.

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7 minutes ago, For Science! said:

You should be okay, i've used the regular DRP4 on the Ripjaws V memory and it is fine, also the TR4 model (same apart from the baseplate) is fine with Flare X memory.

Just the answer I was looking for. Those Ripjaws V sticks you have seem to be about 2mm taller than the Flare X sticks based on the product page. That means they should fit just fine. Though, I do have another question for you if you don't mind. That TR4 model of the Dark Rock Pro 4... it's only for AMD Threadripper CPUs, right? If I (will in the near future) own a Ryzen CPU, i'd just go with the regular model, right?

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1 minute ago, ProtoflareX said:

Just the answer I was looking for. Those Ripjaws V sticks you have seem to be about 2mm taller than the Flare X sticks based on the product page. That means the Flare X should fit just fine. Though, I do have another question for you if you don't mind. That TR4 model of the Dark Rock Pro 4... it's only for AMD Threadripper CPUs, right? If I (will in the near future) own a Ryzen CPU, i'd just go with the regular model, right?

that's correct, the TR4 model is exclusively for threadripper (TR4 socket) and so if you're just using Ryzen 3/5/7, get the normal DRP4

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1 minute ago, For Science! said:

that's correct, the TR4 model is exclusively for threadripper (TR4 socket) and so if you're just using Ryzen 3/5/7, get the normal DRP4

Thanks for answering my questions. You're way more reliable than Be Quiet's customer service department.

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2 hours ago, Jurrunio said:

in reality you can raise the Noctua fans far more than that because they used narrow fan clips. If your case allows it you can easily get 50mm of RAM clearance.

 

As for the DRP4, be quiet has a picture showing 44mm tall Gskill Trident Z RGB sticks below the front fan so I'd say you're fine with 40mm tall sticks. Unlike the Noctua, the wide fan clips doesnt allow the front fan to go higher than that.

If you don't mind, I have a question for you, but I don't think it warrants a new thread. In the time since my last post, I've been doing research on the Dark Rock Pro 4 and learned that it is capable of mounting a third 120mm fan. If I were to mount a third fan onto it, it would be extremely close to the rear exhaust fan in my case. Taking that into consideration, how much of an effect on temperatures would adding a third fan have?

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3 minutes ago, ProtoflareX said:

If you don't mind, I have a question for you, but I don't think it warrants a new thread. In the time since my last post, I've been doing research on the Dark Rock Pro 4 and learned that it is capable of mounting a third 120mm fan. If I were to mount a third fan onto it, it would be extremely close to the rear exhaust fan in my case. Taking that into consideration, how much of an effect on temperatures would adding a third fan have?

hardly any if you ask me, it's more for show or satisfying OCD at that point.

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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Just now, Jurrunio said:

hardly any if you ask me, it's more for show or satisfying OCD at that point.

Oh? If it won't have a noticeable effect, then I'll refrain, but out of curiosity, what's the reason that it won't have much of an effect? Is it because the rear exhaust fan performs a similar role?

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2 minutes ago, ProtoflareX said:

Oh? If it won't have a noticeable effect, then I'll refrain, but out of curiosity, what's the reason that it won't have much of an effect? Is it because the rear exhaust fan performs a similar role?

yes. Adding more fan there just doesnt increase air speed noticeably.

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

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

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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2 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

yes. Adding more fan there just doesnt increase air speed noticeably.

Like I thought; thanks for answering that.

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Just gonna say that D15 has 64mm clearance under the fins. Fan can be raised as much as your case allows, or you can move it to other side. If anyone reads this afterwords.

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