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1. Does it interfere with your RAM sticks. As long as the heat spreader on the sticks arent that tall like RGB sticks common today, it's fine.

 

2. Is it too tall for the case. Otherwise you wont be able to close the side panel (not critical, since a PC can run without a side panel).

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Hi, I'm new to upgrading parts in a system and am a bit confused with replacing the stock heatsink.

 

What I was wondering is what I have to look out for in terms of knowing if a heatsink is going to be compatible in my PC? I'm upgrading a HP Z400 and the most I know is that it's LGA 1366 with an xeon w3690 processor. Will any 1366 heatsink work in it?

 

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1. Does it interfere with your RAM sticks. As long as the heat spreader on the sticks arent that tall like RGB sticks common today, it's fine.

 

2. Is it too tall for the case. Otherwise you wont be able to close the side panel (not critical, since a PC can run without a side panel).

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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Since you have prebuild case, there won't be any decent specs available. If you have access to printer, you can use this http://www.cryorig.com/depthchecker.php to check clearance. Or if you don't have printer, any ruler which starts from 0 will do. Its measured from on top of CPU to sidepanel. Give 1-2mm for margin of error.

 

Again, since its prebuild, your RAM is most likely heatsinkless. So every cooler will fit there. But do note that if you can squeeze bigger tower cooler in, it will block 1st PCIe slot.

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