- Jul 18, 2017
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Hi,
I have the MSI Z270 Xpower Gaming Titanium mobo, and the Noctua NH-U14S cooler on it. Noctua's website states the following about GPU compatibility: "In vertical orientation, the cooler is extending over the first PCI-E x16 slot, so please use the other available PCI-E slot(s) for your video card(s) or turn the cooler by 90°". I have currently followed the second recommendation of turning the cooler by 90 degrees.
I was looking into trying it in the traditional orientation and for that I looked at the other PCIE slots on the mobo (first recommendation). Here's what the MSI manual has to say on that: "For a single PCIe x16 expansion card installation with optimum performance, using the PCI_E1 slot is recommended". It looks like I would have to use PCIE 4 to do the job, as PCIE 2 seems to be the last one to function, and at a reduced speed (x4).
From what I've been told, switching from a x16 speed to a x8 speed is not enough to throttle a GTX 1080, so that seems to be a viable option.
So from everything above, I think I have 4 options:
1. Leave the set up as it is (PCIE 1 in use + Noctua at 90 degrees).
2. Get the smaller Noctua NH-U12S (PCIE 1 in use + no compatibility issues).
3. Get AIO liquid cooling (PCIE 1 in use + no compatibility issues).
4. Move GPU to PCIE 4 (PCIE 4 in use + no compatibility issues).
Thoughts?
Cheers
I have the MSI Z270 Xpower Gaming Titanium mobo, and the Noctua NH-U14S cooler on it. Noctua's website states the following about GPU compatibility: "In vertical orientation, the cooler is extending over the first PCI-E x16 slot, so please use the other available PCI-E slot(s) for your video card(s) or turn the cooler by 90°". I have currently followed the second recommendation of turning the cooler by 90 degrees.
I was looking into trying it in the traditional orientation and for that I looked at the other PCIE slots on the mobo (first recommendation). Here's what the MSI manual has to say on that: "For a single PCIe x16 expansion card installation with optimum performance, using the PCI_E1 slot is recommended". It looks like I would have to use PCIE 4 to do the job, as PCIE 2 seems to be the last one to function, and at a reduced speed (x4).
From what I've been told, switching from a x16 speed to a x8 speed is not enough to throttle a GTX 1080, so that seems to be a viable option.
So from everything above, I think I have 4 options:
1. Leave the set up as it is (PCIE 1 in use + Noctua at 90 degrees).
2. Get the smaller Noctua NH-U12S (PCIE 1 in use + no compatibility issues).
3. Get AIO liquid cooling (PCIE 1 in use + no compatibility issues).
4. Move GPU to PCIE 4 (PCIE 4 in use + no compatibility issues).
Thoughts?
Cheers
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