Nvidia 780i mobo question

[drums101]

Ok so I am about to buy the 780i mobo but does anyone know if the thermalright ultra 120 with 2 fans on it will fit on the board with the northbridge fan installed? that is the deciding factor if I am going to buy it or not. Thanks any input will be appreciated

 

[Peaks]

Its a pretty big heatsink. What is the exact model of your motherboard? Also, do you mind me asking why your getting a 780i chipset?

 

[drums101]

the motherboard would be the xfx 780i a1 version I am getting a 780i chipset because it supports 3 16x pcie when in tri sli because I have 3 9800gtx's and it has pcie 2.0 I am open for suggestions tho nothing is set in stone thanks

 

[Peaks]

yea it should be fine with the standard NB fan, not sure about any custom ones tho! I know for a fact that this one will tho, and its a good one, average load temps of around 30:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-027-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821&name=Zalman%20CNPS9700-NT%20nVidia%20Tritium%20CPU%20Cooler%20(Socket%20754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)

I have no better suggestions, don't know much about SLI, but for what you want this seems lie a good MoBo. All i can say is that NForce chipsets dont overclock well. Is that what you want the heatsink for?

 

[drums101]

thanks alot man I already have the thermalright 120 from my pc i am just upgrading the mobo for the PCIE2.0 and the third slot so I can eventually get three 9800gtx's Cuz i already have 2