[Solved] Noctua NH-D14 too big?

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I have a stock cooler on my AMD 965 125w cpu and while it is overclocked to 3.8 it runs in the high 50 while just running regular programs like Excel and mail. I ordered the NOCTUA|NH-D14 R, as best I could tell it was the best air cooler out there. My question is, has anyone hooked one of these up and found a dramatic drop in temps? Did you use the included termal paste as it to had the best reviews of any paste. I know it will be a lot of trouble removing the mobo to install it so what kind of surface can I set the mobo on while working on it that is safe? Don't want any static to short something out. I threw away the anti-static packaging it came in. My coffee table is wood, is that safe to work on it there? Or on cardboard? This was my first build and I built it to see just how fast I could make a machine for under $600. I have the ASUS M4A88td-v evo/usb3.0 and hope it clears everything once installed as it says it is a monster. :pt1cable: I have a midtower Smilidoon case with a fan directly over the cpu. Think I will have to remove it. Also, all the fans hook up using molex poser and that give me no way to adjust the power on any of them. Any sugestions?

------------------------------ Patricia & Jon
Benton, AR
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I have my doubts that a D-14 will even fit in your case.
1) You have a top mount psu = not too promising there i think that's the major problem
2)Upper side panel fan = not a big deal just remove it
3)8" wide case will make for a tight fit
4) what ram kit do you have?
Yes working on cardboard is fine and saves scratching up your table.
To be honest a Hyper 212+ would serve you fine and has user friendly dimensions and plays nice with most ram kits.

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davcon wrote :

I have dual channel 2 sticks of 4 Gb Kingston in slots 1 and 3, so I have the last one open and doubt that part will be a problem. It just arrived and will take off stock coller with mobo stil attacked and lay it on its side and remove the side chassi fan and bracket to see if my fold down will fold up and locks. This thing is HUGE! Just do not want to have to go through removing mobo and want to keep everything looking new with the cooler so I can RMA it if it will not fit.

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------------------------------ Patricia & Jon
Benton, AR
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Good luck!

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Well, it fit, but had to remove a couple fans on the side that would not clear and my fold down mobo will not clear now, but by golly, I got it. Running 10c cooler than stock cooler at startup. What a beast. Cable management went out the window as it was hard just getting things connected around the thing. Not sure if it was worth the price, but time will tell when I go for over 4.0Gh. At 3.75 now and 45c was as high as it got running WEI. Going to give it a few days to break in then find the sweet spot. Thank everyone.

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------------------------------ Patricia & Jon
Benton, AR
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pjmoses wrote :

So glad to hear it worked out for you!
It had a large unknown factor to it!

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