Will the Noctua NH-D14 Fit?

Mistborn

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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone had my setup and could tell me if this monster of a fan would fit without me having to move fans around. Also, i would like to keep my heatsink on my RAM so i wanted to know if i could just move the Noctua fan up and have enough clearance. last but not least, which way could i point the fans (up out the top of the tower or just out the back) Thanks in advance.

My setup:
Asus P6X58D Premium LGA1366
Corsair Dominator Ram 6g
Corsair 600T Tower
Core i7 950
Nvidia GTX 460
Corsair 750 watt PS
 

Mistborn

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can the outside fan be moved up enough to make clearance for the RAM so that i dont have to remove the heat sink? Also, can this be turned to push air out the top of my case? would it fit that way?
 

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Yes, if you are mounting the second 120mm fan on the NH-D14, then it can be mounted higher to accommodate the heat sinks. However, I found that using the second fan only dropped my CPU temps by 1 degree at full load (that's how incredibly efficient the Noctua cooler is!), so the second fan is now my top exhaust fan.