Advise on after market CPU cooler

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peterson99

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Hey, I'm just wondering if I'm going to run into any trouble (space issues) from getting the NH-D14

i will be using an ASUS Maximus IV Extreme motherboard.
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7090670

and also the case i will be using is a Silverstone Raven RV01B-W
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4435011&Sku=S35-1211

It will be for the Intel Core i7-2600K cpu.

I have heard people having trouble fitting in ram with this cpu cooler, so if anybody can shed some light on this, or suggest a good type of 6gb, ram, cas 7, that would be great. This is gonna be a gaming pc so i dont want to compromise on quality.

Oh and i realize that these cpu have been recalled, but i just want to perfect my list so i can order everything as soon as it's available.
 
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First off how many monitors are you running and at what res?

I'm guessing you chose the maximus IV because of the republic of gamers marketing honestly it is a much better idea to put more money into GPU, and storage (SSDs) then on the motherboard the Asrock extreme4 will be fine for you.

case is really old if you like the raven get the rv02-ew

get i5 2500K for gaming i7 2600K is only worth it for editing/rendering.

SB is dual channel so 8gb of RAM here's some: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428&cm_re=g_skill_ripjaws_x-_-20-231-428-_-Product cas isn't super important unless benching because SB can overclock highly without great cas RAM unlike other chips.

The NH-D14 will fit the ripjaws x perfectly fine...

joelmartinez

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First off how many monitors are you running and at what res?

I'm guessing you chose the maximus IV because of the republic of gamers marketing honestly it is a much better idea to put more money into GPU, and storage (SSDs) then on the motherboard the Asrock extreme4 will be fine for you.

case is really old if you like the raven get the rv02-ew

get i5 2500K for gaming i7 2600K is only worth it for editing/rendering.

SB is dual channel so 8gb of RAM here's some: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428&cm_re=g_skill_ripjaws_x-_-20-231-428-_-Product cas isn't super important unless benching because SB can overclock highly without great cas RAM unlike other chips.

The NH-D14 will fit the ripjaws x perfectly fine some dominator gt models or kingston t1s won't fit though.
 
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