ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[Ned]

Originally Posted by TriBeCa

yeah, that's a nice looking case. even ONE side panel intak fan will make a big difference...4 will be kinda loud but should give you crazy good case temps. probably only 1-2C higher than your ambient room temp. This will keep your NB, SB, RAM, GPU, and voltage exchangers much cooler--all of which is good

I'm a fan of using as much case cooling as is humanly possible

Just talked to cyberpower, they said they get OEM cases that don't come with the wheels or the side fan bracket. He also said I would not have room for the side fan bracket since I have the liquid cooler. That jogs my memory about someone saying they couldn't use the side bracket with the 8800.
I also found a cool fan for that case but I found a few people who say it won't fit with the 8800

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16800887011

This appears to be the liquid cooler I have:
http://www.coolermaster.com/products...te=152&id=2867

[Gauvenator]

I'm interested in purchasing an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. Does anyone know if it will fit on this mobo with that giant nb heatsink?

[TriBeCa]

Originally Posted by Gauvenator

I'm interested in purchasing an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. Does anyone know if it will fit on this mobo with that giant nb heatsink?

it will fit, but you either remove some of the plastic on the ACF7Pro, or bend the little tab that says ASUS on the NB heatsink.

Get an ultra-120 extreme instead

Originally Posted by Ned

Just talked to cyberpower, they said they get OEM cases that don't come with the wheels or the side fan bracket. He also said I would not have room for the side fan bracket since I have the liquid cooler. That jogs my memory about someone saying they couldn't use the side bracket with the 8800.
I also found a cool fan for that case but I found a few people who say it won't fit with the 8800

http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16800887011

This appears to be the liquid cooler I have:
http://www.coolermaster.com/products...te=152&id=2867

Can you figure out a way to mod a 120mm fan onto the side panel? If it's plexiglass, you can just drill holes in at the right width to screw the fan on, and if needed you can drill really small holes to allow more airflow. Check the thread in my sig--one or two of those pics show my side-panel fan mod. Alternatively, you can just electrical tape a fan to the side of the case, which will also help. This is what I did before doing the full mod, and it dropped my (air-cooled) CPU temp by 4c at the time, even though it wasn't even drawing in any external air. You need a lot of electrical tape, but you just place the fan against the side of the case, tape each of the corners down with a single strip of tape, and then use an arseload of tape to tape each of those original 4 pieces down.

[pheoxs]

Edit:
Never mind Figured it out...

[Gauvenator]

Originally Posted by TriBeCa

it will fit, but you either remove some of the plastic on the ACF7Pro, or bend the little tab that says ASUS on the NB heatsink.

Get an ultra-120 extreme instead

lol, that thing is huge

If anyone has any other suggestions for a hsf that will be cooler and quieter than stock that doesn't involve mobo removal, I'm open to them.

[Gauvenator]

Does the ultra-120 extreme require mobo removal?

[TriBeCa]

yeah, it does. you'll be hard pressed to find a cooler that doesn't, tbh. I don't know of ANY that don't...because those clips that don't use a backplate suck, and are really easy to install improperly. and you want a LOT of pressure on the thermal mating surface.

yes, the ultra-120 is huge, but it's also arguably the best aftermarket cooler out there. I already had an aftermarket cooler (though not a spectacular one--the Tt Golden Orb II), and it dropped my temps by >15C. as long as you have 6.3" between your CPU and the side of your case, it will fit.

[TriBeCa]

seems my new board doesn't like my ram at 1T my last board ran this exact overclock with RAM at all stock except for 1T. this one hits orthos errors after ~20 minutes at 1T, and no amount of vdimm will help it....

if anyone wants to help me with this, head over to this thread.

[LeeVing]

Originally Posted by Gauvenator

I'm interested in purchasing an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. Does anyone know if it will fit on this mobo with that giant nb heatsink?

It takes a bit of trimming of the plastic fan casing. Just on one corner that hits the NB. I used my old "nibbler" to trim some of the corner off, it's not too much of a hassle.

[Ravin]

Well guys, as I was starting my baseline benchmarks for the G0 Q6600 I ran into a problem. With the system at stock specs no less. While running 3dMark06 my screen went to artifacts and the system crashed. Troubleshooting revealed that my 7600gt is kaput. So.....pending RMA parts, I'm holding off on the benchies until parts come back.

Hopefully it won't take long- I am about ready to start ramping the clocks up and report to you guys the results on this board.