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DOH!!
So it turns out that the G.Skill ram that I got with its elaborate heat sinks does not fit with the Noctua coolers. Even with just one fan it hits the ram heatsink.
So now I need some advice...I need something pretty low profile, and it looks like that recommended 1600 ram HERE will also be too high. There doesn't seem to be a lot of choices for DDR3 1600 with CL8 out there that are low profile. There is plenty of CL9 ram like THIS from Crucial, though.
So my question is...is it better to get DDR3 1600 CL9 or DDR3 1333 CL8 like THIS from G.Skill. Any help would be appreciated!!
edit: Corsair has some "low profile" DDR3 1600 CL9 HERE

You have a few options...
You can pull the heatsinks off the g.skill, but then they may not be as easy to sell when/if you decide to upgrade to 1600mhz ram.
What I'd do is get the recommended Crucial Ballistix 1600mhz cl8 and pull the heatsinks off.


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Take a look at the 30nm samsung RAM, cheap, very low profile and they overclock like crazy. Im guessing you could push the timings a lot tighter than C11 at 1600. They are rated for C9 at 1333. In the thread in the intel memory forum there are a few reports of CL7 at 1600.

Unfortunately that wont work, we have very little manual control over the timings and speed so the samsung ram would likely end up being pretty slow. Some ram can be flashed, but as of yet nobody has tried the samsung ram in a 4p. Plus the Crucial 1600mhz stuff is cheaper biggrin.gif
 
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What I'd do is get the recommended Crucial Ballistix 1600mhz cl8 and pull the heatsinks off.
eek.gif Ok this is not exactly what I was expecting haha. I've never tried to take the heatsing off of any ram before. Hmm...CL8 vs CL9 will really make that much of a difference? Or is it more of a compatibility issue since no one has tried to use CL9? I suppose that I would only need to take the heatsinks off of the ones that are in the way and could leave the other ones, but those Crucial CL9 1600 look like they would work perfectly.
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They might work, but that 1600 cl9 stuff is really crappy ram lol, so they might not like to be overclocked much.
 
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You most likely are but I thought I would ask:
Are you populating the correct mem slots or does it interfere with more than one for each CPU?
Off the top of my head I can't remember if the closest slot to the CPU is populated or not so forgive me if the question is moot.
One reason they are highly recommended is that the 212+ fans are so easily adjustable up/down on the fins.
Rather than give up on the higher performance memories or basterdize them physically.......hold your breath........I would see if I could return the Noctuas.......
I ducked, so you can throw something at me now....... biggrin.gif They are nice looking but............
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You most likely are but I thought I would ask:
Are you populating the correct mem slots or does it interfere with more than one for each CPU?
Off the top of my head I can't remember if the closest slot to the CPU is populated or not so forgive me if the question is moot.
One reason they are highly recommended is that the 212+ fans are so easily adjustable up/down on the fins.
Rather than give up on the higher performance memories or basterdize them physically.......hold your breath........I would see if I could return the Noctuas.......
I ducked, so you can throw something at me now....... biggrin.gif They are nice looking but............

I'll finish that though for you:

..... overpriced and overkill

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You most likely are but I thought I would ask:
Are you populating the correct mem slots or does it interfere with more than one for each CPU?
Off the top of my head I can't remember if the closest slot to the CPU is populated or not so forgive me if the question is moot.

I am populating the blue slots based on the manual. This means that the two middle cpus have a slot directly next to them that is populated. Unfortunately, even the second slot from the cpus are interfering.

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One reason they are highly recommended is that the 212+ fans are so easily adjustable up/down on the fins.

I actually can do the same with these Noctuas. If I had just a little more room I could probably fit a single fan if I mount them left-to-right (based on the side view of the board if you know what I mean) but I was hoping to mount them the other way (top-to-bottom).

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Rather than give up on the higher performance memories or basterdize them physically.......hold your breath........I would see if I could return the Noctuas.......
I ducked, so you can throw something at me now....... biggrin.gif They are nice looking but............

Hah yeah it's ok. I am thinking about this option too. I'm just really liking these Noctuas. I'm wondering now if those 1600 ram sticks will be just a bit lower than the G.Skill and give me enough room. I'm think that I will just get those and then if the Noctua's still don't fit I can either rip off a few heatsinks or get some 212s.


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Yes. I tried to be more diplomatic wink.gif
I bought refurbed ones that were indistiguishable from new except for a label on the outside box, for about $12 each, including shipping.
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Yes. I tried to be more diplomatic wink.gif
I bought refurbed ones that were indistiguishable from new except for a label on the outside box, for about $12 each, including shipping.

I bought my 212's on ebay refurbished tongue.gif

Coolermaster sells them directly from time to time... i'm assuming thats where you bought yours?
 
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Subb'd for this, starting to really find 2P/4P builds sexy.  They have definitely been added to my tech-bucket list.

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I'll finish that though for you:
..... overpriced and overkill
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laugher.gif Yeah I hear ya. The good news is that Newegg agreed to drop the restocking fees since the ram is "unopened" and unused wink.gif

I will order the CL8 1600 ram and take it from there. If I need to replace the Noctuas with 212s I will, and then throw the Noctuas up on Ebay if I have to. I just want this thing up and running!!!
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