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Noctua NH-D14 , will my mobo handle the weight?

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11/9/12 at 2:07pm

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I've done quiet some research on which cpu cooler to choose , i've looked at a bunch of closed loop watercoolers like the H60 , H80 , Thermaltake 2.0 performer , but i really decided to go with the Noctua NH-D14 air cooler for my cpu ( mainly because im a noise freak and i like my coolers to be dead silent

). But my main problem and concern is whether my motherboard will handle the massive 1.3KG weight of the Noctua or snap in two o_O!

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11/9/12 at 2:09pm

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nah its fine. PCB is very resilient

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11/9/12 at 2:10pm

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of course it will.

noctua is one of the biggest companies in cooling. don't you think that they will measure out every senario before coming out with their flagship model?

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11/9/12 at 8:32pm

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I've only heard of one guy breaking his motherboard with a big cooler. He took it back and forth to work every day and after 6 or 8 months before it fell off of back seat when he stopped suddenly. Guess he didn't hook it's seatbelt properly.

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11/10/12 at 10:46pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by doyll

i agree as long as you minimise transporting your case and are very careful when you do move it then it'll be fine.... cannot rep this cooler enough

, it dropped my load temps by ~20C....best $99 i have probably spent..

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11/10/12 at 10:48pm

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Mobo will be fine. You will be surprised at how strong a logic board is. Unless you plan on dropping you rig, I wouldn't be worried too much.

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11/10/12 at 10:58pm

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Quote:

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Mobo will be fine. You will be surprised at how strong a logic board is. Unless you plan on dropping you rig, I wouldn't be worried too much.

You're saying I can use this on my Mac as well?

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11/10/12 at 11:43pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by J.Harris

You're saying I can use this on my Mac as well?

good luck getting it to fit.....or hold on is that the joke/point you were making....

CPU	Motherboard	Graphics	RAM
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Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Hard Drive	Optical Drive
Corsair Force 3 240GB (system)	WD 1TB (games and media)	Samsung 180GB (games and apps)	Cheap Multi DVD burner
Cooling	OS	Monitor	Keyboard
noctua nh-d14	Win 7 Ultimate 64bit	BenQ G2020HD	LOGITECH G110
Power	Case	Mouse	Mouse Pad
Coolermaster Extreme Power Plus 650W	corsair 600t	Razer DeathAdder 3.5G	Razer Goliathus
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Mad catz wheel and pedals
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11/11/12 at 6:25am

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Well thank you all

, guess i better go order it right away then

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