By all means, I am ready to be flayed, tarred and feathered for what I am about to say. I will bow in humility if it turns out to be wrong.
I am a first timer and am in the process of acquiring all the components for the new build. I lack only the 4790K CPU for which I have to wait 2 more weeks before I can pick it up at Micro Center.
This morning, I needed to satisfy my curiosity to see if the Hyper 212 Evo would hit my G.SKill Ripjaw Ram in the bank closest to the CPU. Very difficult to ascertain since I had to place the 212 Evo atop of the plastic cpu cover of the new Asus Maximus VII Hero motherboard which my guess is that the cover's top is higher than the actual CPU will be when it is locked down into place.
The scare began to arise within me when I saw the the fan mount itself seems to be right on top of the top edge of the G.Skill Ram, no more than a millimeter of clearance, height wise, if that much. It's like sitting on top of the Ram. So if the Cooler ends up sitting lower in the CPU socket, I'm screwed. I start feeling worry that it will not fit with the RAM I have already purchased.
As I read through the 212 Evo instructions and saw how to remove the FAN from the finned cooler, immediately I had a hope that needed to be tested. I did test and it seems like this solution actually can be done, if need be.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION! : You can actually remount the fan onto the finned assembly higher than its ideal position, allowing you to raise the fan as much as need be to allow clearance over the RAM. And the fan mounts hold the fan on tightly even in the raised position!
There are two fan clips on each edge of the plastic fan housing, holding the fan onto the metal cooler, and they have about 1/3" of mobility, up or down from the top or bottom edges of the metal cooler. So if the fan is raised and remounted higher, as much as 1/3", the tabs still hold the fan on securely.
As I looked at the fan attached a little higher than its ideal spot, I see that the fan blades still reach down to the lowest point of the metal cooler fins (vertically speaking) so air should be pushed through the fins no differently than if the fan were mounted back to its ideal spot, an 1/8" lower.
IF I am correct, this would make for a good Youtube video to help others.
Can anybody corroborate this?
I am a first timer and am in the process of acquiring all the components for the new build. I lack only the 4790K CPU for which I have to wait 2 more weeks before I can pick it up at Micro Center.
This morning, I needed to satisfy my curiosity to see if the Hyper 212 Evo would hit my G.SKill Ripjaw Ram in the bank closest to the CPU. Very difficult to ascertain since I had to place the 212 Evo atop of the plastic cpu cover of the new Asus Maximus VII Hero motherboard which my guess is that the cover's top is higher than the actual CPU will be when it is locked down into place.
The scare began to arise within me when I saw the the fan mount itself seems to be right on top of the top edge of the G.Skill Ram, no more than a millimeter of clearance, height wise, if that much. It's like sitting on top of the Ram. So if the Cooler ends up sitting lower in the CPU socket, I'm screwed. I start feeling worry that it will not fit with the RAM I have already purchased.
As I read through the 212 Evo instructions and saw how to remove the FAN from the finned cooler, immediately I had a hope that needed to be tested. I did test and it seems like this solution actually can be done, if need be.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION! : You can actually remount the fan onto the finned assembly higher than its ideal position, allowing you to raise the fan as much as need be to allow clearance over the RAM. And the fan mounts hold the fan on tightly even in the raised position!
There are two fan clips on each edge of the plastic fan housing, holding the fan onto the metal cooler, and they have about 1/3" of mobility, up or down from the top or bottom edges of the metal cooler. So if the fan is raised and remounted higher, as much as 1/3", the tabs still hold the fan on securely.
As I looked at the fan attached a little higher than its ideal spot, I see that the fan blades still reach down to the lowest point of the metal cooler fins (vertically speaking) so air should be pushed through the fins no differently than if the fan were mounted back to its ideal spot, an 1/8" lower.
IF I am correct, this would make for a good Youtube video to help others.
Can anybody corroborate this?
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