G.Skill Trident X Compatibility with Noctua NH-D15

[chris_shadez]

Are the Trident X compatible with the fan at the ram end tower fixed higher up?

-Noctua states 32mm ram clearance with fan in default position, though can be positioned slightly higher but does not show the extra dimensions gained;

G.Skill Trident X RAM would be 39mm with the fins removed (& 54mm with fins) as shown here;

Having no experience in ram oc'ing, i want high frequency with low latency ram, such as selected 2133mhz/CL9 (Budget £140 for 16GB kit)

The motherboard used is Asus Maximus VII Ranger
'pcpartpicker' will not comment on the compatibility of the 3 parts together, due to the heat spreaders on the RAM;

* Some physical dimension restrictions cannot (yet) be automatically checked, such as cpu cooler / RAM clearance with modules using tall heat spreaders.

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P.S. I have to wait about 2 weeks to start ordering parts as i can purchase them with TAX refunded via a generous client, so no rush to start buying (£1450 with VAT, back down to original budget of £1200 exc. VAT)

Thanks,

 

[RazerZ]

What my rig is like... well right now it doesn't have a case and it's sitting breadboarded on my table lol.

CPU: A6 5400k @3.7 Ghz ( this apu is terrible for gaming)
GPU: Asus Direct CU II HD 7950 @ 1200mhz core clock, 1575mhz shader clock. Love how well this card overclocks.
HDD: 750GB Seagate Barracuda
PSU: 550W enermax naxn
RAM: 2133Mhz CL 10-12-12-31 1.6V G.Skill Ares
MOBO: Asus A55 BM-E FM2+
OS: Win 7 64bit

Right now I have a terrible bottleneck because of my sh*ty A6... I'm thinking of picking up an Athlon X4 750k for cheap ( $65 USD). After that I'm probably going to get a Broadwell i7+ matching motherboard when it comes out, add another 7950, and upgrade my PSU to a 750W model.

I usually spend my free time watching anime when I can, so the bottleneck isn't that big of a problem right now.

 

[chris_shadez]

This was the cheapest IPS i could find, useful for viewing angles when using a couch or bed instead of sitting right at the desk
That AOC is TN

Oh, didn't see it was an IPS monitor. Hmm I guess you could keep it, but I'm not sure how good viewsonic monitors are since I haven't seen many people use one in their builds.

I'm betting that another IPS monitor will go on sale in a few months, but we'll have to wait and see.

Would prefer something like a BenQ/Asus or other more well known name but £120 exact really is my limit for each at a minimum 22"/LED/IPS

 

[chris_shadez]

What my rig is like... well right now it doesn't have a case and it's sitting breadboarded on my table lol.

CPU: A6 5400k @3.7 Ghz ( this apu is terrible for gaming)
GPU: Asus Direct CU II HD 7950 @ 1200mhz core clock, 1575mhz shader clock. Love how well this card overclocks.
HDD: 750GB Seagate Barracuda
PSU: 550W enermax naxn
RAM: 2133Mhz CL 10-12-12-31 1.6V G.Skill Ares
MOBO: Asus A55 BM-E FM2+
OS: Win 7 64bit

Right now I have a terrible bottleneck because of my sh*ty A6... I'm thinking of picking up an Athlon X4 750k for cheap ( $65 USD). After that I'm probably going to get a Broadwell i7+ matching motherboard when it comes out, add another 7950, and upgrade my PSU to a 750W model.

I usually spend my free time watching anime when I can, so the bottleneck isn't that big of a problem right now.

a nice old'ish rig =P
my first built is 2003-4, suprisingly still outperforms vista era prebuilt towers and laptops LOL - maybe because i full format and reinstall xp twice a year? hahaha
P4 Prescott 3.2ghz,
nvidia 6800GS 256mb, 600mhz core, 1375mhz memory
4GB RAM but 3.2GB recognised even though it's 64bit win XP? x,x
4x 250GB WD SATA
Asus P5LD2-VM-green mobo

Then got both lazy and excited and bought a couple alienwares since, but each tower has its purpose, need a new BEAST
Have an awesome HP Pavilion dv7 Beats Edition but sucky radeon 6490m, has terrible heating issues, already used its warranty for repairs 3 times, "system fan" gone dead and i don't want to take apart a £1.3k laptop down to every single screw myself to fix it lol so going back to shop for that soon,

 

[RazerZ]

3 times for repair and now you have to send it back to the shop... that sucks lol. Maybe you could get a cheap laptop cooling pad to help with the heat issues.

Up until a few years ago I've always bought prebuilts because frankly I didn't know any better and never really considered building a pc. I thought Alienware was as good as it gets back then... The only thing holding me back in my rig is the CPU. The 7950 is still solid today since it's the same card as the R9 280.

 

[chris_shadez]

Same... After building your own mid-high end system, you realise what a rip-off Alienware really is lol
This spec i'm building is well over £2k GBP in Alienware spec but that's pre-overclocked you're paying for, as well as the service ofcourse and overclocking further voids warranty

I have a Cooler Master U3 (full metal body 3 fan pad) but that only helps with basic temps... gaming League of Legends on it sends CPU/GPU to 101C and i'm guessing that's just the limit of the hardware temp sensors
Error on startup is System Fan <90B> gives 5sec to hit Enter to continue or shutdown. Usable for office work and standard definition video but bluray or gaming... might aswell shower my hand with kettle water

I will revive my 2003 build to handle win7 with a core 2 duo cpu and some kinda cheap gpu though, after i've built this spec ofcourse, have a decent Spire heatsink on it too as intel stock was a mega dust magnet

 

[Karadjgne]

The answer is easy. A Noctua NF-D14 is almost the same performance as the D15, but has a 120mm front fan instead of the 140mm fan, so clearances will be a lot less of an issue on the first slot

 

[RazerZ]

The answer is easy. A Noctua NF-D14 is almost the same performance as the D15, but has a 120mm front fan instead of the 140mm fan, so clearances will be a lot less of an issue on the first slot

That's another option. Didn't recommend at first because the D15 is cheaper than the D14 in the U.S, but apparently in the UK there's a 10 pound difference.

Or if you wanted to see the color scheme of your motherboard you could go for a liquid cooler.

 

[chris_shadez]

The answer is easy. A Noctua NF-D14 is almost the same performance as the D15, but has a 120mm front fan instead of the 140mm fan, so clearances will be a lot less of an issue on the first slot

That's another option. Didn't recommend at first because the D15 is cheaper than the D14 in the U.S, but apparently in the UK there's a 10 pound difference.

Or if you wanted to see the color scheme of your motherboard you could go for a liquid cooler.

Chose the D15(£76) because it's simply the improvement of the over the previous air reigning king D14(£65), £11 price difference, also saw better ram height possibility, 1-3C really is what separates high end coolers these days too so every bit helps i guess lol

Aesthetics of the board heatsinks isn't so important to Moi. I'd say the equivalent water cooler of the NH-Dxx would be a H110(£90) quite a price jump considering i'm slightly past budget already (£8 exc VAT). Wouldn't mind a water cooler at all either but to add to this, H110's stock fans are louder so would want to replace with noctua fans. Price to performance, including silence, extra cost onto the already past budget £90 is a pair of noctua fans
Speaking regarding benchmarks seen which pushed me towards the noctua's of course and the famous reviewer 'Linus'

EDIT; D14 or D15, with the new mobo, gpu slot not being an issue, ram will fit with either as the Trident X have removable fins. If i went D14... £11 spent better elsewhere? don't think it makes a difference, negligible saving considering really.
Making an assumption here> the new motherboard is better than the Ranger right? Guessing this MPower will provide better overall airflow given the extra space between cooler and gpu
So much discussion leads to so much inquisitiveness lol

 

[Karadjgne]

1°-3° is of no consequence really, as long as you never take the cpu past @70°C. It will not make any difference whatsoever if idle is 30 or 31 and load is 49 or 52.

The d15 is the best in its class, but only when set to max, the d14 is a few °C behind unless set for quiet mode, then the d14 is only 4°C warmer than its setting of max, either way, they are both excellent air coolers well able to handle serious OC speeds.
The only reason clc's will beat aircoolers is because of location. Having the tower directly mounted means once it gets warm, even with massive cooling capacity like a d15, its warm. With a clc, the return liquid is always cooler than the heat exchanger, no matter how warm it gets.

What most ppl fail to realize when saying a clc is noisy, and a d14/15 is quieter, is its all in the fans. My h-55 is silent, unless maxed out, and even then it's inaudible, the case intake is louder, so thats what I can hear. Why? Because I dumped the stock Corsair fan and slapped on an NF-F12. So what's louder, a H-110 with 2x 140mm Noctua fans, or a d15 with 2x 140mm Noctua fans.

Fact is, there isn't a cpu on the planet that can overheat either in regular OC usage, full water cool is for those who include gpu when pushing limits and LN2 is for those who wait till they are 10ft off the ground before pulling a chute.

D14 or D15, you'll never see the difference unless you mount both to the same pc and study the numbers, cuz your pc will run the same either way.

 

[chris_shadez]

Yeah agree with that totally, perhaps didn't word it clearly enough
Negligible difference between the 14/15, silence comes from the fans

I would be happy to pay that £15 extra for a H110 but to match the silence would also require another 2 Noctua NF-A14 PWM @ £17.80 each... +£35, totalling to a +£50

Yes i see the point that the CPU wouldn't be stressed enough under regular use to need such cooling or even need to OC a 4790K,
but reason going for a K model...
want to OC, see how far it can go compared to other builds - an enthusiast thing,
extra future proofing/more bang for buck oc'ing it, again an enthusiast/hobby thing too
again, hobby/enthusiast side, will eventually fully watercool, having a case capable of a full kit, the noctua then swapped out into another build

In the real world of non server systems, near enough everyone would do fine with a non K with a 212 evo for a decade+? lol
Why do people go LN2? enthusiast/hobby/competition/fun/etc

This will by my first mid-high end self built tower on a decent budget, first overclock worth noting, we really going to talk about this? lol

 

[gasolin]

Mabye its's an old thread but i want to add this pictures where you can see the diffrence in height http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/GSkill/F3-2933C12D-8GTXDG/4.html

 

[chris_shadez]

Thanks but yeah old, I built it in the first week of September
The fin's could have stayed but preferred the fans to cover as much of the heatsink as possible so removed them

Here's the finalized build with pictures http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/b/hcRG3C