Slim fan for hyper 212 evo

[Jakash]

I've just built a new machine based on an ASUS z87-k motherboard. It's all firing well except the fan that comes with the hyper 212 evo covers the first RAM slot. Is there a fan that will fit on that board and not cover the RAM slot. I'm using corsair vengeance RAM if that helps. I've got the fan that came with the hyper 212 evo on the other side pulling.

 

[dandn0ten]

it would be tough to find a slim fan that is less 25mm :|

 

[CaedenV]

A few thoughts:
1) try using slots 1 and 3 instead of slots 0 and 2

2) the fans on the EVO are simply clipped onto the main block. If you need a bit of space then you should be able to move the fan up a few cm without issue

3) Some high-profile heatsinks (why people buy it is beyond me as it is completely unfunctional and only causes problems like this) have a removable top ridge. Obviously don't try and break anything, but check the ends of the ram stick for a small screw that would release the top of the heatsink.

4) Try changing the orientation of the block to blow bottom to top, instead of the conventional front to back configuration. This will actually allow more heat pipes to lie directly over the die under the heat shield for better performance, and my give you the clearance that you need.

5) By default the EVO only comes with one fan... so you can easily move it to the other side of the heatsink for pull (instead of push) configuration. It will not be quite as effective, but it should be good enough to work

6) If nothing else works, the EVO will take any 120mm fan. I replace my stock fan with 2 quiet corsair AF120 fans and have been very happy with it. I am sure you could use skinny fans as well without issue as long as they use 120mm mounting holes. Then use the stock fan with the extra clips provided on the other side of the cooling block for a push-pull configuration.

Hope that helps!

 

[terry4536]

Here you are:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007998%20600035590&IsNodeId=1&page=1&bop=And&SrchInDesc=slim&PageSize=20

 

[Karadjgne]

For best memory performance in dual channel mode, Asus recommends you use slots 2 & 4, counting from the cpu-out. Whether Asus intended this is unknown, but unless you have 4 sticks of memory, you should have no problems with 120x120x25mm fan clearance from a Hyper 212 EVO

 

[Jakash]

I had planned on putting 32 gigs of RAM in the computer. For the moment I only have 16 (2x8) gigs so I'll use 2 & 4 but will probably still try a slim fan later.

 

[dandn0ten]

I had planned on putting 32 gigs of RAM in the computer. For the moment I only have 16 (2x8) gigs so I'll use 2 & 4 but will probably still try a slim fan later.

wow thats lot of ram. what are you gonna use your pc for?

 

[Karadjgne]

wow, unless you are into some serious 3d type rendering, autocad type stuff, 32GB of RAM is going to be a waste of money, programs written today just do not use that much, 8GB is normal, 16GB if you want better times in Photoshop and stuff like that. But 32? Overkill.

Also, it is not now, and never will be good practice to mix and match RAM sets. Even if the RAM is from the same company, same make, same model, bought from the same store, there is a strong possibility they will not play nice together, and you will be plagued with BSOD at inconvenient times.
Reason for this is kits are cut out from the same batch of silicon. This gives them identical properties, therefore identical timings. Different batches will contain differing impurities, mineral content etc etc etc, so internal timings between those batches will be slightly different to significantly different. The standard 9-9-9-24 will be the same, its the other 20 or so timings that no one ever talks about will be different.

Unless you really feel you need the 32GB, 16GB is more than good for almost all applications. Save your money. Stay in slots 2+4 and you'll be good

 

[Tradesman1]

Just lift the fan a bit, I've got 32GB of Ripjaws X under an Evo on my SB 2500K (4.8) and have 32GB of Trident X under another on my IB 3570K (4.7), both cool just fine

 

[Jakash]

I am building it for music production and some photoshop work. I didn't realize that I needed to get all the RAM at the same time. I thought if it was the same make I could pick it up later this year. Oh well. Thanks for letting me know.

 

[CaedenV]

I am building it for music production and some photoshop work. I didn't realize that I needed to get all the RAM at the same time. I thought if it was the same make I could pick it up later this year. Oh well. Thanks for letting me know.

audio production does not need much ram. You can do a ton of audio work while multi-tasking with 4GB of ram... 16GB of ram would pretty much never be touched... and 32GB of ram is literally insane.

Photoshop will eat more ram than video editing... but unless you are working with huge uncompressed 30+ MP files then 8-16GB is probably going to be more than enough.

I started my rig with 16GB of ram because I do the occasional audio and video editing (Audition and Premiere), and because I play a lot of games... but watching my ram usage I only got above 8GB of ram on the largest of projects (a 1.5 hour video), even when doing heavy multi-tasking. In fact in day-to-day use I typically only hit a max of 5GB actively used in the system. So I actuially downgraded my ram, and gave 1/2 of it to my wife's machine when it was rebuilt. While I would love the bragging rights to have 16-32GB of ram... even for moderate productivity work and content creation 8GB is still plenty