Any issues w/Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe/Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO/Zalman CNPS9500 HSF?

Are the clearances ok when using this Zalman HSF with these larger (taller) memory modules on this motherboard?

 

Hi Halo:
Thank you for the response.
I have ordered the motherboard and RAM.
Asus partnered up with Corsair in the development of this board and these sticks.
Although not exclusive to each other, they were made with the other's product in mind.
Because of this, a fair number of users who buy this mobo will opt for these modules too.
I'm polling this and other forums to see how the Zalman fits with the other two.
I shouldn't have too much difficulty ... anyone going to this expense wouldn't be shy about paying for that HSF.
I think I'm ok and know I'm fine for the Antec P180 case (Zalman's height).
The Asus manual says I can use either memory slot pair but I would rather have all four useable.
Thanks again for all the trouble you went to.
If I can't get a response from anyone with all three, I'll use your suggestions.

Happy merry xmas!

 

Re: Any issues w/Zalman CNPS9500 HSF/Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO/Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe?

Are you wondering if they willfit if you order them?
or
You have them installed but wondering about tolerances?

 

Re: Any issues w/Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe/Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO/Zalman CNPS9500 HS

Hi hammer1 and Halo:

Motherboard and memory are ordered.
HSF will be ordered as I got assurances and pix:

Thanks again.
Happy merry xmas eve!

 

Re: Any issues w/Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe/Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO/Zalman CNPS9500 HS

I wonder how that memory affects the airflow or how the airflow affects that memory... My cooler (check sig) is a very tight fit too, through the recieving air end of the fan is looking at my video card and has about 1" clearance; still temp is cept at 38*C

 

Hi Omegamerc:

Our systems end up being different.
The Antec P180 sets up 2 chambers.
The lower one is a virtual wind-tunnel with a 120 x 38mm TriCool (LOW) between my HDDs and Enermax Liberty PSU (120mm smart fan)
The upper chamber has a TriCool 120 x 25 mm (MEDIUM) front intake.
The blow hole has a TriCool 120x25mm (LOW) exhaust.
The Zalman HSU helps the upper chamber act as a wind-tunnel too by forcing air though its own heatpipe, onto the Asus mainboard heatpipe fins and into the upper rear TriCool 120x25mm (LOW) exhaust.
I won’t have any internal fans causing turbulence and interfering with the direction
of the air-flow.
No mainboard fan.
My ATI X1800XT’s fan will exhaust its air/heat OUT of the case. (Intake yes but turbulence no).
I’m not worried about the closeness of the RAM to the HSF.
The strength of the flow should make any obstruction/heat moot.

Yours is more a direct-on cooling solution.
My case allows another approach to make more sense.
If I end up with 38C like you and its quiet, Ill be happy.

Other heat producers:
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 500GB SATA 3Gb/s 7200RPM 16MB HDDs
2 GB kit of RAM
Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Toledo
I have no plans to overclock

My only worry now is how high the case’s negative air-pressure will be.
The higher it goes, the more dust will be sucked into every nook and cranny.

I don’t know how hot the nVidia card gets that is close to the fan but I
would think that the speed of the air is more important in cooling than its temperature.

Happy trailz,

 

Re: Any issues w/Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe/Corsair TWINX2048-3500LLPRO/Zalman CNPS9500 HS

Have you even looked at my case? The (my) case is divided into a wind tunnel on the bottom for the CPU, and the top portion for the hard drives and the PSU. All the hot air that rises and ultimatly hits the ceiling is sucked out by the psu's rear fan (no fan "under" the psu) so there is no accumulation of hot air, and since there is an equal number of fans negative and postive air is kept almost neutral, cleaned my case not too long ago and dust buildup was minimal and expected. The loudest part of my system is my hard drives spinning up, or my cdrom acessing info. 2x 120mm, 1x80mm, 2x80mm (psu). Also I used all highend hardware for my devices , including Arctic cooling 64, NV silencer 5, extreme low noise 120mm fans/80mm fans. Acoustic silencers for PSU (has one itself onboard, and on mounting itself for it). Love my setup

 

Yup. Very nice case.