Noctua NH-U12P

kpamir

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I am thinking about picking up this cooler for my new setup, and i was wondering if has this cooler and a antec p180 case?

How is the fit? any clearance problems?

Thanks.
 

kpamir

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I am afraid of that, but im hoping it fits......... i really dont wanna buy a new case.... and the case i want costs a pretty penny.

Come on people, there has to be atleast one person that has tried this, help a brotha out.
 

Viper GTS

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P182 count? If so I have one with two of their fans strapped on it, works great.

Viper GTS
 

kpamir

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Yes, i forgot they gave the black version a different number, i also have the p182.


Good to hear that it fits without a problem.

Thanks Viper.
 

RallyMaster

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No...there was a P180B that's the black color. In overall dimensions, I think the P182 is pretty similar to the P180...
 

BonzaiDuck

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The Noctua NH-U12P is between 157 and 158mm high. The TRUE is 160mm high. The OCZ Vendetta 2 is 157mm high.

Your motherboard thickness is probably 1/8" (convert to mm as desired); it uses standoffs that are between 1/4" and 1/2" high. Allow 1/8" for the motherboard pan, and find the distance from the underside motherboard pan to the edge of the case.

The arithmetic follows from there.

Haven't used the Antec cases, but there are some remedies in situations where the cooler interferes with the case side-panel with less than 3/16" protrusion.

With a CoolerMaster Centurion case, I found a perf-mesh vent in the case sidepanel just opposite the top of the cooler. We extruded a uniform, elliptical dent in the sidepanel by tapping on the inside surface of the sidepanel with a ball-peen hammer and using a soft wood block as an anvil. If the sidepanel had paint -- on the CM it does -- there was no damage to it.

You can extrapolate other solutions from such examples.

It all depends on your sense of aesthetics, DIY inclinations with tools, willingness to "alter" a case you paid money for, and other factors.

The Anandtech review of March 12 '08 seems to tell it all, and the Noctua cooler may be a best bet barring the IFX-14. The IFX-14 -- if I'm not mistaken, and with the appropriate fan or ducting -- would show an idle-to-load spread of maybe 10C degrees under certain thermal wattages typical of over-clocking [I could stand corrected, but this is "as I recall" and I'm fuzzy on the testbed over-clock level.] I haven't found an Anandtech comparison review -- one may well exist -- but the Performance PC review looked quite reliable for test-bed, results, and general "disclosure" of data influencing test results.

But the IFX-14 also claims a lot of real-estate inside the case -- motherboard area in 2D and case volume in 3D.

I'll probably post some results here within a week for the Noctua cooler -- with more thorough testing added later once I get around my "VISTA-64 BSOD with 4GB RAM initially installed [on certain motherboards]" . . . . problem. I'm going to replace the 2x2GB kit with a 2x1GB. If there is a problem with VISTA-64 activation from swapping the 4GB kit back in, then I may opt to install RAM and OS in "single-channel-mode." But that's a question I'll have to ask on another forum -- "Software" and "Operating Systems."

A little cut-and-paste . . . . and . . . . I'll do that . . . . too . . . .
 
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