has anyone fitted a noctua NH-D14 in an NSK-3480?
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:38 pm
Hi all, new to posting here but lurked looking at a few 3480 builds for a few weeks, inspired by some of the nice builds here to finally ditch my ancient (originally AT with the punch out backplate to make it ATX, it had a 486 in it when i got it) old full tower and go micro atx.
Question is as titled really, it looks like it fits from the measurements and looking at Zenphic's build with the similar height U12P but i've been unable to find one fitted on the net. I'm trying to find out how much space there is between the front edge of the frontmost radiator, and the front metal panel of the chassis, to see if i can still use the 3.5" drive slot at the top of the motherboard chamber, but turned through 90 degrees so the drive runs side to side in its longest dimension.. as far as i can tell, it's going to be really close if it fits.. i'm working off pictures on the web and using the ODD bay screws as reference. by my workings i need minimum 105mm between the heatsink and the front metal panel
motherboard is to be either an ASRock EX4-M or Asus Maximus V Gene. Running an i5 so will be retaining the middle fan of the D14. I'm thinking about chopping the bottom 92mm front fan mount out and replacing it with a single 120mm fan mount, blocking up what's left of the top fan mount.. then using that 120mm mount for the spare fan from the D14. Not decided on a case rear fan yet, but i used to love the old 38mm thick YsTech fans, they were so quiet yet still powerful on 5v.. looking for a 38mm thick quiet PWM fan for the rear if i can find one (no luck yet).. the end rig doesn't have to be utterly silent just very very quiet.
cheers
Question is as titled really, it looks like it fits from the measurements and looking at Zenphic's build with the similar height U12P but i've been unable to find one fitted on the net. I'm trying to find out how much space there is between the front edge of the frontmost radiator, and the front metal panel of the chassis, to see if i can still use the 3.5" drive slot at the top of the motherboard chamber, but turned through 90 degrees so the drive runs side to side in its longest dimension.. as far as i can tell, it's going to be really close if it fits.. i'm working off pictures on the web and using the ODD bay screws as reference. by my workings i need minimum 105mm between the heatsink and the front metal panel
motherboard is to be either an ASRock EX4-M or Asus Maximus V Gene. Running an i5 so will be retaining the middle fan of the D14. I'm thinking about chopping the bottom 92mm front fan mount out and replacing it with a single 120mm fan mount, blocking up what's left of the top fan mount.. then using that 120mm mount for the spare fan from the D14. Not decided on a case rear fan yet, but i used to love the old 38mm thick YsTech fans, they were so quiet yet still powerful on 5v.. looking for a 38mm thick quiet PWM fan for the rear if i can find one (no luck yet).. the end rig doesn't have to be utterly silent just very very quiet.
cheers