Ive been looking around at other builds online, and im not sure if i placed my cpu cooler in right, please take a look
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/MNZ
if it is in wrong, is that bad, or just meh?
the way you have your cooler mounted isn't "wrong", in this situation it isn't ideal though.
cpu coolers can be mounted in two ways, with the fans pushing upwards and out (like yours), or to the back and out. since you have your main exhaust fan mounted on the rear of your case and not the top, you really should rotate the cooler so the fans are pushing the air towards that exhaust fan for the best possible performance.
now, if you had your main exhaust mounted on the top not the back, this configuration would be fine. but as it currently stands you have a bastard child of both methods.
also, on most fans you can see which way the air is moving. this is indicated by an arrow somewhere on body of the fan, not the spinning part. make sure you have it pushing back if you rotate it, not forward, and if you don't, make sure you have it pushing up, not down.
based on the pictures i've seen i THINK you have yours pushing up currently. but it's hard to tell.
yes, i have the fan on the bottom pulling air in and the one on top is pushing
you have your fans oriented the correct way then you just need to rotate your heatsink :) make them blow air towards the back of the case towards the exhaust fan for the best performance
It's getting hot air from the GPU. Make it so that the rear fan is a intake for the cpu the top fans as an exhaust. Your gpu has been getting fresh air except for you CPU all this time.
i would personaly advise you to rotate it, if it fits with the A-data XPG memory. Because the fan on the back is your exhaust fan. you would creat much better airflow trough the fins of the cooler, because with the exhaust fan its pulling air trough. you get basicly triple fan´s.
It also looks much better,
Grtz Angel ☺
I appreciate all the help but im not sure if im atually able to turn the heatsink? okay so when i first go the mobo it had the am3 default brackets like that, so i took them off and put the noctua ones on. those custom brackets are not long enough for the heatsink to be turned, hard to explain, basicly the way the brackets are right now.. (one on top one on the bottom) looks to be the only way they can go because they dont have enough length to reach the holes that would allow the heatsink to be sideways? AHHHH haha if anyone has troubles understanding i can take some pictures to further help my predicament :/
Ok, if you can't reorient your cpu cooler's airflow then I would suggest placing the exhaust fan from to rear to the top instead. Also, if you have the none windowed version of the Corsair 200R ATX case then you can mount fans on the side panel to get as much fresh air into the cpu as much as possible instead of it just pulling hot air from the GPU.
ok awesome, i have the two fans that came with the case. should i put one on the door and other on the top of case over cpu? and keep both fan on the noctua the same?
This sounds realy strange to me, because it does not suppose to installed that way.. did you use the correct amd mounting hardware? those curves have to face inwards, you just need to to screw those into the original amd backplate using the spacers, and let the curves face inwards.
if it the mounting rails dont fit, then you have a realy strange motherboard lol ☺
ya, well it is fairly strange, but the noctua manual had it showen like this. i suppose it is the motherboard being weird, and yes the brackets are facing inwards. and they are unfortunately unable to reach the other holes. Thanks for the help though, loving the quick and thorough answers on here.
Sure, try both out on the side panel. Hot air naturally goes up, so whatever that single fan that's now on top won't exhaust will naturally vent out on the other grill on top.
I think those will have to do for now.
Why can't you rotate the heatsink? RAM in the way or lack of skill/enthusiasm? If the RAM is in the way maybe low profile stuff is in order, lack of skill/enthusiasm just remember you already installed it so you HAVE the skill and just think of the doubts going away to enthuse you. If the cooler CANNOT be rotated (for whatever reason) use an extra fan (Noctuas are expensive and ugly but are very quiet and efficient) on the top to help exhaust the hot air from the CPU cooler.
However, unless there is a problem (not just your perception, actually an observable/measurable problem), that orientation (with the open area above the cooler) should be adequate. The airflow is up and through the cooler isn't it?
Does it?
The online installation manual shows it can be installed in both orientations (i.e. airflow vertical and the airflow horizontal) this online version may well be updated from the version you have..
http://www.noctua.at/pdf/manuals/noctua_nh_u9b_se2_manual_en.pdf
I built a system using that same cooler about 6 months ago on an FM2 socket. I could only orientate it that way too. Maybe it's a limitation on the AMD brackets with the U9b-SE2?
You can only do that for LGA sockets for some unholy reason, thanks Obama
Mea culpa.
Fanboi myopia.
well the SE2 NH-D14 is an updated version of the NH-D14 for socket 2011, maybe you just don´t get the correct mounting hardware included with the SE version idk, but AMD does not need a backplate, you just screw off the black stock mountings and replace it with the curvy mounting plates, using 2 screws and 2 white standoffs, screw it in the original amd backplate.
im 200% sure he used the wrong (intel) mounting hardware, because if you used the original amd hardware, you would never be able to install it that way. because those curvy brackets are just to short. to install it the otherway arround.
Here is a movie which mounting hardware you should use found on youtube. skip to 7:16
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_tf0WROLr0
May just be the way it's drawn but those screws don't look to delineate a square. So it looks like the cooler will only fit an AMD socket one way what way that is IDK.
http://www.cheesesoup.myby.co.uk/cf.jpg
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Angel's vid shows it much more clearly, the cooler (on an AMD board) should only fit in one orientation. Looks like you have used the wrong hardware somewhere.