http://i.imgur.com/eHYMPa3.png

http://i.imgur.com/0gwvApQ.png

this is getting out of hand

1151 uses the same cooling pattern that 1150 used which was the same that 1155 used which was the same that 1156 pioneered

so yes

Noctua supply free mounting hardware if their cooler isn't compatible? Awesome.

Noctua is pretty fucking awesome. They make the best fans and coolers around (especially for obscure form factors), and are willing to literally bet their company on their quality.

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#1
Definitely.
All LGA115x use the same mounting hole spacing as I've mentioned before. http://www.teamfortress.tv/post/495290/pc-build-thread
Also Noctua Coolers will fit any socket of the past 10 years and any current socket. If the cooler is ancient and not yet compatible with newer sockets all you need is the receipt of your mainboard and cooler and you'll get a new mounting kit for free. The only exception are versions of coolers that are specifically for different sockets, e.g. they won't send you an LGA115x kit for the NH-D14 LGA2011 SE. You'll have to buy the kit, but keep in mind most other manufacturers won't even give you that option.

#6
Lolno, the NH-D15 is an absolute beast. The R1 can barely pull even with 3 fans. And with just 2 fans it's already louder.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Noctua/NH-D15/6.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/CRYORIG/R1_Universal/6.html

The only one I've ever heard of who broke his motherboard was konr and he didn't install the backplate, because fuck reading the manual, those parts are supposed to be left over, right?
If you transport your case lying on its back (mobo horizontal "on the ground") nothing should happen.
Source: 2600km ~ 1600mi roadtrip with NH-D14.

Thanks for the quick replys guys, I have one or two questions as I'm not very well versed with cpu coolers, what is push vs pull vs push pull? And will low profile heat spreaders on ram reduce performance? Apology's in advance for what I'm sure is a noob question.

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Ah okay thanks for clearing all that up!

I dunno about you but I had like 15 spare parts left over after installing my NH-L12 just because they gave me mounting brackets for every possible mobo out there, a huge extra tube of NT-H1, and a bunch of fan splitters and low profile resistors.

Good guys.

#9
RAM heatspreaders do not help "slightly". RAM works or it doesn't. You can't sell RAM that doesn't work. Therefore whether the RAM got heatspreaders or not is irrelevant. If you want to use ridiculously high voltages to overclock the RAM then they used to help on DDR, maybe on DDR2 at best, but DDR3 dies before you get to voltages that would benefit from heatspreaders.

tl;dr RAM heatspreaders are cosmetic. Some are even removable.

Latency goes down, not up, with higher speeds.

Don't mess with the fan configuration on your cooler. The manufacturer knows better than you what they're doing.

#11
Only screws and two mounting bars though. There is only one backplate. Also how did you know which parts to use? Did you just randomly try out one after the other? Or did you read the manual?

What? I'm pretty sure I had both a 115X and AM3 backplate in my box. There were two folders inside of a pamphlet, one side for Intel and one for AMD. Yes, I knew which parts to use, believe it or not I did RTFM.

EDIT: One backplate (SecuFirm), multiple brackets.

So exactly as I said, extra screws and an extra set of mounting bars. And you read the manual, just like you're supposed to.

Iirc the cooler in question wasn't even Noctua, so worst case no parts should've been left over. Even with Noctua the only parts that are left over are those which you got multiple version of. So if you didn't use the only unique part, just tried all other parts randomly until the cooler didn't fall off anymore, and refuse to read the manual (the discussion I had with konr was hilarious, he refused to read the manual because it "takes too much time") you're really asking for it.
My point is that the only case I've ever heard of a cooler damaging the motherboard during transport was caused by an irritating amount of unwillingness to follow instructions.
Any other person would've read the manual, would've installed the backplate and wouldn't have let the pc be thrown around, if they were actually worried about it.
What I was trying to say in my previous post is that any sane person would've checked the manual if they didn't know what to do with the parts. And most people, just like you, would've read the manual before even attempting to install the cooler. Because that's how you're supposed to do it.

tl;dr
I will never let konr live this one down. He's just the perfect example why you RTFM. Sorry, konr. I'm not even 100% sure anymore if it really was konr.

Setsul your techtips need to calm the fuck down