Question 1

Will it cover any of your RAM connectors? I am going to buy the ASUS Sabertooth board, and I want to make sure none of my RAM slots are covered.

Accepted Answer

Yes, your first two slots from the left to the right will be covered. It is very tight, but ram with high heat spreaders will fit. I had a set of Corsair Vengeance Ram with  the really high heat spreaders on it, ya know? It fit right up underneath this cooler in the first two slots. My motherboard is ASROCK Z68 Extreme3 Gen3..similar layout of the ram, It seems. So, this cooler will not work for you then since you don't want your ram slots covered. Hopefully I answered your question.

Question 2

Is this for watercooling? Or is this just a fan that I can just plug into the motherboard and be done with?

Accepted Answer

No it is an air cooled CPU cooler.  Just mount it to your cpu and plug it into a fan header on your mother board and you are good to go.

Question 3

does it come in white and red?

Accepted Answer

MY high-profile RAM sticks have enough clearance, such as those on the MSI z87 GD65 motherboard. It is as advertised... (red and black). The fans are not designed to be removed, making installation a bit awkward. You know that things are not going to go swimmingly when the bundled items include a proprietary tool for tightening nuts. And sure enough, I had to pull the video card, and motherboard from the case to get enough clearance to crank this widget.

Question 4

do this come in Green led ?

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no sir it does not, what u see and read is what u get. i wish all my red led's could change to green. it would be nice for them to maybe make it color changing or in multiple colors, so that every one could have an option with this cooler. loving it so far.

Question 5

Could this be mounted on a motherboard and not crack it? 2lbs is heavy. I have a cooler master trooper case and i am not sure if this would work?

Accepted Answer

It shouldn't crack a decent motherboard, of course if you are going to transport the pc at any time I would suggest some way to immobilize it or remove it before hand. If it worries you you can set the pc on its side if your case allows it. It is very tall so a case depth of about 8 inches or more (from motherboard to case door) would be ideal.

Question 6

Does this cooler get in the way with the RAM?

Accepted Answer

my answer earlier was a touch misleading - the fans shouldn't actually get in the way of the ram, ever, but removing them does open up visibility. I have gskill ram with a removable ridge. I had to remove the heatsink on the inside stick during install but I had enough room to slide it back on afterwards.

Question 7

On an ASUS MAXIMUS VI FORMULA mother board with CORSAIR Vengeance ram will it clear the Ram?

Accepted Answer

I own the Asus Maximus VI Formula motherboard along with the Cooler Master RR-16PR-R1. I have four Kingston HyperX Beast modules installed on the motherboard itself and there is enough clearance to install all four memory modules. The Corsair Vengeance RAM appears to have a higher height than the Kingston HyperX Beast memory modules. Based on the visual appearance of the Corsair Vengeance, I would say it will not have enough clearance for the Cooler Master CPU cooler. There is not enough clearance to install all four memory modules after installing the cooler. I had difficulty screwing in the mounts to the motherboard because the RAM had to be installed prior to mounting the cooler. I would recommend purchasing lower profile memory modules if you are going to install and purchase the Cooler Master RR-V8VC-16PR-R1 CPU cooler. If you plan on using all four memory module sockets, make sure you purchase and install them prior to mounting the cooler because it will be a hassle removing and mounting the cooler back on to the motherboard.

Question 8

How high would I be able to overclock with this? (I have an AMD Athlon II X4 760K)

Accepted Answer

Overclocking is really a combination of a few things. But I was able to OC my 3.2ghz i5 to 4.2ghz, and extremely stable. This has a lot to do with my mobo and quality power supply. But this cooler is top notch. I love it, hopefully that helps in a round about way.

Question 9

i would like to know if this will fit a i7 4820k in this case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119160

Accepted Answer

The only way to find out is to look at your case dimensions and also call cooler master that's how i found out if it would fit. I have the TheramalTake Level 10 GT case and once installed you have 2 to 3 inches from my plexy glass on the door. I would recommend installing to motherboard before you put the motherboard in the case. I ran into problems trying to install it in the case not enough room to put your hands to tighten nuts. I would recommend this for anyone who don't want to spend the excess money on a liquid cooled system. its keeps everything cool and some tells me it looks like the Transformer Emblem. But when you do get it in hand its bigger than you think it is. It surprised me when i got it because i've never seen a cpu cooler that big.

Question 10

Will this heat sink restrict the number of RAM sticks that I can have on a GIGABYTE GA-F2A88X-UP4 FM2+ motherboard? I'm hoping to still be able to use all 4 slots.

Accepted Answer

I don't have this board but it's not in the way of my RAM on my Asus A88X Pro appears to have similar spacing. Just don't go with RAM that a huge heat sync on it. I've got Corsair Vengeance Pro and it has no problem fitting. RAM coolers(fans) will not fit at all though. This cooler is also bigger that you probably think, be absolutely sure there's enough room in your case. This absolutely does it's job well. I had an A10 6800K running at 4.9GHz and this kept it under 60.

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