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TiLK · #94 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 04:49 PM

I just want to add my experiences with Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 and Ninja PLUS. When fan is installed on the right side, its covering RAM slots 1 and 2, so you can not use Dual Channel. You can install it on the bottom as well, as it was mentioned here before.

Just wanna say that its not really impossible to put it on right side. If you install RAM first, than you can put fan above it. The tools which hold fan on the scelet are little bit moveable up and down. If you put it as high as you can, its not even touching ram (although there is no more than mm space between them - I wonder if it can not cause problems, by the way. I mean things like RAM heating or so... Maybe somebody could know better).

Hm and when Im talking about touching of components. When fan is installed on the bottom of cooler, its touching the cooler of chipset on the motherboard. I wonder if it is safety as well.

IMHO its better to put fun on the side. Its blowing air right out of the case, not into the power source. Im right now checking temperatures in 100% CPU usage and when fan is installed on the side, it gave me cca 2-3C smaller temperature of CPU than when it was on the bottom. So in this way the difference is really small.

#94 (permalink) 02-21-2008, 04:49 PM
TiLK Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2	I just want to add my experiences with Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3 and Ninja PLUS. When fan is installed on the right side, its covering RAM slots 1 and 2, so you can not use Dual Channel. You can install it on the bottom as well, as it was mentioned here before. Just wanna say that its not really impossible to put it on right side. If you install RAM first, than you can put fan above it. The tools which hold fan on the scelet are little bit moveable up and down. If you put it as high as you can, its not even touching ram (although there is no more than mm space between them - I wonder if it can not cause problems, by the way. I mean things like RAM heating or so... Maybe somebody could know better). Hm and when Im talking about touching of components. When fan is installed on the bottom of cooler, its touching the cooler of chipset on the motherboard. I wonder if it is safety as well. IMHO its better to put fun on the side. Its blowing air right out of the case, not into the power source. Im right now checking temperatures in 100% CPU usage and when fan is installed on the side, it gave me cca 2-3C smaller temperature of CPU than when it was on the bottom. So in this way the difference is really small.