Mugen 2, Gigabyte P55A-UD6 and Corsair Dominator

[rodius]

Hello,

I'm about to buy the cooler for my new building and I'm considering the Mugen 2: will it be compatible with the Gigabyte P55A-UD6 and the Dominators modules I have already ordered?

Thank you.

[Oli]

The cooler itself will fit but the fan will most likely collide at least with a DIMM installed in socket DDR3_3 - the one closest to the CPU socket.

You can install the fan on the other side in a sucking setup. Or - if your case is wide enough - you could mount the fan in a higher position on Mugen 2 - this could ensure the clearence of the Dominator's heatspreaders.

[rodius]

Thank you, Oli.

I think there will be no problems: the P55-UD6 has 6 memory slots and the first to be used are the farthest from the CPU

[Okiwana Okimoto]

Hello rodius,

if you using only two ram modules, than you can fiting fan on ram side.
P55A-UD6 RAM - DIMM6/DIMM5/DIMM4 - DIMM3/DIMM2/DIMM1, so you will using DIMM1 + 4. I have the same motherboard at home =)

Regards,
OKI

[rodius]

Originally Posted by Okiwana Okimoto

Hello rodius,

if you using only two ram module, than you can fiting fan on ram side.
P55A-UD6 RAM - DIMM6/DIMM5/DIMM4 - DIMM3/DIMM2/DIMM1, so you will using DIMM1 + 4. I have the same motherboard at home =)

Regards,
OKI

Thank you,

I will only use the 1 and 4 slots.
Looking forward to assemble the new beast

[rodius]

One more question, please! Reading some reviews of the Mugen 2 it seems that you need to remove Intel's backplate from the mobo when installing on a socket 1336 CPU. Is this necessary also for revision 2 going to be installed on 1156?

[Okiwana Okimoto]

Hello rodius,

hmm no need more. You can check on our product site Mugen 2 and Mugen 2 Rev.B, than you can see the difference between this two backplates.

[rodius]

Great!

Thank you