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URGENT: XP120 on an Asus A8N-SLI-Deluxe

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BlueMagician

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Hi,

Sorry if this sounds pushy or rushed, but I'm in the middle of a build, and I can't find my answers anywhere!

I have the Asus A8N-SLI-Deluxe board, and the ThermalRight XP120 cooler.

When installed on this board, which way should the pipes be facing - towards the RAM, or nearer the back?

Also, the instructions mention a 'protective film' on the base of the HS, but can't see any to remove?


Please help,
Many thanks,
S.
 
Toward the ram.
The film refers to a plastic transparent film that is stuck to the base with 2 little pieces of blue tape. You cannot really miss it, if you cannot see it, it got removed before you got the heatsink.
Try getting a fan that rotates at over 2000 rpm if you do not want errors while booting.
 
You are a legend - thank you so much.

Yup, I'd fitted it with the pipes towards the ram, and there was no film with blue tape, so... <phew>

My only worry now is that I didn't use enough Arctic Silver 5.. But I'm loathed to take the XP120 off, considering it was a finger-risking mission to get it on there.. 🙁

S.
Again thankyou!!
 
Yup, pipes toward the ram. Did you remember to plug in the 4 pin cable first? I forgot the first time, thinking there would be room in the case to wiggle it in after heatsink install-wrong!
At least I got to check the as5 application, put on per Arctic Silver's website guide-it did spread out ok.
 
Thanks for that guys, you really helped chill me out!

Looks like I'm gonna be taking it off again anyhow, cos I haven't plugged anything in yet - just wanted to get it all together.. lol..

For the record, I'm using a Luxotop R120 - which is 80cfm, 1950RPM, 29dBA - fingers crossed.. Will keep you posted.. 🙂

S.
 
Don't worry about the speed of the fan on boot. As long as it's spinning and doing it's job you won't need to worry. I've had fans spinning at ~1100 rpm on boot, and go even lower when able while the system was running. Of course, if you can push/pull a good CFM number with the fan, you'll be golden...

DO let us know how the fan you're using works out. If it's really quiet or not. I'm still hunting for the sweet spot when it comes to fans... I should have a trio of Panaflo 120mm fans arriving tomorrow to test out. I just hope those work well.
 
Running a Panaflo L1A on my xp120, works well-still get the "cpu fan fail" warning on startup though.
 
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