Comments on: Noctua NH-U12F and MSI K9N SLI Platinum don’t mix! http://tonywhitmore.co.uk/blog/2007/01/11/noctua-nh-u12f-and-msi-k9n-sli-platinum-dont-mix/ Tony Whitmore's blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:08:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tony http://tonywhitmore.co.uk/blog/2007/01/11/noctua-nh-u12f-and-msi-k9n-sli-platinum-dont-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Tony Tue, 22 May 2007 05:59:17 +0000 http://tonywhitmore.co.uk/blog/2007/01/10/noctua-nh-u12f-and-msi-k9n-sli-platinum-dont-mix/#comment-705 Hi Angelo, I'm still using the fan supplied by AMD with the CPU. It's actually not that noisy and as I selected a quiet PSU and case etc. the whole thing runs very quietly. I might fit a quieter fan in the future, but it's not urgent to me. Actually, a guy from Noctua did e-mail me about this blog post and was very friendly. The conversation ended with him saying I could use the backplate provided with the CPU with their heatsink. I wasn't so sure about this as the backplate that came with the CPU is only plastic and didn't seem as sturdy as the metal one supplied with the NH-U12F. I'd already returned the NH-U12F by that point so I couldn't try it anyway. Hi Angelo,

I’m still using the fan supplied by AMD with the CPU. It’s actually not that noisy and as I selected a quiet PSU and case etc. the whole thing runs very quietly. I might fit a quieter fan in the future, but it’s not urgent to me.

Actually, a guy from Noctua did e-mail me about this blog post and was very friendly. The conversation ended with him saying I could use the backplate provided with the CPU with their heatsink. I wasn’t so sure about this as the backplate that came with the CPU is only plastic and didn’t seem as sturdy as the metal one supplied with the NH-U12F. I’d already returned the NH-U12F by that point so I couldn’t try it anyway.

]]> By: Angelo http://tonywhitmore.co.uk/blog/2007/01/11/noctua-nh-u12f-and-msi-k9n-sli-platinum-dont-mix/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Angelo Mon, 21 May 2007 21:55:12 +0000 http://tonywhitmore.co.uk/blog/2007/01/10/noctua-nh-u12f-and-msi-k9n-sli-platinum-dont-mix/#comment-704 I would like to thank you for this information. I had another kind of compatibility problem with a Scythe Ninja Plus Rev. B and a MSI K9N Platinum (not SLI): the Ninja AM2 clip cannot be locked to the bracket on the motherboard because two high capacitors are located in the space that should be occupied by the heatpipes. I was thinking to replace the Ninja with a Noctua NH-U12F, so I wrote to Noctua asking about clearance issues with K9N Platinum and they answered that there is no such problem with NH-U12F and it is compatible, but they didn't mention the problem you wrote. Now I'm searching another quiet cooler, possibly with a 120mm fan to be run slowly. Did you choose one? I would like to thank you for this information.
I had another kind of compatibility problem with a Scythe Ninja Plus Rev. B and a MSI K9N Platinum (not SLI): the Ninja AM2 clip cannot be locked to the bracket on the motherboard because two high capacitors are located in the space that should be occupied by the heatpipes. I was thinking to replace the Ninja with a Noctua NH-U12F, so I wrote to Noctua asking about clearance issues with K9N Platinum and they answered that there is no such problem with NH-U12F and it is compatible, but they didn’t mention the problem you wrote.
Now I’m searching another quiet cooler, possibly with a 120mm fan to be run slowly. Did you choose one?

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