Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5 + Noctua NH-D14?

[aNINJAsquid]

Just a quick question, does anybody know if the Noctua NH-D14 will the fit onto the Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD5 (https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...roductId=44416) im just asking because the UD5 has quite a large heat sink/pipe to the left of the CPU socket so im just conserned if it will fit.

Thanks in advance,

Jimmy

[S_I_N]

shouldnt be any issues with it fitting

[kilobravo]

I have the z68x-ud7,basicly the same layout,and have no clearence issue at all.

[dugdiamond]

no problems

[S_I_N]

question though why ya choosing the ud5 over the ud4???? check out this side by side comparison

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000280&IsNodeId =1&Description=ud5&bop=And&CompareItemList=280|13-128-492^13-128-492-TS%2C13-128-494^13-128-494-TS

from what I'm seeing you get less on the UD5 over the UD4 all depends on what ya want from it.

sure it has one more pci-s 16x but it only runs at 4x and if you put anything in the 1x slots its not available

it has 2 less sata6GB ports the only place it has more of anything is in USB 3.0 ports 8 versus the UD4's 4

but it has only 6 USB 2.0's versus the UD4's 9

anywho just curious as to why ya picked it over the other.

[aNINJAsquid]

Thanks for the info =]

[aNINJAsquid]

Originally Posted by S_I_N

question though why ya choosing the ud5 over the ud4???? check out this side by side comparison

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000280&IsNodeId =1&Description=ud5&bop=And&CompareItemList=280|13-128-492^13-128-492-TS%2C13-128-494^13-128-494-TS

from what I'm seeing you get less on the UD5 over the UD4 all depends on what ya want from it.

sure it has one more pci-s 16x but it only runs at 4x and if you put anything in the 1x slots its not available

it has 2 less sata6GB ports the only place it has more of anything is in USB 3.0 ports 8 versus the UD4's 4

but it has only 6 USB 2.0's versus the UD4's 9

anywho just curious as to why ya picked it over the other.

Dont know realy, just presumed it was better because it was higher up in the product line, but after looking into it, im going to get the UD4. Thanks for saving be a bit of money =]

[S_I_N]

yeah it has me stumped as well but I'm also considering the sabertooth since I dont nees IRST or IGPU