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Hi to all,
I am building new rig with this motherboard Maximus VIII extreme. I want to continue using air cooler. I tried Noctua NH-D15 but blocked the PCI-E first slot. I was informed that Noctua NH-D15S will work and will not blocked PCI-E first slot. Is that your understanding too? Moreover, to overclock, is it necessary 2 fans or one would be enough?
Thanks,
Medico
I am building new rig with this motherboard Maximus VIII extreme. I want to continue using air cooler. I tried Noctua NH-D15 but blocked the PCI-E first slot. I was informed that Noctua NH-D15S will work and will not blocked PCI-E first slot. Is that your understanding too? Moreover, to overclock, is it necessary 2 fans or one would be enough?
Thanks,
Medico
So big cooler on Extreme board.
You don't like visible whole motherboard from outside, with some AIO that's possible.
This is only suggestion, some people like Tower coolers. I like smaller Noctua series for 9cm fans.
You don't like visible whole motherboard from outside, with some AIO that's possible.
This is only suggestion, some people like Tower coolers. I like smaller Noctua series for 9cm fans.
Thank you for your reply. I am waiting for new board because the one I have did not want to post in the very beginning. I was getting code 53 in spite memories were compatible. Later on I was able to go to OS but with only one memory. It was random problems and even changed memories but still the code 53. I can report that my new rig which I upgraded from my last built P5K Deluxe/WiFi-AP that was working good for 7 years, has the following specifications for now: PSU - CORSAIR HXi Series HX850i, CPU- Intel Core i7-6700K, storage- SAMSUNG 850 EVO 2.5" 500GB, CORSAIR Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB), GPU- EVGA GeForce GTX 970.
You should be able to get 4.4ghz/4.5ghz no problems with just one fan (or higher if you get lucky with the CPU) 
Thank you all for your replies. The motherboard that I have now with only one stick memory (I am concerned if I made changes the code 53 will come back) and the current air cooler, Noctua NH-D15 which I disable one fan, I overclocked it to 4.6 and passed 15 minutes of Benchmark of RealBench 2.43, thanks to God. However, maximum temperatures reached were Core 0-82, Core 1-81, Core 2-78, Core 3- 80. I increased PSU fan to 50% fixed. Most of times were in 70’s temperatures, voltage set to 1.35V. I left it manual for now, no adaptive yet as I am expecting a different motherboard with n o issues with the memory slots, no code 53 off the bat and the Noctua NH-D15S that will not blocked the first PCE slot. Noctua confirmed that is not problems, fully compatible with M8E. What do you think? I wonder if I need it to put less thermal paste so maximum temperatures will not reach 80, or it is ok the maximum but along that does not stay in low 80’s all the times? BIOS version is 1402.
I wonder the reason for the 80’s temperatures if putting less will cool better. I thought that I put adequate amount but was larger than a grain of rice. When I remove it if reach to the CPU edge, it could be too much. Thank you all for the replies.
