chugzilla Seasoned Specialist

use this as your guide for fans and how they should be facing. so, every fan you see here is an exhaust and correct. but also, when in the front of the case they are intake even though they are all facing the same way. so, it all depends on the placement in the case to be labeled as intake-exhaust, yet all face the same…

well, the Noctua Nh-U12A is an excellent cooler but that thermal right one cools about 48 more watts on average and its a lot cheaper if it was around i would have bought that over the Noctua because it's a better value+performance.

yes unless you are taking out the acer mb and using the hardware in the Noctua kit for the cooler.

yeah, i went with the all black chromax look i do not like that silver-brown theme.

well, the Noctua cooler comes with a fan splitter so use that for the 2 fans on the cooler and that will plug into the same port on the mb where the original cooler fan was-is.

well, anything will work with the acer branded mb's, i even had 2x24@7200 in mine at one time but it wouldn't post-run on 7200 and that was a limitation of the IMC on my 12700K. so i had to run 4400 the default. i also had 2x16@7000 same issue my 12000F i had at that time wouldn't run 7000 then one other time i had it…

i replaced every fan in my 5000 case with cooler master mobius high velocity fans, and even on the Noctua NH-U12A. and yeah, both on top should be exhaust. and yes, for the cooler fan orientation look at the directions and images and you will see.

well, there are slightly better ones now that are a lot cheaper like this. Amazon.com: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO CPU Cooler,7×6mm Heat Pipes CPU Air Cooler,Dual PWM Fan Computer Cooling,2150RPM Speed,for AMD AM4 AM5/Intel 1700/1150/1151/1200/17XX/2011 : Electronics

did you get it yet? all you do is unscrew until it releases its not complicated at all.

wow that's good news that a 12600-4090 work together most ppl i know pair their 4090's with a 12900K. yeah, its messed up i had tested a 14900K-14700K-14700-13700K all were crashing like crazy on this gigabyte elite x wifi7 mb i was testing them on. I'm like what is going on Yanno. so, i changed to an Asus rog strix…

dude i had a 13700K and i returned it while i still could i wasn't taking any chances and i bought a 12900K for half price instead. at least the 12th gen is stable and secure and getting one for half price was awesome.

there are 3 small screws that hold that metal side panel on but when you remove it the back of the mb is blocked by a metal plate so you would have to remove the MB or use 4-m3x10mm screws to mount a Noctua air cooler.

yeah im guessing its from all the instability issues intel is having check windows update in the optional update section to see if you have an acer firmware-BIOS update. that may help.

well you should have returned it then it could be anything. now you will have to send it in for warranty or figure it out. i have never had that issue before on mine. could be the CPU with all the issues intel is having.

was it doing this with the original DDR5?

ok so is the Noctua cooler the only change you have made? and did this issue start after installing that cooler?

well, how old is it? when is the last time it was updated? is it making any noises?

well, if you're going with Noctua i highly recommend the NH-U12A its the most powerful they offer that will fit in that case. i have had the same one in my pc for over 2 years now and it is cooling a 12900K no problem. don't waste your time or money on a single fan air cooler.

instead of focusing on the GPU what CPU did that pc come with? intel is having MAJOR issues with ALL 13th-14 gen CPUs. it could be that.

nope nothing will help. as far as the cooler there are 2 options- use the acer back place like i did and get 4-m3x10mm screws or use the intel hardware and remove the motherboard to mount it all. as far as the top fan-fans i used 1-1/4 long screws number 8 with matching nuts going up nuts on the top.