can i rotate the heatsink 90&deg;?
621045
Yes, but I think you should pay attention which direction is the exhaust/intake and if you decide to rotate it 90 degrees, check if you have enough space for the RAM sticks.
2257817
I did not have to remove the motherboard, But I have seen on some motherboards you do because the bottom plate falls off when you unscrew the old heat sink. But in my case no.
748629
Yes. See Motherboards section here: http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/products-model_Specification.aspx?id=C_00001675
15952
I am not aware of a practice of tray rotating. I did notice that the top two shelves don't get the same amount of heat as the rest. Although, my unit is currently returned for repair as the fan quit working. It's cost me an additional $55.00. I'm not so happy about this.
695373
Yes, you can, but it will void your warranty for sure. Here is a URL;https://www.google.com/#q=remove+heatsink+on+corsair+vengeance
1031437
Yes, it is necessary to use thermal compound for proper heat conduction to the heatsink, otherwise, the contact area would not be high enough. It's cheap.
1911630
Yes, you just have to take out 4 small screws and turn it 90 degrees, I have mine mounted that way - much cleaner look.
1747146
yes you can! make sure it's seated firmly in the socket and you're good to go with a bit of bios tweaking.
102525
If you are referring to the two 3.5" cages you are unable to swap them because they are significantly different form factors. You can remove the top or rotate it. I was able to fit two 770gtx's in my case (fairly long cards) with the top bay rotated so it is open to the front/back of the case. I am unsure if it would fit the other way because it has been a while since I built my system. Don't rely on this but I THINK with a tight fit on the power cables it would fit the other way. With it rotated 90 degrees and SLI graphics cards starting in the 2nd slot the top two drive trays are clear which would allow for 5x 3.5 drives plus the 2x 2.5 drives mounted to the back of the motherboard tray and whatever you wanted to put into the two 5 1/4 bays. One thing to watch out for is cabling in the bottom cage. If the connectors are facing the right side you really need 90 degree cables but they need to be opposite the normal direction ('left angle') to avoid the side panel pushing on them.
1958065
Yes you can IF your motherboard does not have any VRM heatsinks that interfere with the cooler you can mount this in the top or in the rear 120/140mm mounts
1563186
I had the same issue and I rotated it 180 degrees in the slot and it has worked fine. I hope it works for you.
1881568
Side of heatsink top fin. Thermo compound should be the only thing between chip & heatsink
2134849
No the whole fixture does not rotate just the two separate fan parts - and they are adjustable in the direction you want them to cool -
1765521
It rotates 90 clockwise so you can have that configuration. Very convenient for plugging in cables too.
1416479
Should as long as it's the same interface and you have the room for it. The heatsink is thick.
291842
You can rotate them either way to blow air in or out. I placed my both ways for circulating air around the graphics card.
1661817
Yes the fan rotation can be reversed but you need flip over the fan blades.