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What’s the difference between the D15 and D15s?

The "S" model is an asymmetrical design. The heat pipes and fins are shifted a little for better clearance of the first PCI-e slot and RAM slots. This makes it a better fit for most ITX and mATX motherboards.

Otherwise, they are pretty much the same.
 
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The "S" model is an asymmetrical design. The heat pipes and fins are shifted a little to all for better clearance of the first PCI-e slot and RAM slots. This makes it a better fit for most ITX and mATX motherboards.

Otherwise, they are pretty much the same.

Ahh thanks, so the D15S makes more sense for my build then?
 
Ahh thanks, so the D15S makes more sense for my build then?

I'm old fashioned and always prefer air coolers over water coolers... So, IMO, yes.
 
Thanks, I’ll have to check out that HP drive. Have you used it successfully in a Hackintosh build?

Yes. In a X299 with i9-7980xe, 128GB of RAM, and Vega64 GPU. The HP EX950 replaced a Samsung 960 Pro ($275 vs $1250). The HP drive is slightly faster. So, yes. I used it in a very custom, difficult Hackintosh build.
 
I agree. Noctua coolers are awesome. Here's one of many NH-U12A reviews...


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I personally use an NH-D15S with an i9-9900K. I'm currently clocked at 5GHz, but I've also gone to 5.1GHz. It even boots and runs fine at 5.2GHz but the temps were in the 90Cs. YMMV...

I much prefer air as well. The H100i v2 does a wonderful job but I worry about transporting it around. I would never use water in a Lanboy type of system.
 
Yes. In a X299 with i9-7980xe, 128GB of RAM, and Vega64 GPU. The HP EX950 replaced a Samsung 960 Pro ($275 vs $1250). The HP drive is slightly faster. So, yes. I used it in a very custom, difficult Hackintosh build.

I'm restarting my build from scratch because Clover won't show any volumes to load: See sig on the left... I'm wondering (if can get the Mojave Installer to finish) -if I should select the (previously working 18,3 ID or the 19,1 ID. I'm using the X299 Asus Prime Deluxe 2 with an i9 9940X.
 
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I'm restarting my build from scratch because Clover won't show any volumes to load: See sig on the left... I'm wondering (if can get the Mojave Installer to finish) -if I should select the (previously working 18,3 ID or the 19,1 ID. I'm using the X299 Asus Prime Deluxe 2 with an i9 9940X.

The ID should be the iMacPro1,1 because you have no provision for integrated GPU. All the X299 builds I know of are custom Vanilla builds created with Clover Configurator and KEXTs. I've never heard of anyone getting Multibeast to work with an X299 yet. What other Mac/Hack are you using to build your disk?
 
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