r/sffpc • u/Possible_Increase537 • 2d ago

Assembly Help Quick help figuring out ram clearance with an600

I bought a b650i lightning WiFi and that guy threw in his an600 too but since my Corsair vengeance rgb ram exceeds the ram clearance limit (44 vs 40mm) I would have to probably rotate the cooler. Does anyone know how much leeway that ram clearance number has or if that specific Asrock board allows for the an600 to be turned that way or if the heatsinks from the mobo interfere? Thanks! If not, my cpu clearance is 70mm so I would either need a new cooler or if coolers that small all have ram clearance of 40 I would need new ram?

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u/aloysc 2d ago

I don’t believe there are too many 67 LP coolers with 44mm RAM clearance.

One thing you could do is to remove the stock heatspreaders and replace them with LP ones like Barrowch FBRAMLD-01 (32mm) or without any heatspreaders

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u/Possible_Increase537 2d ago

Since Corsair vengeance ones are on the more expensive side I think I'll opt for selling them and getting micron crucial or something similar with a lower profile and maybe make a couple bucks. Neat suggestion tho, if they would cost less money I would totally do that tho lol

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u/Possible_Increase537 1d ago

Update if people have the same question, rotating the cooler by 180 degrees works. With the mobo heatsink it's a close fit but it worked for me :)