CPU Cooler Ram Clearance.

[Holdenroberts2737]

Hi, I'm currently looking at building a new PC. I was looking at ASUS Maximus VI Hero ATX board with some Corsair Vengeance Ram and a Be Quiet! Shadow Rock 2 CPU Cooler or Be Quiet! Dark Rock 3 LGA755.

Not sure if those heat sinks will be intruding on the RAM space. Does anybody know?

 

[Deleted member 1300495]

They won't be intruding. But I personally would go water cooling and get the H100i. Best cooler around.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You will want LOW PROFILE ram with that cooler.

 

[brarboy]

Here are couple of images in link below of a person using Be Quiet! Shadow Rock 2 with Corsair Vengeance Ram on motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H:
http://pcpartpicker.com/b/OAL
The user is using A2-B2 slot of the motherboard.
UPDATE: Here are images of user using low profile Corsair Vengeance with same cooler:
http://pcpartpicker.com/b/Gyk

 

[Holdenroberts2737]

Here are couple of images in link below of a person using Be Quiet! Shadow Rock 2 with Corsair Vengeance Ram on motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H:
http://pcpartpicker.com/b/OAL
The user is using A2-B2 slot of the motherboard.
UPDATE: Here are images of user using low profile Corsair Vengeance with same cooler:
http://pcpartpicker.com/b/Gyk

So it wouldn't matter if I put the fan facing down on the CPU Cooler? that is if I get the higher profile Ram.

 

[brarboy]

Here are couple of images in link below of a person using Be Quiet! Shadow Rock 2 with Corsair Vengeance Ram on motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H:
http://pcpartpicker.com/b/OAL
The user is using A2-B2 slot of the motherboard.
UPDATE: Here are images of user using low profile Corsair Vengeance with same cooler:
http://pcpartpicker.com/b/Gyk

So it wouldn't matter if I put the fan facing down on the CPU Cooler? that is if I get the higher profile Ram.

it matters, if your case has top roof mounting fan as exhaust, you can mount the fan down without any issue. It depends on the case cooling.