Question Recommended Cooler for RAM Clearance on Z790 Board?

[LegendGojira]

I'm putting together a new build for 2024 and want to be sure I'll have room to fill all 4 ram slots if needed and that all my other important spots aren't obstructed.

My build with be an ASUS TUF Z790 Plus - i5 14600K - RTX 4070ti - in a Corsair 5000X Case

I'm thinking of Peerless Assassin 120 or the Darkrock Pro 4. Thoughts? Will they obstruct anything?

 

[Lutfij]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

1| Where are you located, what is your budget and what is your preferred site for purchase?
2| What are the specs to your proposed build? Please list them like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:

 

[LegendGojira]

Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

1| Where are you located, what is your budget and what is your preferred site for purchase?
2| What are the specs to your proposed build? Please list them like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:

I'm in the US, and Amazon is my first preference but I'm open to alternatives aswell
My build is the following:

i5 14600k @ 5.0GHz
ASUS TUF Z790-Plus
32GB DDR5 7200MHz
3x Gen5 NVMe SSDs
ASUS TUF RTX 4070ti OC
1000W
Corsair 5000X

 

[Phaaze88]

Air cooler clearance of the 5000X: 170mm - subtract 1mm off to err on the safe side, in regards to the cooler contacting the side panel or possibly preventing it from closing.

PA120 height: 157mm. Front fan sits over some dimm slots. The fan can be raised, which increases total height, but ram clearance in its default position is not stated anywhere.

DRP4: 163mm. Front fan situation is similar to the above, but there is an image of the DRP4 paired with a G. Skill DDR4 Trident Z kit, and that's 44mm tall... the fan clears that in the default position.

You should also know the height of the ram you're purchasing, because that will influence how high the front fan will need to be raised, if at all.

From the above, we can deduce that the DRP4 has better ram clearance than the PA120, but you only have about 6mm of extra space to raise the front fan if the chosen ram kit is taller than DDR4 Trident Z.
With the PA120, you theoretically have about 12mm to work with, assuming the fan clips don't run out of tracks to clip onto first.


There are models that don't hover over the ram, like:
NH-D15S
FUMA 3
Assassin IV, AS500, AS500 Plus(it's an AS500 with an extra fan)
Silver Soul 135
Maybe consider one of those instead?

 

[Darkbreeze]

And additionally, on basically any of the dual fan coolers if you move the front fan to the rear, it works just as well. Really no difference on any of the coolers I've seen tested that way.

And if you go with G.Skill Ripjaws or Trident Z5 memory those modules are only 42mm anyhow which will easily fit under the front fan on just about any cooler even without moving the fan up, although if necessary moving the fan up a tiny bit would then accommodate most memory kits anyhow.