Will the 212 EVO fit in my build?

[Mr_Jake]

Hello! I need to get a better cooler, so I am looking at the hyper 212 evo. However, I was looking at my motherboard, and I am worried the heatsinks will block the cooler. My motherboard is a GIGABYTE GA-Z87-HD3. Here is a picture of the whole setup. The yellow boxes highlight the areas I am worried about. My case is a gx500 from antec. Thank you!

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

As long as you have LP ram and a wide enough case it will fit.

 

[The Letter Mu]

The EVO 212 will be oriented to fit right in between those two areas you pointed out. The fan sits high so that it won't contact the area on the left that you highlighted. Should also fit the GX500 just fine, there's plenty of clearance. It is a big heatsink compared to your old one, but it'll fit.

A topic here shows that even high profile RAM will fit the EVO 212:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1870977/high-profile-ram-fit-hyper-212-evo.html