X99, CPU Cooler size and PCIe_1

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Planning to purchase X99-A II or X99-DELUXE II for a new build.
I may want to overclock and wish to install the Noctua NH-D15 (150mm), however, this cooler may block access to CPIe_1.

My questions are:

1. Is the space between the CPU and PCIe_1 identical on both, X99-A II and X99-DELUXE II?
2. Does Noctua NH-D15 block access to PCIe_1?
3. If it does, on which PCIe lane(s) can I install a GTX 1070 to ensure x16 bandwidth delivery, considering a 28 lanes CPU and M.2 enabled / used for an NVMe SSD?

Will not consider water cooling.
 
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Look at the redesigned Noctua s variants.

The NH-D15s as well as the NH-U14s have been redesigned to offset a bit so as to clear graphics card backplates when mounted in the first pcie slot.
AND... they now clear tall ram heat spreaders.
Noctua web site willl have detailed measurements.
 
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Thank you for your reply. NH-D15 is 150mm deep, NH-D15S is 135mm deep, and NH-U12S is 125mm deep.

Does anyone know which is the largest Noctua I can install, that will not block PCIe_1?
Otherwise, on the Asus X99-A II and X99-DELUXE II, if I install a single GPU in lane 2, or 3, or 4 - will I maintain an x16 bandwidth when using 28 lanes CPU and an M.2 enabled / used for SSD?

 
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if you go to Noctua's web, on each product's page there will be a FAQ selection - clik it and you'll find blueprints to the cooler, showing height from the PCB board etc, width or rather the full footprint of the cooler, etc

then on the board mfgr's web there should be a similiar blueprint of the cpu socket area, with distance to the PCIe socket, ram etc

 
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Solution

Thanks, Zerk2012. Could that tiny gap become a concern under any circumstance?
 
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