Will I have enough clearance with the Cooler Master Hyper 212 on my motherboard?

[Spooks]

I have all 4 ram slots filled on my B450 Tomahawk Max and I don't know if the Cooler Master Hyper 212 will fit.

My Motherboard [ca.pcpartpicker.com]
(keep in mind all 4 ram slots are filled)
The cooler I'm looking to get [ca.pcpartpicker.com]
RAM [ca.pcpartpicker.com]

PCPartpicker says there are no compatibility issues, but it does say the usual "Some physical dimension restrictions cannot (yet) be automatically checked, such as cpu cooler / RAM clearance with modules using tall heat spreaders. "

[r.linder]

That depends on how tall the RAM is. It's not about the motherboard, it's about the heat spreaders' height. Nobody can tell you if it will or won't fit because we don't know what RAM you have, and there are some RAM modules that will not fit with a lot of air coolers because of the heat spreaders.

If you're using a Wraith Prism right now, getting a 212 would be a complete waste because they perform pretty much identically. Only makes sense to get a 212 if you're using the garbage Stealth coolers that come with the lower grade ~65W CPUs like the 3600. The Prism also provides some airflow to the VRM because of the down-fire design.

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Yes , if the RAM is low profile , there should be no issue .

[Spooks]

Originally posted by Escorve:

That depends on how tall the RAM is. It's not about the motherboard, it's about the heat spreaders' height. Nobody can tell you if it will or won't fit because we don't know what RAM you have, and there are some RAM modules that will not fit with a lot of air coolers because of the heat spreaders.

If you're using a Wraith Prism right now, getting a 212 would be a complete waste because they perform pretty much identically. Only makes sense to get a 212 if you're using the garbage Stealth coolers that come with the lower grade ~65W CPUs like the 3600. The Prism also provides some airflow to the VRM because of the down-fire design.

Thanks for the reply. Right now I'm using G.Skill Ripjaws (5.24 x 0.28 x 1.73 inches) and a Wraith Stealth cooler.

[r.linder]

Originally posted by Sp00ks:

Originally posted by Escorve:

That depends on how tall the RAM is. It's not about the motherboard, it's about the heat spreaders' height. Nobody can tell you if it will or won't fit because we don't know what RAM you have, and there are some RAM modules that will not fit with a lot of air coolers because of the heat spreaders.

If you're using a Wraith Prism right now, getting a 212 would be a complete waste because they perform pretty much identically. Only makes sense to get a 212 if you're using the garbage Stealth coolers that come with the lower grade ~65W CPUs like the 3600. The Prism also provides some airflow to the VRM because of the down-fire design.

Thanks for the reply. Right now I'm using G.Skill Ripjaws (5.24 x 0.28 x 1.73 inches) and a Wraith Stealth cooler.

Ripjaws is barely much taller than the bare PCB, so you should be fine with pretty much any large air cooler as long as the case fits it with the side panel on.

[Spooks]

Originally posted by Escorve:

Originally posted by Sp00ks:

Thanks for the reply. Right now I'm using G.Skill Ripjaws (5.24 x 0.28 x 1.73 inches) and a Wraith Stealth cooler.

Ripjaws is barely much taller than the bare PCB, so you should be fine with pretty much any large air cooler as long as the case fits it with the side panel on.

Great! Thanks for the help.

[_I_]

212 can fit most mobos (775,115x,1200,amx,fmx), will need to turn it vertical to clear taller ram dimms

only other issue is the height, the case needs to be able to support a 160mm tall cooler

[RIP Ozzy The Godfather Of Metal]

I have the noctua NH-D15 chromax.black and it fits over my rip jaws and i still have a 1/4 mm gap above my gpu.