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What cpu cooler fits w corsair vengeance rgb ram?

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I'm new to pc building and I have two sticks of corsair vengeance rgb ram and I wanted to know what cpu cooler would give the ram enough clearance? Or if it even matters too much? The mobo I'm using is the Asus rog strix z370-e 

 

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Don't know about the RGB RAM, but I have Venegance LPX snug under my Noctua NH-D15

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*SLI Rig* - i7-920, MSI-X58 Platinum SLI, 12GB DDR3, Dual EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 in SLI - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GHw6vW (Windows 7 Pro)

HP DC7900 - Core 2 Duo E8400, 4GB DDR2, Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT (Windows Vista)

Compaq Presario 5000 - Pentium 4 1.7Ghz, 1.7GB SDR, PowerColor Radeon 9600 Pro (Windows XP x86 Pro)
Compaq Presario 8772 - Pentium MMX 200Mhz, 48MB PC66, 6GB Quantum HDD, "8GB" HP SATA SSD adapted to IDE (Windows 98 SE)

Asus M32AD - Intel i3-4170, 8GB DDR3, 250GB Seagate 2.5" HDD (converting to SSD soon), EVGA GeForce GTS 250, OEM 350W PSU (Windows 10 Core)

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*Skylake Tower* - Pentium G4400, Asus H110

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Where are you shopping / located? Budget?

What cpu and case are you using?

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
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You will free from this stress if you just simply get the Thermalright Le Grand Macho RT. It's a huge air cooler, the biggest one with the least compatibility issue on the market.

 

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High profile RAM clearance ??

 

 

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Rear I/O or VRAM heatsink clearance ??

 

 

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GPU/PCIe slot clearance ??

And if you ask about chassis clearance with this cooler, it's only 159mm high..

 

Top tier performance, quiter than the similar sized coolers, lighter (1060 grams) than the similar sized coolers, full compatibility, downside is the short warranty..

 

This cooler is my personal favorite air cooler..

My system specs:

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CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K, 5GHz Delidded LM || CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14S w/ NF-A15 & NF-A14 Chromax fans in push-pull cofiguration || Motherboard: MSI Z370i Gaming Pro Carbon AC || RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2x8Gb 2666 || GPU: EVGA GTX 1060 6Gb FTW2+ DT || Storage: Samsung 860 Evo M.2 SATA SSD 250Gb, 2x 2.5" HDDs 1Tb & 500Gb || ODD: 9mm Slim DVD RW || PSU: Corsair SF600 80+ Platinum || Case: Cougar QBX + 1x Noctua NF-R8 front intake + 2x Noctua NF-F12 iPPC top exhaust + Cougar stock 92mm DC fan rear exhaust || Monitor: ASUS VG248QE || Keyboard: Ducky One 2 Mini Cherry MX Red || Mouse: Logitech G703 || Audio: Corsair HS70 Wireless || Other: XBox One S Controler

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50 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

Where are you shopping / located? Budget?

What cpu and case are you using?

I'm located in the US. I'm buying as I go so I don't necessarily have a "budget" as of now, but I'm willing to spend around $1500 USD. I don't have a case yet but the cpu I'm using is the i5 8600k. 

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1 hour ago, Idkwhatusername said:

I'm located in the US. I'm buying as I go so I don't necessarily have a "budget" as of now, but I'm willing to spend around $1500 USD. I don't have a case yet but the cpu I'm using is the i5 8600k. 

As mentioned, the Mugen 5 is great.

If you want to save a bit of money, the Hyper 212 RGB BE is a good alternative: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/hHDJ7P/cooler-master-hyper-212-rgb-black-edition-573-cfm-cpu-cooler-rr-212s-20pc-r1

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
Also, make sure to quote a post or tag a member when replying or else they won't get a notification that you replied to them.

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