Noctua NH-D15 + Asus Prime Z370-A: Does it block the first PCI-slot?

[Mortis Angelus]

I have the Asus Prime Z370-A motherboard that I currently use with an AIO. But with the launch of the LTT version of the NH-D15 I'm seriously considering switching over to air cooling again.

 

But since I have occupied the very first Pci-E x4 slot with a USB-3 hub-expansion card (i.e. it is between the GPU and the CPU-socket), will this interfere with the NH-D15? I know the NH-D15S would not be an issue, but the regular one? Does anyone know?

[bluebuffalo831]

it should be fine but i dont 100% know

[Zando_]

11 minutes ago, bluebuffalo831 said:

it should be fine but i dont 100% know

^^^ This. Varies by motherboard, sometimes greatly. My NH-D15S, even with its offset, still blocks the top PCIe slot on my EVGA X99 Classified. 

[WoodenMarker]

Noctua has an extensive mainboard compatibility list that shows that there's no interference with the pcie slots. https://noctua.at/en/nh-d15/comp#socket_3297_manuf_30

 

Moved to Air Cooling. 

[Mortis Angelus]

13 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

Noctua has an extensive mainboard compatibility list that shows that there's no interference with the pcie slots. https://noctua.at/en/nh-d15/comp#socket_3297_manuf_30

 

Moved to Air Cooling. 

Yeah, I did see this chart, but wasn't sure how to interpret an empty comment-field. So you mean that since they do not write any comment, it means there are no issues?

[WoodenMarker]

Just now, Mortis Angelus said:

Yeah, I did see this chart, but wasn't sure how to interpret an empty comment-field. So you mean that since they do not write any comment, it means there are no issues?

Yep, that's what the green check mark with no comments means. 

[Mortis Angelus]

10 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

Yep, that's what the green check mark with no comments means. 

I had already marked this as solved, but after further looking in  that list, I noted one thing:

 

Looking at these two motherboards they have listed in their compatibility list right next to each other:
 

Prime Z270M-plus

 

and

 

Prime Z370-A

 

on the Z270 they note that the cooler extends over the first PCIe slot. The Z270 has its first x16 slot in the same position as the Z370 has its x4-slot. Since these positions are standardized, doesn't that mean that the D15 would indeed block the x4 slot then on the Z370 too? To my eye, the boards and the CPU socket position looks identical.

 

 

[WoodenMarker]

1 hour ago, Mortis Angelus said:

Prime Z270M-plus

and

Prime Z370-A

 

on the Z270 they note that the cooler extends over the first PCIe slot. The Z270 has its first x16 slot in the same position as the Z370 has its x4-slot. Since these positions are standardized, doesn't that mean that the D15 would indeed block the x4 slot then on the Z370 too? To my eye, the boards and the CPU socket position looks identical.

Socket position can vary and is the reason why the boards have different compatibility.