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Will there be interference with the RAM sticks?

Tseko
By Tseko
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Hello, just about to build my pc and I'm not sure if there will be any interference from the Ram to the Air Cooler. My motherboard is MSI Z170A Gaming M5 with G.Skill Ripjaws V Series and the cooler is CM 212 EVO. Is there going to be no problem or should I change the RAM to a lower profile? If someone knows please tell me I'm really worried as a first time builder.

P.S. Sorry if there are typos, English is not my mother language.

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The 212 evo is pretty slim and therefore compatible with lots of different memory sticks. 

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yeah the 212 is tiny, ram clearance is practically a non issue unless you get a dual tower cooler or a single massive cooler

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1st slot will be blocket as you are going with pretty high profile RAM. You can use slots 2-4, so if you are using 2 sticks, they will (most likely but check manual first) go to slots 2 & 4. If you are using 4 sticks or want absolutely use 1st and 3rd slots, change fan to pull instead of default push orientation. Push vs pull has 0 effect on air coolers.

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