It turns out I can do fuckall with my nh-d15 on my new setup. GPU wont fit full stop. Im very skeptical with trying to purchase nh-d15s this time around, as Im pretty sure I wont be able to use the offset mounting kit for it without running into the same issues that need that cooler to begin with.
Is there a cooler that is just straight up for am5 and cools like a champ? No fucking around with offsets and such. Can be AIO for all I care.
I don’t have experience with AM5, but I wonder if the U12A would fit. It’s like a D15 that is built around 120mm fans instead of 140mm. Another option might be the C14S. It is a solid downdraft cooler that also has an offset, iirc.
Turns out even U12A hangs over! There is no usable air cooler that I would put on a 600$ motherboard with a 600$ CPU. Even nh-d15s hangs over! What the fuck?!
Ended up buying Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 for considerably cheaper than nh-d15. Get this: it has the offset ability as well.
Bro, are you building ITX? 😂
Glad you found a cooler that works. I have an ITX build, so I know first hand the difficulty of finding parts that fit.
Asus x670e gene is an M-ATX board but it is geared towards overclocking. They probably didnt take air coolers into account. It only has one x16 reeally close to the CPU. Also the ONLY PCIE-5 M-ATX board in europe.
I didnt expect this at all.
That’s good that the x16 is so close to the CPU, even though it’s been a headache. Physical distance does affect its performance (though by how much, I can’t say).