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The intereference with the VRM heatsink is actually quite a lot worse than with the RAM, lifting the cooler a good few mm off the CPU on the near side. On the RAM side I considered brute-forcing it on (decided not to - working RAM is more important than aesthetics!), but on the VRM side that wouldn't be possible at all.The only guides/videos I've found covering this are for the Wraith Spire, and usually the 1st-gen version, which seems to use larger screws than the teeny-tiny ones on this one. Still, I suppose a good PH1 screw driver ought to get them loose without damage if I'm careful.As a follow-up, should he ever want a better/quieter cooler or some OC headroom, what's the best AM4-compatible CPU cooler that fits in the Node 202? NH-L9a-AM4? L9a with a 25mm fan? Cryorig C7 (CU)?
The intereference with the VRM heatsink is actually quite a lot worse than with the RAM, lifting the cooler a good few mm off the CPU on the near side. On the RAM side I considered brute-forcing it on (decided not to - working RAM is more important than aesthetics!), but on the VRM side that wouldn't be possible at all.
The only guides/videos I've found covering this are for the Wraith Spire, and usually the 1st-gen version, which seems to use larger screws than the teeny-tiny ones on this one. Still, I suppose a good PH1 screw driver ought to get them loose without damage if I'm careful.
As a follow-up, should he ever want a better/quieter cooler or some OC headroom, what's the best AM4-compatible CPU cooler that fits in the Node 202? NH-L9a-AM4? L9a with a 25mm fan? Cryorig C7 (CU)?
