“I am looking at buying this drive and wanted to know if I would need to remove the heatsink, due to space (if so then another model would be purchased) . I am running an AMD3800RX in an ASUS TUFGAMING X570 with the Wraith Heatsink. MSI 970GTX GPU.”
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Hello, Please check what your board recommends, but we don't recommend taking the heatsink off unless the drive is properly cooled. If you have anything else we can help with, please reach out: support.corsair.com -Art
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I don't know your board so I can't say definitely whether or not you would need to remove the heatsync However, my asus rog strict x570-i wouldn't fit the drive unless I removed the heatsync and my drive runs cool (never over 40c). My board does have active vrm cooling and a built in heat sync for the drive though so that helps. The heatsync adds about 3/8" to the height of the drive.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.After looking at your motherboard online, the top NVME over the top PCIE x16 slot Should provide enough clearance (my MB/setup is identical) The lower NVME slot underneath the heat sink with fan blower, would require that you remove the heat sink already installed on the Corsair NVMe drive. Hope it helps. See picture
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hello Bill, you will most likely not have to remove the heatsink on the m.2. This thing is so tiny it will fit with no problem. I mean it is super tiny.
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