Cooler space required

[Bertie]

Hello,

I'm looking at getting a Be quiet! Black Pure Base 500DX and pairing it with an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240. Has anyone tried this setup with the radiator mounted on the top of the case and have you encountered any problems with clearance on the motherboard for the RAM? I was toying with the idea of getting some RGB RAM however it looks like the additional height of it might cause issues with hitting the cooler, but it's very difficult to tell from the images I can find.

Thanks

 

[Bertie]

Answered my own question - it fits! I can't really show a picture of it however I'd say there's about 1cm clearance from the top of the RAM to the cooler (although I'm using my finger to guage that as I can't actually measure properly!) and slightly more to the top of the heatsink. I used Corsair Vengeance LPX which is 31mm high and an MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk WIFI DDR4 board. I'd probably have gotten away with the RGB variant of the RAM however due to the placement of the motherboard cable and where my PC sits I doubt I'd have seen much of it anyway. Plus I got the ARGB version of the cooler so there's some lighting from that anyway.

Thanks for the assistance!