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wd sn850x with heatsink thickness with video card?

raptorengineer

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i'm slowly building new pc and the motherboard i'm going use is asus tuf b760m and nvme ssd would like to use is wd sn850x with heatsink. the motherboard has 2 nvme x4 slots. one on top of pcie 5.0 slot bracket and one next to the pcie 1 slot bracket and that one i would like to use for wd sn850x nvme. i'm just wondering if the ssd thickness would interfere with video card when installing it in the pcie 5.0 slot?
 
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You didn't say which video card - though not sure that matters. According to the SSD data sheet, that SSD with heatsink is 8.8mm thick. But not sure that matters either since the SSDs would be mounted near the back side of a graphics card where there is lots of space - at least as I see it in the "Spec Overview" image (scroll down a bit). So I don't see a problem.

I will comment about a potential problem I do see. You said, "i'm slowly building new pc". Not sure what you mean by "slowly", but that can be a problem if you mean you are "slowly" buying, "piece by piece", your components over time. People often do this for budgetary reasons, which I certainly understand. But it is a bad idea. You should save your money until the budget is built up enough to buy everything you want all at once.

There are many reasons for this - most relating to your purchased items sitting on your shelf at home, eating up their return policies and warranty time periods.

Most retailers have a time limit in which you can return something, "no questions asked". After that time period, you have to deal with the manufacturers and warranty RMAs. Some of those "retailer" return policy periods are as little as 30 days. If you buy a CPU, for example, and it sits on your shelf for 90 days waiting for you to purchase the motherboard and RAM, and then you find out the CPU is bad or incompatible, you will encounter hassles and delays returning the CPU or getting it replaced.

Most product have a limited warranty - often as short as 90 days or perhaps 1 year. You could lose 1/2 the warranty if something is waiting on your closet shelf for 6 months.

Many products have revisions that correct problems or add features or compatibility support. Motherboards and graphics cards are primary examples. If you buy a motherboard today, then let it sit on the shelf for 90 days, Revision 2 might have been released during that time, adding support for the new CPU, or USB version you want. If you wait to buy everything at once, you have a much greater chance of getting the latest (and hopefully greatest) revision.

Then new products are being released all the time. You could buy a new graphics card today, then find out a newer, faster cheaper card has been released while you are still waiting to buy the rest of your parts.

So I recommend you just wait, save your money, keep doing your homework, then pull the trigger when you have enough money saved up to buy all your components at once.

The one exception to this is your OS license. Unless Microsoft announces Windows 12 will be coming out in the next 6 months, you can safely buy your W11 license now, then use Windows Update to get it current after your build - assuming, of course, you are going with Windows and not Linux.
 
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Is this the motherboard? If so, buy NVME drives without heatsinks because the board comes with heatsinks for both M.2 slots.

The slot above the PCIe 16x slot can use an aftermarket heatsink provided the is no interference with the CPU cooler. I wouldn't try any heatsink other than the included one for the 2nd M.2 slot. Unless it is very lower profile it will interfere with a GPU heatsink.

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Is this the motherboard? If so, buy NVME drives without heatsinks because the board comes with heatsinks for both M.2 slots.

The slot above the PCIe 16x slot can use an aftermarket heatsink provided the is no interference with the CPU cooler. I wouldn't try any heatsink other than the included one for the 2nd M.2 slot. Unless it is very lower profile it will interfere with a GPU heatsink.

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yup that the motherboard i plan on using but it be d5(ddr5) version. now the video card i will be using is asus dual 4060 oc card and it 2.5 slot thicker so it might cover half the m.2 nvme bay. now i could use the top nvme slot but it might be pain to change in future if i need to upgrade or replace.
i'm building my pc monthly. so this month i buy the asus 4060 card. next month would be motherboard and ram. then October i buy the 14700k cpu and cooler. then ssd in nov and software in dec. most of the stuff i can get at my local computer store. but asus tuf b760m ddr5 version motherboard i have to get i think at newegg cause computer store doesn't sell the asus tuf b760m ddr5 version. and i think rumors is there going to be refresh of motherboards that have support for 14th gen built in. i have to watch the intel show case i think tomorrow that they show the 14th gen that coming out in oct. cpu. now warranty side is usely i don't get one even know i should but things seem to run fine.
i guess the motherboard m.2 heat plate thermal pads are reusable. where if i buy sn850x with heatsink i just take out video card and drop it in there then put back the video card.
 

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Just be aware that you might void the warranty on some SSDs that have a pre-installed heatsinks if you remove them, as some of them are glued in place.
 
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