Rig: R1700 with Cryorig M9A, RX480, Crucial 32GB DDR4 2400, MX300 250GB M.2, 2 SSDs, Seasonic 650.
Received this morning and installed in a Fractal Node 304. That USB 3.0 header is a long stretch in that case (coming from the bottom right). There is enough slack with the default cable, but...
Thanks. Placed mine as well. Also got this $20 rebate link through a gigabyte promo email a few days ago if you leave a review with amazon/newegg.
http://event.gigabyte.us/review/am4/
I have this same motherboard with a MX300 installed (2280). The installation of the larger size is not the challenge (as nothing prevents it), but securing it is. I ended up using some fishing string to wrap around secure it to the old 2260 mounting screw (with electric tap on top to prevent...
Sorry about that. At least from my own experience, it does perform very good for a blower style cooler. I know noise was a common complaint with the other blower style coolers.