Asus Essence STX II Clearance Issue?

[Spankbot-5000]

Quick question about the aforementioned Asus Essence STX II sound card. I'm just doing a new build, and I've put this card in the bottom-most X4 slot, to give my GPU room to breath. When it's in this slot, two capacitors on the card are touching the plastic surface of the USB 3.0 front panel plug going into the motherboard.

My question if this will cause an issue, heat-wise? Will the caps on this card get hot enough to cause an issue touching the plastic USB 3.0 cable? I suspect it won't, but I just wanted to be sure in case anyone hear had any conflicting info. Thanks!

 

[Krispy Kritter]

I wouldn't expect it to make any difference. The only portion of the card to even get warm/hot would be the amp section if you are driving headphones at high volume for extended periods.