Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH and Zalman CNPS20LQ

JHFerry

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I recently got my GA-Z77X-UP5 TH all excited and started to build. It was suggested I get the Zalman CNPS20LQ. The board has capacitors right next to the CPU, I don't know if I am doing something wrong but it doesn't look like it will fit although it says it is made for a socket 1155. I have a pic below, I am hoping its just that I don't know what I am doing:

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I recently got my GA-Z77X-UP5 TH all excited and started to build. It was suggested I get the Zalman CNPS20LQ. The board has capacitors right next to the CPU, I don't know if I am doing something wrong but it doesn't look like it will fit although it says it is made for a socket 1155. I have a pic below, I am hoping its just that I don't know what I am doing:

I have seen this cooler installed on the UD5 which has caps identically placed - if you follow the instructions for the cooler, the mounting system will clear the caps
 
You were right, once its installed it clears fine. Instructions are horrible. Thanks.
 
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