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Houston I have a problem with NVME Heatsinks... pre purchase question for TUF GAMING B650-PLUS WIFI

homdax
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This might become my next mobo, doing a full DDR5 and PCIE4-5 upgrade.

But, having started to buy parts, I have selected the Samsung 990 Pro NVME drives, they come with heatsink. The heatsink is NOT detachable if you want to keep the warranty ..

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From: https://semiconductor.samsung.com/consumer-storage/internal-ssd/990-pro/ 

So this leaves me wondering, are the heatsinks for the M.2 slots on the B650 motherboard detachable..? What I mean is sure you have to lift them to insert M.2 drives without heatsink, but in my case I don't think I can put them back due to the Samsung 990 Pro heatsink being in the way...

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From: https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/tuf-gaming/tuf-gaming-b650-plus-wifi/ 



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Silent_Scone
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Hi @homdax 

In almost all cases the heat-sinks will be completely removable. You can see from the manual and the screen snip you've shown there are Phillips heads holding it in place.

9800X3D / 6400 CAS 28 / ROG X870 Crosshair / TUF RTX 4090

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Silent_Scone
Super Moderator

Hi @homdax 

In almost all cases the heat-sinks will be completely removable. You can see from the manual and the screen snip you've shown there are Phillips heads holding it in place.

9800X3D / 6400 CAS 28 / ROG X870 Crosshair / TUF RTX 4090

Well, on another motherboard I have in another desktop it is a bit of a criss-cross assembly, but I guess that is one of the few...
https://rog.asus.com/se/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-x470-f-gaming-model/

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One gets a bit worried if those plates and screws are part of the supporting structure of the mobo...