https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:43:53 +0000 Fri, 07 Feb 2020 01:13:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=13208 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=72600&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#72600 Author: ThreeDee
Subject: 13208
Posted: 07 Feb 2020 at 1:13am

it's a big chunk of aluminum .. see if you can buy one off of ebay or similar and mod it so when you go to resell you mobo down the road .. you can put the original back on

... or not ]]> Fri, 07 Feb 2020 01:13:01 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=72600&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#72600 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=72585&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#72585 Author: RickD
Subject: 13208
Posted: 06 Feb 2020 at 4:55am

Is the x570 M.2 and chipset cover made out of metal? Plastic? Can the M.2 arm be cut off?]]> Thu, 06 Feb 2020 04:55:16 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=72585&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#72585 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=72583&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#72583 Author: ThreeDee
Subject: 13208
Posted: 06 Feb 2020 at 4:44am

My x570 Steel Legend motherboard is running great .. but .. the PCIe slot for the graphics card is poorly placed too close to the CPU so it if you are running a large air cooler (like I am) .. it will sit on top of the graphics cards back plate.

So that's 2 bad design flaws for this mobo.]]> Thu, 06 Feb 2020 04:44:28 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=72583&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#72583 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=72582&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#72582 Author: RickD
Subject: 13208
Posted: 06 Feb 2020 at 4:14am

I am also interested in using the heatsink that comes with the M.2 SSD(Corsair Force MP600 M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express Gen 4.0 x4 NVMe 3D TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) CSSD-F1000GBMP600). Is it possible to cut off just the M.2 portion of the cover so the rest of the Asrock cover/fan could remain in place?]]> Thu, 06 Feb 2020 04:14:51 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=72582&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#72582 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=71321&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#71321 Author: Shirva33
Subject: 13208
Posted: 20 Dec 2019 at 7:25am

I got a reply back from ASRock support.

>> You may remove the M.2 armor, and install your Corsair MP600 and GFX that is fine.

]]> Fri, 20 Dec 2019 07:25:02 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=71321&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#71321 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=71312&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#71312 Author: Shirva33
Subject: 13208
Posted: 20 Dec 2019 at 2:16am

So the x570 chipset fan would blow up into the GPU.
I'll give it a go and see how the temps look.

thanks for the reply.
Shirva33
]]> Fri, 20 Dec 2019 02:16:20 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=71312&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#71312 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=71290&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#71290 Author: Ray62
Subject: 13208
Posted: 19 Dec 2019 at 5:37pm

The cooler/FAN is mainly for the X570 chipset, not for the M2 slots.
And it is badly placed, yes, like on so much other X570 boards too (vendor independent).
I would not disable the fan until you have another adequate cooler solution...
I would try to use the boards m2 heatsink.

But anyway, test, watch the temperatures and make your decisions based on the results.]]> Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:37:34 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=71290&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#71290 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13208&PID=71289&title=gpu-covers-m2-fan#71289 Author: Shirva33
Subject: 13208
Posted: 19 Dec 2019 at 1:31pm

Hello,

ASRock x570 Steel Legend motherboard

Storage = Corsair Force MP600 m.2 2280 1 TB Gen4 (https://www.newegg.com/corsair-force-mp600-1tb/p/N82E16820236548)

GPU = EVGA RTX 2070 Super XC (https://www.newegg.com/evga-geforce-rtx-2070-super-08g-p4-3173-kr/p/N82E16814487453)

I had to take the heat sink off the m2 so it would fit under the Steel Legend m2 heat sink (big "U" shaped).
The GPU is so long it covers up the fan on the Steel Legend's U-Shaped m2 heat sink.

I am considering just removing the Steel Legend U-Shaped m2 heat sink, disabling the m2 fan, put the heat sink back on the Corsair m2 drive and plug it into the second m2 slot.

Or what would you do?

Thanks,
Shirva33
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