I'm building a new PC. Decided to go with the new offerings from AMD. In preparation for Launch Day (July 7), I preordered a 1TB CORSAIR Force MP600 Gen4 PCIe x4 NVMe M.2 SSD along with a RM1000i power supply, H150i Pro AIO, iCue Commander Pro and Vengeance Pro RGB RAM a week and a half ago during the 15% off sale. Then I bought an Asus ROG Strix X570-E motherboard and 3700X on Launch Day. My Corsair order arrived first. I noticed the tall fins on the MP600 heat sink and wondered if 1) it would physically fit on this motherboard and 2) if it didn't fit, then can I take off the factory heat sink and use the ones that come with the Asus motherboard. I tried to get a definitive answer from Corsair Support but no dice. I sent DMs to support via Twitter and nothing. I contacted "CorsairArt" who is labeled as "Manufacturer" on Amazon and that person addressed my second question stating,
"It is not recommended to remove the heatsink as it is required to maintain optimal temperatures for consistently high performance but we will not reject a warranty claim due to a removed heat sink alone."
Since I couldn't get a definitive answer to my first question I decided to try myself. When the motherboard arrived, I tried to install MP600 with the heat sink and unfortunately it doesn't fit in either slot with Asus chipset fan cover on. (see attached). Asus support says the cover is required in order for the fan to properly cool the M.2 SSDs.
My question is, do I take the recommended heat sink off so I can use the ones which came with my motherboard and see what happens? Feel like I'm the guinea pig here as it appears no one seems to know. Or should I return it? I'm leaning towards returning it but no one from Corsair Support is responding to my inquiries.
