Thermaltake Core V-31 Air Cooler Clearance Confusion

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I ordered a Thermaltake Core V-31 and I am currently researching air coolers to go with it. The manufacturer specs for CPU cooling clearance is 155mm(H).

HOWEVER, the images of the case on Thermaltake's website show coolers installed that are 160mm like the NIC 4/5. See link and scroll down through the images: http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Chassis/Mid_Tower_/Core/C_00002469/Core_V31_/design.htm

I am trying to figure out how much clearance there actually is so I can order the best performing air cooler. I will be using it on a Asus p7p55de-pro with a OC'd (4GHz, 0.896V-1.352V) I7-875k temporarily until I can afford to buy a new MB/CPU/RAM in the future.

Does anybody have experience with this particular case or have any idea why there is a discrepancy between what is pictured and what is specified?
 
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The picture shows a taller cooler , but it's just to highlight the case , you can tell that you can't close the case panel with the red tower mounted it's too tall.
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I've noticed there seems to be a trend in cases saying they support shorter heatsinks than they can actually accommodate. I'm guessing this is a safety buffer on their part since they don't know for sure that the 155mm heatsink you bought is really 155mm. So even though the case can really take 160mm they just say 155mm just in case.

You can look up the case on PCpartpicker and look at some of the completed builds to know for sure what heatsinks people have gotten to work with it. https://pcpartpicker.com/builds/by_part/pK8H99
 
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This was a good idea. Nobody had anything over specification.
 
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I didn't realize that they didn't even have the side panel on the case with that cooler installed... I thought the first one which has the panel on the case was the 140mm Frio Silent at 160mm tall, but then I discovered there is visually identical 120mm version that comes in at 140mm. Based on that and what people are actually putting in their cases at part picker 155mm does indeed appear to be the max. Thanks for the input guys.
 
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I am going to test some manufacturing tolerances with this cooler:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835856005
154.5mm tall, case has 155mm specified clearance. If the cooler is on the plus side of manufacturer tolerance and the case is on the negative side, I may be screwed lol.
 
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