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Are the heat shields too thick?

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I just bought 8g (4 pieces) of CORSAIR XMS2 DHX http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145194 the memory on my Asus Rampage Formula. Looking at it though, the heat shields seem very thick and the sockets are very close together on the MB. Am I going to have a space problem? Has anyone set up something similar?

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It'll be fine. Don't worry about it. :p

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Cool, thanks for the advice.

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