I have the feeling that the space between the ssd and GPU is not sufficient with the combination of ASUS Rampage V Extreme and ASUS STRIX GTX980 OC. Does anyone have any experience here?

5mm is not much, but the SSD almost touches the GPU.

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I have the feeling that the space between the ssd and GPU is not sufficient with the combination of ASUS Rampage V Extreme and ASUS STRIX GTX980 OC. Does anyone have any experience here?

5mm is not much, but the SSD almost touches the GPU.

Answer

Hoi Rodario

I looked at your question and unfortunately have to agree with you. I suspect that it is not enough, because the Heat Sink alone is 5mm. According to the packaging, the total height with the SSD is 8mm.
I took a look at your mainboard. It's an older one. Maybe you don't want to buy a newer one?
Here is my example:
I use my SSD with the Heat SInk with an Asus ROG Strix Z409-A gaming motherboard. It has two slots for SSD's M2.
The first is cooled by the motherboard itself and the second slot is not affected by the graphics card.

Sorry I can't give you better information.

Kind regards

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I have the feeling that the space between the ssd and GPU is not sufficient with the combination of ASUS Rampage V Extreme and ASUS STRIX GTX980 OC. Does anyone have any experience here? 5mm is not much, but the SSD almost touches the GPU.