frankythecat

Perhaps you will help this photo.
AWESOME!!! there should be NO interference then.
BTW, do you have calipers? or a semi-accurate way to measure how much the CPU block sticks out from the CPU socket? By out, I mean the distance past the CPU socket towards PCI-E 1? Looks like a few millimeters at best.
If you draw a 0.63" circle from the closest CPU bolt, that is when it would make contact:

That figure is in inches.