Thermalright XP-120 and neo2 platinum

Has anyone tried to use this heatsink with a "platinum" series motherboard?
I have a neo2-pfs platinum.
I emailed thermalright about the fit of the heatsink and got this response:
"XP-120 will fit your motherboard if you can tilt 4 capacitors away from CPU socket to clear the heatpipes loops. the underside of XP-120 fin will clear up to 38mm tall chipset cooler."
Does anyone know if this height is tall enough to clear the stock passive northbridge heatsink on a platinum series?
I guess I could always get a shorter cooler for the northbridge.

the way the caps are laid out, the tilting is VERY minor, so I don't believe this will be much of a problem.
I don't think it will be able to clear my northbridge heatsink though. May have to replace it with a shorter passive cooler. (which will be ok because it will get plenty of air from the fan on top of the xp-120)
here's a link to this cooler. anyone thought about it for a platinum series board?
http://www.systemcooling.com/thermalright_xp120-01.html

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I don't use water myself...I like beer better
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