alpenfohn matterhorn pure cooler AM4 adapter

[danlightbulb]

Hi all,

Upgrading from socket 1151 skylake to AM4.

OCUK sell this upgrade adapter for the alpenfohn matterhorn pure air cooler.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/alpe...mp-atlas-and-matterhorn-series-hs-059-al.html

Is that all I need?

Thanks

 

[danlightbulb]

Thanks.

Do I need to spend £6-£7 on thermal paste or will the £3.50 stuff do?

 

[danlightbulb]

Thanks Ive gone for that one.

 

[danlightbulb]

Wouldn't want to use that cooler on 6 core plus. It's just enough for my clocked i7.

alphenfohn matterhorn pure edition cooler? its quite big, biggest that would fit in my case.

isnt the tdp of the 1700x about the same at 95W?

 

[danlightbulb]

ill probably run stock. i tried overclocking my current 6600k. got interested in benchmarks etc for a while but then got bored and put it back to stock.

the ram i have already shoud be suitable? its ddr4 3200mhz but i run it at 2133 currently because i was seeing instability.

 

[danlightbulb]

i notice the am4 boards have black plastic mounting for coolers already attached.

will i need to remove this in order to fit my tower cooler or does it attach to this black piece directly?

bit worried that because all ive bought is an accessory kit that there wont be any instructions.

 

[danlightbulb]

the kit i bought (see link in first post) doesnt come with a replacement backplate, only some metal brackets.

does this mean i use the backplate i have with the cooler currently?

 

[danlightbulb]

Yes, the new brackets will fit with the existing backplate.

hmm hope so. the backplate will have been made for am3 or 1151. holes will not be the same?

the current downloadable instructions for the cooler dont have anything about am4 either.