ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 AM4 Monting brackets

kidloco · 28 Nov 2020 at 12:57

Hoping can someone can point out the obvious to me.

Ive been using the freezer 2 on my Intel 4790k for a while and its been great. Im finally making the jump to the new AMDs once stock comes in, no doubt next year.

I was looking at the vids around mounting it to the AM4.

And looking at the part needed (around 11 secs in) it clearly shows a bracket I dont dont have in the box I dug out.

This one

I looked online and it is not part of the what they ship.

Someone put me out of my missery. Do these come when buying a AM4 motherboard or something?

kidloco · 28 Nov 2020 at 13:50

Thanks, the only thing I can see on their website is this.

https://www.arctic.ac/en/AMD-AM4-Backplate-Set-Full-Accessory/MPSAS00431A

But that doesnt show the mounting clips either.

Ive emailed their support to see if they can shed any light.

kidloco · 30 Nov 2020 at 08:33

focus130 said:
Be interested to see what they say. I fancy getting one of these but have heard of the awkward mounting on AM4. If you can get the mounting kit direct from them it takes the lottery out of buying one and not knowing what mounting brackets will be in the box.

interesting the picture for the 420 version shows the new bracket. So I think it’s safe to say that they now ship with AM4 brackets.

kidloco · 30 Nov 2020 at 16:07

ANDARIAL said:
I contacted them and was sent a link m8

Dont suppose you have the link do you?

kidloco · 3 Dec 2020 at 22:55

focus130 said:
Did you ever get a response? I emailed them Monday and nothing back so far.

Nope, not a thing, chased it 3 times. Useless customer service.

kidloco · 9 Dec 2020 at 13:28

Your best bet for installation help is YouTube.

Oh, I finally heard back from there support team. They have sent me an AM4 kit out for free

kidloco · 12 Dec 2020 at 23:39

Just use whatever one secures it best, don't get hung up on the VRM, I'm not saying its a gimmick, but its something none of the other AIOs have, so it doesn't have to be blowing onto your VRM.

Getting getting stable contact is far more important.

kidloco · 13 Dec 2020 at 15:42

You could have tried all mounting options in the time it took you to write all that

a) Yes

b) No idea. Just use the new bracket. It’s a far more robust mounting.