Artic Freezer II 280 problem.

GrumpyTWells said:
Andarial, I suggest that you nind your own business if you can't understand that the standoffs are suipplies by Artic Cooling in two varieties, one fpor Intel and one for AMD. So please keep youur nose out of it
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That's where you are mistaken, they are both for Intel. Think the 26mm are for Intel skt 115X and 23mm for Intel skt 2066/2011.

It's all there in the link Andarial posted earlier.
 
I enjoyed the friendly banter here and was compelled to create an account and make it my first post.

This is a classic case where everyone is right but no one is really listening to one another..

Anyway, I got the Arctic Liquid Freezer II to pair with a Ryzen 7 5800x on Asus ROG Strix X570-E. After a frustrating & ultimately failed attempt, I realised that Arctic, in their infinite wisdom, have released 3 versions of this product without really making it too obvious.

You need to pay attention to the fineprint over the barcode on the box you receive your product in. For me, I had the 240 version but the actual pumping units are identical across all versions of the unit.

https://support.arctic.ac/index.php?p=lf2-240

I got Rev3, almost all the instructions / installation videos are for Rev 1.

Rev3 DOES HAVE STANDOFFS for AM4 - (Vanilla [Rev 1] and Rev 2 don't, hence the mexican standoff on the previous posts - no pun intended).

Furthermore, my motherboard is not compatible with Rev3 - the front plates that are supposed to go on top of the standoffs are simply too wide & they intercept the capacitors on my board. Good one arctic!

Long story short, if you are installing this

#1 make sure you know what Rev you have by looking at the fineprint above the barcode on the box
#2 if your motherboard is not compatible - punch a wall & contact Arctic for the right parts.
#3 keep calm & carry on.
 
Ross Thomson said:
blame the motherboard manufacturer not arctic
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Thank you Ross. That makes complete sense in this context. You are so wise. Arctic as a cooler brand should keep releasing new versions without any new documentation with potential incompatibilities and all motherboard manufacturers should design their boards accordingly.
 
Taocu said:
I enjoyed the friendly banter here and was compelled to create an account and make it my first post.

This is a classic case where everyone is right but no one is really listening to one another..

Anyway, I got the Arctic Liquid Freezer II to pair with a Ryzen 7 5800x on Asus ROG Strix X570-E. After a frustrating & ultimately failed attempt, I realised that Arctic, in their infinite wisdom, have released 3 versions of this product without really making it too obvious.

You need to pay attention to the fineprint over the barcode on the box you receive your product in. For me, I had the 240 version but the actual pumping units are identical across all versions of the unit.

https://support.arctic.ac/index.php?p=lf2-240

I got Rev3, almost all the instructions / installation videos are for Rev 1.

Rev3 DOES HAVE STANDOFFS for AM4 - (Vanilla [Rev 1] and Rev 2 don't, hence the mexican standoff on the previous posts - no pun intended).

Furthermore, my motherboard is not compatible with Rev3 - the front plates that are supposed to go on top of the standoffs are simply too wide & they intercept the capacitors on my board. Good one arctic!

Long story short, if you are installing this

#1 make sure you know what Rev you have by looking at the fineprint above the barcode on the box
#2 if your motherboard is not compatible - punch a wall & contact Arctic for the right parts.
#3 keep calm & carry on.
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Just posted about this in a different thread. Load of play, and the brackets snag on the capacitors. Tried on an Asus and Gigabyte motherboard. Emailed their support and am awaiting response. May try and mount it without the brackets in the style of rev1 and rev 2.
 
Stu said:
https://support.arctic.ac/index.php?p=lf2-280

Installation instructions for all three versions of the 280 version.

Note that it says some mobos have non-compliant back plates that mess with the mounting, and to contact support for a replacement kit.
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Yes, I saw that. However, in my case I have two different motherboards (Gigabyte and Asus) and three different backplates and all are the same. The measurements of the backplate seem to match what they are saying. I had ordered a replacement backplate from Artic just in case this problem occurred, however, it has been sat in a DHL German warehouse for a week.

Gave up and reinstalled my Asus Ryujin 360. Easy mounting system, however, cables everywhere.
 
Taocu said:
I enjoyed the friendly banter here and was compelled to create an account and make it my first post.

This is a classic case where everyone is right but no one is really listening to one another..

Rev3 DOES HAVE STANDOFFS for AM4 - (Vanilla [Rev 1] and Rev 2 don't, hence the mexican standoff on the previous posts - no pun intended).
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This is true, but when he posted there was no revision 3. Revision 2 and earlier have no standoffs for AM4 (and they definitely aren't 20mm+).

focus130 said:
Just posted about this in a different thread. Load of play, and the brackets snag on the capacitors. Tried on an Asus and Gigabyte motherboard. Emailed their support and am awaiting response. May try and mount it without the brackets in the style of rev1 and rev 2.
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This is basically duplicating what I wrote in the other thread in order to stop this misinformation that I myself had to contend with prior to doing a rev 3 installation yesterday.

The capacitors are NOT being fouled on the x570 master (and probably not the crosshair either). When no mounting pressures is applied then the plate with the standoffs and brackets assembled will indeed be 'loose'. However, this is irrelevant - the backplate and brackets will be raised to the correct height when the block is fitted and the cap screws tightened.
 
Fitted a 360 to my B550 tomahawk today. For fitting the cooler in the ryzen 3000 position I had to file a bit of the bottom bracket to clear the nvme drive. I then had to remove the cover because the bracket would hit it when you tightened the cooler down.

Clears the caps at the left. If you try and fit it normally the top bracket hits the caps at the top. oddly if you fit the brackets the wrong way round it fits no problem - I'll need to try that to see if there is a temp change.
 
This doesn't sound right... AMD reference design states a clearance area around the CPU socket that all mobo designs should follow. From my understanding, the Arctic cooler is within this area, so the mobo makers must be at fault.
 
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