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H110i metal back plate legs are too long , cant get contact between cooler and package.
So I bought an All in one cooler, choose the double fan Corsair H110i.
It was for my Hasswell i7 4770k on an Asus Z97-pro
Fiddly little bugger to get the fans and the radiator mounted while the cooler swings around, but 20mins later and we're all done. not bad.
Time for a beer(well, cheapest lager in the shops)
https://imgur.com/buFtGEU
Sipping my cold drink, looking at the bios screen contemplating just how much overclock i'm gonna try give her, I notice the idle temp is 56degC . WOW
Double check both the pump and fan headers are plugged in, yup all good. double checked i had tightened all the thumb screws down and gave them a half turn with a screw driver, yup super tight.
However while i've got my man paws all over the AOI I notice the cooler feels a bit lose, so lets take it off and have a look.
https://imgur.com/gH2tkwX
Straight away it's clear there is next to no contact between the AIO cooler and the heatspreader on the CPU.
To be clear, there is no way I can tighten the unit any more, all the screw threads are at their max.
ah, brain wave.
https://imgur.com/86SE7GL
The height of the legs on the back plate added to the height of the provided double ends screws is still to tall for my motherboard and chipset, so I got to work trying to mod it.
After digging through a bag of old parts I managed to find 4 washers that seem to do the job
https://imgur.com/nLqiGpv
Real pain in the ass balancing the back plate on with 4 washers hanging on, but all done.
https://imgur.com/OWuuB7e
Now I have around 3mm more screw length/depth to work with,
Cooler back on, system bios idle is 16degC , into windows run cpu-z stress test, not a single core above 40degC , (room ambient 13degC)
Time for that over clock i had planned...
Corsair needs to remove the little threaded legs from the back plate, they are too long they are stopping the required travel so the cooler can make contact with the CPU heat spreader.
Perhaps the Auss Z97-pro is 1mm thinner than your average mother board? Why else would they have designed and shipped this cooler otherwise.
H110i metal back plate legs are too long , cant get contact between cooler and package.
So I bought an All in one cooler, choose the double fan Corsair H110i.
It was for my Hasswell i7 4770k on an Asus Z97-pro
Fiddly little bugger to get the fans and the radiator mounted while the cooler swings around, but 20mins later and we're all done. not bad.
Time for a beer(well, cheapest lager in the shops)
https://imgur.com/buFtGEU
Sipping my cold drink, looking at the bios screen contemplating just how much overclock i'm gonna try give her, I notice the idle temp is 56degC . WOW
Double check both the pump and fan headers are plugged in, yup all good. double checked i had tightened all the thumb screws down and gave them a half turn with a screw driver, yup super tight.
However while i've got my man paws all over the AOI I notice the cooler feels a bit lose, so lets take it off and have a look.
https://imgur.com/gH2tkwX
Straight away it's clear there is next to no contact between the AIO cooler and the heatspreader on the CPU.
To be clear, there is no way I can tighten the unit any more, all the screw threads are at their max.
ah, brain wave.
https://imgur.com/86SE7GL
The height of the legs on the back plate added to the height of the provided double ends screws is still to tall for my motherboard and chipset, so I got to work trying to mod it.
After digging through a bag of old parts I managed to find 4 washers that seem to do the job
https://imgur.com/nLqiGpv
Real pain in the ass balancing the back plate on with 4 washers hanging on, but all done.
https://imgur.com/OWuuB7e
Now I have around 3mm more screw length/depth to work with,
Cooler back on, system bios idle is 16degC , into windows run cpu-z stress test, not a single core above 40degC , (room ambient 13degC)
Time for that over clock i had planned...
Corsair needs to remove the little threaded legs from the back plate, they are too long they are stopping the required travel so the cooler can make contact with the CPU heat spreader.
Perhaps the Auss Z97-pro is 1mm thinner than your average mother board? Why else would they have designed and shipped this cooler otherwise.
