DS3 owners, did your ds3 come with a backplate?

[Felix E]

As in title, I was wondering did your DS3 come with a backplate for an air cooler? As mine didn't and I assumed it was normal - Zalman 9700 had one anyway so it didn't matter - but I just sold the board on and the guy has understandably brought it up! So, is it supposed to come with a backplate?

Thanks very much,

Felix

 

[acs1]

Mine did not come with one.

 

[WJA96]

No, the stock Intel mounting mechanism just goes through the 4 holes in the board.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

Yep, any cooler that requires a backplate will come with it as it's not part of the LGA775 standard.