Intel reference cooler - Motherboard backplate required?

[PermaChanged]

It's been a long time since I've put together a system and I'm just looking for some confirmation of something.

The motherboard I've bought (second hand) doesn't have the backplate included, is the backplate required to fit a reference Intel cooler, or do the push pins on the stock cooler hold to the board itself with no backplate required?

Edit: Socket 1150 for reference.

 

[Glanza]

Pins hold it

 

[PermaChanged]

Pins hold it

Thank you

 

[LuckyBenski]

I'd double check this actually, isn't the original metal backplate for reinforcement? A stock cooler will probably work ok as it's light, but a heavier cooler or one that applies more force might be risky. You can get the datasheet with diagrams and such for Intel sockets.

 

[Pocah]

I'd double check this actually, isn't the original metal backplate for reinforcement? A stock cooler will probably work ok as it's light, but a heavier cooler or one that applies more force might be risky. You can get the datasheet with diagrams and such for Intel sockets.

Depends whether you mean the socket itself or for the heatsink. Sockets have a metal plate on the other side because of the large force holding the CPU in place, but then a secondary, larger backplate can be fitted that supports a heavy heatsink. The second backplate is not required for a stock heatsink.

 

[LuckyBenski]

Depends whether you mean the socket itself or for the heatsink. Sockets have a metal plate on the other side because of the large force holding the CPU in place, but then a secondary, larger backplate can be fitted that supports a heavy heatsink. The second backplate is not required for a stock heatsink.

But OP said doesn't include the backplate, and asked if the backplate is required... Using the word "the" rather than "a" implies the original backplate, but we've probably got crossed wires.