Need help installing cooler please.

Buchanan0204 · 11 Jun 2011 at 01:38

Hi guys.

I can't believe I'm stuck at this. Trying to install a titan fenrir evo onto a p67 MSI board.

The backplate for the cooler will not fit through the holes on the motherboard. Now 1156 is the same as 1155... so I can't see why this 1156 backplate wont fit. The holes just don't align.

I don't know if I'm missing something stupidly obvious because it's nearly 2am or I'm just stupid. Probably the latter.

Anyway. If anyone can shed some light on this please.

Buchanan0204 · 11 Jun 2011 at 01:48

stulid said:
P.S Am I ******* good or what?

Haha... aye your a champion! I love how your a night hawk as well... what would I do without you lol.

Shame you don't live near by. I could have got you round for a few cans and got you to do this for me! haha

Buchanan0204 · 11 Jun 2011 at 01:49

P.S. Why does everywhere tell you to install the backplate, nearly every site I was on mentioned this?

Buchanan0204 · 11 Jun 2011 at 01:55

stulid said:
Never seen it mentioned, but I fitted a Fenrir to my Z68 board last week and the instructions that come with the 1156 mounting packet just say to use the screws.

I must have read it wrong. Jeezo!

I'll keep you posted how I get on. Doing it just now. Is it best to attach the fan before or after? It looks quite tricky with those coat hanger type things.

I hate custom coolers!

Buchanan0204 · 11 Jun 2011 at 01:57

stulid said:
Oh, and when it is fitted along with the RAM, can you take some nice pics of the clearances?

Will do Boss!

I'm planning on facing the fan towards the ram? OK with doing that aye?

Buchanan0204 · 11 Jun 2011 at 02:08

Oki doki. I just had a wee look back at your thread with the photo's in it? You have the fan facing the pci slots. I'll see what kind of clearance I have with the ram. Even if it does clear it. If there's ever a problem with the memory, then I don't fancy taking the cooler off to get it out or the new stuff in.

Buchanan0204 · 11 Jun 2011 at 02:23

Ok. It's got pretty good clearance on the ram. I haven't applied the compound or bolted it down yet. It's just sitting on top to give me time to work out which way to mount it.

It seems to be fine in any orientation.

I would have thought mounting it so the fan is facing the rear of the case to blow the hot air into the rear case exhaust fan to expell as much hot air as possible?

I bow to your greater knowledge however. Is that wrong?

Excuse the rubbish photo... 2am lighting isn't the best for photography. A dodgy lightroom job done on it to bring it out.

Buchanan0204 · 11 Jun 2011 at 02:27

MrBoring said:
Sorry to jump in but I have one of these coolers still sat in its box. When I saw the instructions regarding using the four screws throught the mobo, rather than using a backplate, I was concerned about the mobo (ASUS P7P55ED-E) warping / flexing due to the weight of the cooler + fan. So I'm still using the stock intel on my i5

Am I being overly cautious? Have there been any reports of mobos flexing with these coolers?

Mobos are extremely robust these days. They can take the weight of coolers no problem and some more.

Buchanan0204 · 11 Jun 2011 at 02:30

Hang on a minute? Does the fan suck air in or blow it out?

I know on standard coolers it blows it out. However, what's the score with these?

If it did blow air out. I would want to fit it like this,

so it blows the hot air into the exhaust fan to expell it out the back of the case. No?

However... somethings screaming at me telling me this can't be right... otherwise why all the fuss with ram clearances if it's not in the way in the first place.

God I should stick to playstations.

Buchanan0204 · 11 Jun 2011 at 02:40

Sycho said:
The fan needs to be at the ram side of the cooler pushing air through the heatsink so the exhaust fan can suck it out of the case.

Some fans have arrows on the plastic edges to show which way the air will be going and if it doesn't you can put side panel off then feel behind the heatsink see if any moving through it.

Makes sense to me. It appears the fan sucks air in and doesn't blow it out. So would make sense to have it mounted towards the front of the case where cool air is drawn in via the front intakes?

Why the fuss with ram clearance then... in this orientation it doesn't go anywhere near the ram slots... only when postioned the other way, which makes no sense to me. Either that or I'm being daft.

Buchanan0204 · 11 Jun 2011 at 02:54

Sycho said:
Fan placed on the side where your ram slots are blowing same direction as your intakes.

like exhaust fan back<---heatsink/heatsink fan this side<-----intake fans front.

By the way when done post your temps.

OK. An update. I never took the stupid retention clip into consideration when playing with the orientations. With the MSI heatsinks in the way It was only two options. Have the fan sucking hot air from the GPU etc, or mount it the other way. So now the fan faces the ... I'll post a photo in a minute.

P.S. the bolts are really hard to screw in aren't they? You don't have much room to screw them in with the heatsink in the way.

I have a coolermaster V8 on my own system and it was a much more seamless install... really good contact with the cpu and was super easy to screw in with a hex key screw thingy... none of this burst your thumb open nonsense.