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Quick bit of advice if anyone would be so kind as I've never changed out a CPU cooler.
I'm re-purposing my old gaming PC as a media streamer/lounge gamer and to do this I need to transplant it to a smaller case. It currently has a big Noctua aircooler on the CPU but it's fairly noisy so as part of the transplant I plan to switch the CPU cooler to a AIO water cooler - this is going to be hidden behind my TV so I need it to be very quiet.
What's the best way of removing the CPU cooler as it's been in place for over 6 years - I'm a bit concerned it will have stuck with the thermal paste? I don't think I can get the mobo out without removing the cooler first (from hazy memory when building it) as I think the heat sink makes accessing a couple of the mobo mounting screws almost impossible with it in place.
It is best to just run it hard for a bit before hand (thinking a CPU test run, which is a good test program to use?) then trying to whip it off when it's nice and warm?
I'm re-purposing my old gaming PC as a media streamer/lounge gamer and to do this I need to transplant it to a smaller case. It currently has a big Noctua aircooler on the CPU but it's fairly noisy so as part of the transplant I plan to switch the CPU cooler to a AIO water cooler - this is going to be hidden behind my TV so I need it to be very quiet.
What's the best way of removing the CPU cooler as it's been in place for over 6 years - I'm a bit concerned it will have stuck with the thermal paste? I don't think I can get the mobo out without removing the cooler first (from hazy memory when building it) as I think the heat sink makes accessing a couple of the mobo mounting screws almost impossible with it in place.
It is best to just run it hard for a bit before hand (thinking a CPU test run, which is a good test program to use?) then trying to whip it off when it's nice and warm?