zip-tieing my cooler

[N3v3r3nding_N3wb]

I have a computer ready to be built (Royal Rumble in my signature)... almost.  I bought a Cryorig R1 Universal on Cyber Monday last year in anticipation for this build because it was ~45% off.

I did not know that I'd be getting Ryzen, and thought that, even if I did, they'd have a backplate for it pretty quickly.  Their AM4 backplate will not be shipping until either late this month, or early next month.  I know that lots of Ryzen reviewers zip-tied their coolers on their motherboards, but didn't know whether that would be okay for any sort of actual usage.  So, my question is, should I just zip-tie my cooler on, or should I force myself to wait for another agonizing few weeks?

[Stevoisboss]

1 minute ago, N3v3r3nding_N3wb said:

I have a computer ready to be built (Royal Rumble in my signature)... almost.  I bought a Cryorig R1 Universal on Cyber Monday last year in anticipation for this build because it was ~45% off.

I did not know that I'd be getting Ryzen, and thought that, even if I did, they'd have a backplate for it pretty quickly.  Their AM4 backplate will not be shipping until either late this month, or early next month.  I know that lots of Ryzen reviewers zip-tied their coolers on their motherboards, but didn't know whether that would be okay for any sort of actual usage.  So, my question is, should I just zip-tie my cooler on, or should I force myself to wait for another agonizing few weeks?

as long as it is on direct contact with the cpu constantly it should be fine. I would do it. 

[Guest]

Zip ties. It's all about getting it fixed, not about how. If you would put your mobo horizontal/don't touch it, you could even run your computer without a fixed cooler.

[N3v3r3nding_N3wb]

 

1 minute ago, Dutch-stoner said:

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2 minutes ago, Stevoisboss said:

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Alright, that's what I thought.  Thank you for affirming that I could.

Do you happen to have any sort of tutorial on it?  I can probably find one on my own, but I don't know enough to make sure that it is not a troll video that'll get my PC destroyed.  Thank you a lot!

[JoePro87]

3 minutes ago, Dutch-stoner said:

Zip ties. It's all about getting it fixed, not about how. If you would put your mobo horizontal/don't touch it, you could even run your computer without a fixed cooler.

This. I've been running my Ryzen rig zip tied for a bit now, and it works just fine. I have it laying horizontally, so the weight of the cooler doesn't stretch out the zip ties over time. 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Just don't try to do any overclocking.

[N3v3r3nding_N3wb]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Just don't try to do any overclocking.

Yeah, I planned on waiting until the proper backplate comes in.  Thank you!

[Guest]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Just don't try to do any overclocking.

BS, if it's propperly fixed, it's good. You don't need 10 kg of force to lock that CPU cooler down.

 

 

[N3v3r3nding_N3wb]

Just now, Dutch-stoner said:

BS, if it's propperly fixed, it's good. You don't need 10 kg of force to lock that CPU cooler down.

 

 

Well, even if I am confident that everything will be fine, I don't want to overclock or anything until I am 100% certain that I can't mess it up by fault of my own (on the hardware side).

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

1 hour ago, Dutch-stoner said:

BS, if it's propperly fixed, it's good. You don't need 10 kg of force to lock that CPU cooler down.

 

 

There's always bound to be an idiot who ruins their system from attempting to do this. I rather give people good known, safe advice. Rather than encouraging them to do something that's not recommended. It's not my money on the line.

[N3v3r3nding_N3wb]

Well, just in case anyone but me cares, it worked, but I have to keep the PC horizontal for now (I couldn't tighten the zipties tight enough for use upright).  After setting up the PC, I ran the CPU-Z stress test, and after 5 minutes, I'm at a very, very stable (it's been at this temperature since 30 seconds into the test, and hasn't wavered from it) 67 degrees Celsius.