Liquid Freezer II offset and touching capacitors on ROG Strix X570-E Gaming board

[trzy]

Another post here confirmed that the Liquid Freezer II Rev 3 works with Asus ROG Strix x570-e Gaming but I am finding that there is no clearance whatsoever between the mounting bracket and the row of capacitors between the CPU and the IO panel. 
 

That is, it rests on the capacitors and makes contact. I’m concerned about the capacitors being potentially slightly compressed when the cooler is mounted and tightened.

 

Question 1: provided I do not overtighten is there any risk here?

 

Question 2: using the offset mounting position for my 5950x, a large part of the CPU surface is exposed. See photo. Is this correct? I don’t understand why such an offset position could be advantageous and am wondering if it is in fact not recommended for 5950x.

 

Thank you!

[jaslion]

Get a different cooler. It's not good that your arctic is not covering the 5950x.

[-rascal-]

@trzy Have you tried using the "normal" mounting positions, and not the "offset" mounting? Does that fit better over the Strix X570-E socket area?

[trzy]

I can make it cover the entire CPU by using the standard mounting position but this is what was recommended for the 5000 seres. I think the idea is that the coldest part of the cold plate gets shifted to the hottest point on the CPU. Assuming they've done the calculation correctly for this family of CPU.

 

The bigger issue is the capacitors making contact with the bottom mounting bracket.

[trzy]

1 minute ago, -rascal- said:

@trzy Have you tried using the "normal" mounting positions, and not the "offset" mounting? Does that fit better over the Strix X570-E socket area?

Yeah, I can definitely do that. I believe it will make a complete contact. But I'm wondering whether it is in fact intended not to overlap the entire CPU? I think on 3000 series CPUs the hottest part was offset a bit. Assuming that is also true for 5000 series, maybe this is correct after all?

[-rascal-]

5 minutes ago, trzy said:

I can make it cover the entire CPU by using the standard mounting position but this is what was recommended for the 5000 seres. I think the idea is that the coldest part of the cold plate gets shifted to the hottest point on the CPU. Assuming they've done the calculation correctly for this family of CPU.

 

The bigger issue is the capacitors making contact with the bottom mounting bracket.

 

3 minutes ago, trzy said:

Yeah, I can definitely do that. I believe it will make a complete contact. But I'm wondering whether it is in fact intended not to overlap the entire CPU? I think on 3000 series CPUs the hottest part was offset a bit. Assuming that is also true for 5000 series, maybe this is correct after all?

 

Hmm... I am not 1oo% sure. No Strix X570 board and Arctic Freezer II CPU cooler to test on-hand.

Does it just kind of resting on top of the capacitors, or is it crushing it a bit when you bolt the bracket down to the socket holes?

If it's just barely resting on top, with minimal force / pressure, you should be fine overall.

[trzy]

2 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

 

 

Hmm... I am not 1oo% sure. No Strix X570 board and Arctic Freezer II CPU cooler to test on-hand.

Does it just kind of resting on top of the capacitors, or is it crushing it a bit when you bolt the bracket down to the socket holes?

If it's just barely resting on top, with minimal force / pressure, you should be fine overall.

I don't think it's crushing them. It's resting on them. Maybe applying a little pressure (which will probably be relieved when the board is standing upright in a case). I am thinking of ditching the 240mm top mount and just doing a front mount 280 mm (I have both here and will return/sell one) with the standard non-offset mounting. Something about this offset mount looks fishy to me. 

[trzy]

Fantastic. The screws are made of chalk and one of them immediately stripped and is now blocking the removal of the mounting bracket  This might not be recoverable and means I've lost a motherboard and a cooler.