Just realised my cooler has been installed slightly off centre for the past 3 and a half years

[Hugs12343]

In the pictures, I unhooked the lever for the cooler. So don't worry.

 

Temps have been fine for the past 3 and a half years. Never getting above 70C in Aussies hot climate.

 

Interested to see how it performs, if any different with the cooler mounted properly. I need to get some more thermal paste first though. Will update.

 

Check your coolers!!! What a noob I was to pc building 4 years ago.

[Hugs12343]

BTW, I only saw this cause I took the cpu fan off to clean the blades and heatsink

[CommanderAlex]

That's quite a strange CPU cooler mounting system...are you sure this is the correct one for this socket? 

 

It's not as bad as me; using the NH-D15 on a i7-9800X where I only tightened the top screw a couple full turns and the bottom screw about 1 1/2 turns, explained for the temperature fluctuations in games between 50-65 ^oC...thank God for the thermal paste as it showed it hardly any spread towards that bottom screw and spread on the top screw!

[HanZie82]

3 minutes ago, SpiderMan said:

That's quite a strange CPU cooler mounting system...are you sure this is the correct one for this socket?

Looks like AMD cpu socket. Ive seen plenty of AM3 sockets with this mounting method.

But if it worked theres no problem, but after 3 years you will need new thermal paste. And if you can try and mount it correctly, but i doubt if you would notice the difference in temps.

[CommanderAlex]

Just now, HanZie82 said:

Looks like AMD cpu socket. Ive seen plenty of AM3 sockets with this mounting way.

But if it worked theres no problem, but after 3 years you will need new thermal paste. And if you can try and mount it correctly, but i doubt if you would notice the difference in temps.

Ah ok, never seen a cooler use thin metal clips like in the OP for the CPU cooler mounting mechanism. 

 

Yes, luckily for OP, it works and his temperatures are not a concern after 3 years using it like this. 

[Hugs12343]

6 hours ago, SpiderMan said:

That's quite a strange CPU cooler mounting system...are you sure this is the correct one for this socket? 

 

It's not as bad as me; using the NH-D15 on a i7-9800X where I only tightened the top screw a couple full turns and the bottom screw about 1 1/2 turns, explained for the temperature fluctuations in games between 50-65 ^oC...thank God for the thermal paste as it showed it hardly any spread towards that bottom screw and spread on the top screw!

Yes it's right. It's for Am4.  Specifically the original ryzen 1. I have a 1600x and cm t4.  It uses two clips either side of the socket. But the cantering metal piece was never lined up in the slot. Silly me. From memory, I tried to install it in the case where I couldn't see

[Hugs12343]

6 hours ago, HanZie82 said:

Looks like AMD cpu socket. Ive seen plenty of AM3 sockets with this mounting method.

But if it worked theres no problem, but after 3 years you will need new thermal paste. And if you can try and mount it correctly, but i doubt if you would notice the difference in temps.

Yes that's right. This is an am4 socket on an asrock x370 board. Just lucky I didn't damage cpu with uneven pressure. Gonna get some new thermal paste today. Probably needed replacing as it's just the stock stuff that came with the cooler.

 

I'm getting some noctua  nt h1.

[Hugs12343]

6 hours ago, SpiderMan said:

Ah ok, never seen a cooler use thin metal clips like in the OP for the CPU cooler mounting mechanism. 

 

Yes, luckily for OP, it works and his temperatures are not a concern after 3 years using it like this. 

Yes certainly very lucky. You can see from these pictures how the centre tab is supposed to sit in the cooler. It was offset because this cooler is quite difficult to install.

 

 

[CommanderAlex]

4 minutes ago, Hugs12343 said:

Yes certainly very lucky. You can see from these pictures how the centre tab is supposed to sit in the cooler. It was offset because this cooler is quite difficult to install.

 

 

 

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Ah ok, makes more sense now with the pictures. Originally, the clip looked like a metal wire and not a thin piece of flat metal. Have to put the clip in first; aligned with the center support in the middle of the clip and the coldplate's specific slot. 

[Hugs12343]

39 minutes ago, SpiderMan said:

Ah ok, makes more sense now with the pictures. Originally, the clip looked like a metal wire and not a thin piece of flat metal. Have to put the clip in first; aligned with the center support in the middle of the clip and the coldplate's specific slot. 

Yes. This time, I'll do it without the fan installed so I can see better. I think last time, I put the top clip on, then the bottom clip and didn't realise the centre clip was there.

 

This time, the centre notch goes in the slot first. Then the outer clips go on after.

[Hugs12343]

Update on the situation. Installed cpu cooler with new paste properly (see picture).

 

 

Temps are actully slightly cooler. Maybe by about 5-6°C. It is a fairly hot day today of around 30°C.

 

Before, I would get an idle of around 45°C. Now it's more around 39°C at idle (or actually while using zoom).

 

Impressive.

 

I did install some new case fans in the front though. Now I have 2 intake and 3 exhaust (1 back, 2 top). So maybe it's just that but regardless, I'm happy.

[Blue4130]

23 hours ago, SpiderMan said:

Ah ok, never seen a cooler use thin metal clips like in the OP for the CPU cooler mounting mechanism. 

 

Yes, luckily for OP, it works and his temperatures are not a concern after 3 years using it like this. 

Almost all coolers used to be like this (pre-2007ish) except instead of the black lever, you needed to push it down with a flathead screwdriver. Many Motherboards were killed by someone slipping and stabbing the board. 

[CommanderAlex]

Just now, Blue4130 said:

Almost all coolers used to be like this (pre-2007ish) except instead of the black lever, you needed to push it down with a flathead screwdriver. Many Motherboards were killed by someone slipping and stabbing the board. 

Wow, I never knew that. I just got into PC gaming about 8 years ago. I did use a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO, which has like a pin in the center of the heatsink, similar to the CM.