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Mounting pressure for a tower cooler?

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17 hours ago, Zeke_ said:

I am using the LGA 1200 socket. Just 1 turn on each screw after you get it past no force?

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Yeah, once you start having so tension on the retention springs you're golden.

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Hey, I am building a new PC on Wednesday, and I am unsure as to how tight I need to tighten a tower style cooler. I want to make sure I don't damage the pins in the socket by overtightening. How tight should I tighten to make sure I still get good cooling but I don't damage anything? I have never used a cooler besides the stock cooler before. If it matters, I am going to be using the Vetroo V5

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14 minutes ago, Zeke_ said:

Hey, I am building a new PC on Wednesday, and I am unsure as to how tight I need to tighten a tower style cooler. I want to make sure I don't damage the pins in the socket by overtightening. How tight should I tighten to make sure I still get good cooling but I don't damage anything? I have never used a cooler besides the stock cooler before. If it matters, I am going to be using the Vetroo V5

LGA 1200 or LGA 1700?
You might have trouble with the latter.

The V5 has spring on it. I screw in with no force first and then I make a make a full screwdriver turn on each screw in a 1-3-4-2 pattern.

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28 minutes ago, Quickstrike said:

LGA 1200 or LGA 1700?
You might have trouble with the latter.

The V5 has spring on it. I screw in with no force first and then I make a make a full screwdriver turn on each screw in a 1-3-4-2 pattern.

I am using the LGA 1200 socket. Just 1 turn on each screw after you get it past no force?

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CPU: Pentium G4560  GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 OC  RAM: 8GB DDR4 2400mhz  CASE: NZXT S340  POWER SUPPLY: EVGA 500B MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte B250M-DS3H  STORAGE: 1tb Wd Blue 7200rpm hdd  MOUSE: Redragon M711 Cobra Chroma RGB 

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17 hours ago, Zeke_ said:

I am using the LGA 1200 socket. Just 1 turn on each screw after you get it past no force?

Good.
Yeah, once you start having so tension on the retention springs you're golden.

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CPU Ryzen 5900X - Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX X570-E - RAM 16GB of G.SKILL NEON 3600 -
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Corsair MP600 NVME 1 Tb, Samsung 960 PRO 500 Gb & 2 Seagate Baracuda 7200 RPM 2TB in stripe -
Display two VG27AQ 2K monitor - Cooling Corsair H150 Pro - 

Keyboard G-910 W/ Romer G tactile - Mouse G 502 Hero (wired) -
Sound Logitech X-530 and Razer Tiamat headphones

Operating System Windows 10

 

 

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On 1/18/2022 at 8:17 AM, Quickstrike said:

Good.
Yeah, once you start having so tension on the retention springs you're golden.

Thank you, I used this for my new build last night and everything is running smoothly. CPU is 28⁰C at idle.

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