Mounting and using a Cooler Master ML360 Sub-Zero on AM5

[Conza]

Budget (including currency): infinite, $60AUD more maybe, idk.

Country: Australia

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Fun really, something to muck around with

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

 

I'll leave the build below, I've got it open but I don't have the preview feature so I might've picked the wrong format.

 

I want to do the following

 

Cooler Master ML360 SZ - I found and bought this for a very very very low price. It's normally $255 USD with tax, I bought it for $74 USD with tax and delivery. Always thought it was a really cool thing and that I'd never buy it because, I don't have a socket 1200 CPU, etc.

But at this price, hell it'll be a fun project to muck around with even if I don't keep it hooked up, I may if it works out well.

 

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Noctua NM-M1-MP83, this will adapt, hopefully, the LGA1200 75x75mm mounting holes to AM5, which is 54x90mm

 

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The Cryo Cooler Controller program here, which looks like it'll allow me to detect the software? Doesn't say its limited to LGA1200 or even Intel CPUs?  https://github.com/juvgrfunex/cryo-cooler-controller

 

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Onto this existing PC build... I bought this a while ago and the prices are in AUD so don't freak out, it's a $2200 USD computer from mid to late 2023.

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/wv9JgB

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  (Purchased For $447.37)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For $190.07)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For $389.27)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (Purchased For $181.77)
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For $198.37)
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  (Purchased For $1499.00)
Case: Cooler Master MasterCase SL600M ATX Mid Tower Case  (Purchased For $189.00)
Power Supply: Corsair RM850x SHIFT 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular Side Interface ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For $181.77)
Custom: PCIe 4.0 riser cable (Purchased For $50.00)
Total: $3326.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-04-28 20:29 AEST+1000

Edited April 28 by Conza
Fixed PCPartpicker list

[jaslion]

1 hour ago, Conza said:

Noctua NM-M1-MP83, this will adapt, hopefully, the LGA1200 75x75mm mounting holes to AM5, which is 54x90mm

For noctua coolers yes. The sub zero uses a pretty unique backplate so it can properly mount making it forver lga1200 locked. It's off standard mounting. Without it's back plate the mounting pressure is just not there and it simply doesn't attach properly.

 

So unfortunately no it's not compatible. There's been multiple people that tried and it simply doesn't fit with any adapters or if it can fit it cools like crap because it can't be mounted properly.

 

So unfortunately no it is actually lga1200 locked as it is PRECISION made for that socket and only that socket.

[Conza]

7 hours ago, jaslion said:

For noctua coolers yes. The sub zero uses a pretty unique backplate so it can properly mount making it forver lga1200 locked. It's off standard mounting. Without it's back plate the mounting pressure is just not there and it simply doesn't attach properly.

 

So unfortunately no it's not compatible. There's been multiple people that tried and it simply doesn't fit with any adapters or if it can fit it cools like crap because it can't be mounted properly.

 

So unfortunately no it is actually lga1200 locked as it is PRECISION made for that socket and only that socket.

Hmm, well, I'm interested in doing this, I think there must be a way, maybe the AM5 backplate will work, not sure.

[jaslion]

13 hours ago, Conza said:

Hmm, well, I'm interested in doing this, I think there must be a way, maybe the AM5 backplate will work, not sure.

You'll want a sacrificial one and then see if you can get some metal plates where the cooler drills in to. Then have those plates attach to the backplate with screws. Or well ya know zipties and send it . Main issue with this cooler is it is focused on cooling a monolithic die and HARD focuses on it so even with perfect mounting pressure expect worse cooling on amd chips due to their layout

[Conza]

51 minutes ago, jaslion said:

You'll want a sacrificial one and then see if you can get some metal plates where the cooler drills in to. Then have those plates attach to the backplate with screws. Or well ya know zipties and send it . Main issue with this cooler is it is focused on cooling a monolithic die and HARD focuses on it so even with perfect mounting pressure expect worse cooling on amd chips due to their layout

I think it'll be worth it, I find that Zen4 CPUs run very hot, I know it's "by design" but it's designed to go for 100C without worrying about it, it sits at 45C at idle in a 20C room, so if the whole cold plate is at, 15C, I'm convinced it will naturally keep the whole package cooler, even if it's sub-optimal to how cool a monolithic CPU die would be cooled with the same energy.

 

Anyway, we'll see

[TLN]

On 4/29/2025 at 4:00 AM, Conza said:

I think it'll be worth it, I find that Zen4 CPUs run very hot, I know it's "by design" but it's designed to go for 100C without worrying about it, it sits at 45C at idle in a 20C room, so if the whole cold plate is at, 15C, I'm convinced it will naturally keep the whole package cooler, even if it's sub-optimal to how cool a monolithic CPU die would be cooled with the same energy.

 

Anyway, we'll see

Hi there. Glad that I found this topic.

I got same cooler coming and planning to use it on AM5. Have no idea what needs to be done exactly, but seems that it will need custom bracket to keep in place to start with. I got access to EK TEK waterblock and it works on AM5 after messing with some software.

 

Let me know if you got some progress with that cooler that you can share.