Jump to content

Need help with a noob question about mobo's

MaartenZer0
 Share
Posted

My MSI 970 gaming just arrived, and I'm pairing it with a fx-8350 and a CM hyper 212 evo. I have just one question: will the weight of the CM hyper 212 evo be too much for the MSI 970 gaming? I wasn't able to find an official cpu cooler weight limit anywhere.

 

Thanks alot!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Motherboards can handle quite a bit of stress before breaking. And the hyper 212 evo isn't THAT heavy, and I'm pretty sure the board can handle it just fine.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

No cooler will ever be heavy enough to stress a mobo to the point of breaking or damaging it unless it's already defective. Don't worry about it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

My Noctua NH-D14 sits on my Gigabyte 970A-DS3 just fine, so there's no reason that thing shouldn't be fine.

DAYTONA

PROCESSOR - AMD RYZEN 7 3700X
MOTHERBOARD - ASUS PRIME X370-PRO
RAM - 32GB (4x8GB) CORSAIR VENGEANCE LPX DDR4-2400
CPU COOLING - NOCTUA NH-D14
GRAPHICS CARD - EVGA NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 980Ti SC+ ACX 2.0 w/ BACKPLATE
BOOT and PROGRAMS - CORSAIR MP600 1TB
GAMES and FILES - TOSHIBA 2TB
INTERNAL BACKUP - WESTERN DIGITAL GREEN 4TB
POWER SUPPLY - CORSAIR RM850i
CASE - CORSAIR OBSIDIAN 750D

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Haven't heard of any cooler breaking a mobo so you should be fine and height restriction is dependent on the Chassis

                                                                                                                 Setup

CPU: i3 4160|Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE|RAM: Kingston HyperX Blue 8GB(2x4GB)|GPU: Sapphire Nitro R9 380 4GB|PSU: Seasonic M12II EVO 620W Modular|Storage: 1TB WD Blue|Case: NZXT S340 Black|PCIe devices: TP-Link WDN4800| Montior: ASUS VE247H| Others: PS3/PS4

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory

×