Push-pin Heat Sink

[Xandos]

Hi everyone. Is there a heat sink that mounts exactly like the Intel's stock cooler? It's really hard to remove my mini-itx motherboard from the case (Raijintek Metis) to install the backplate that most heat sinks in the market have. Intel's stock cooler is pretty loud and doesn't dissipate heat really good. So I'm looking for a cooler that's both silent and does a better job at cooling. 

[Tedster]

Hi everyone. Is there a heat sink that mounts exactly like the Intel's stock cooler? It's really hard to remove my mini-itx motherboard from the case (Raijintek Metis) to install the backplate that most heat sinks in the market have. Intel's stock cooler is pretty loud and doesn't dissipate heat really good. So I'm looking for a cooler that's both silent and does a better job at cooling. 

I have a feeling that sadly there isn't going to be much out there, probably because Intel's push-pin idea isn't particularly good for a larger heatsink. Speaking of this mounting mechanism, I had an intel stock cooler unmount itself just from vibrations.

However, I'll go and look..

[Emanuel_M]

Hi everyone. Is there a heat sink that mounts exactly like the Intel's stock cooler? It's really hard to remove my mini-itx motherboard from the case (Raijintek Metis) to install the backplate that most heat sinks in the market have. Intel's stock cooler is pretty loud and doesn't dissipate heat really good. So I'm looking for a cooler that's both silent and does a better job at cooling.

noctua nh-l9i

[Tedster]

Hi everyone. Is there a heat sink that mounts exactly like the Intel's stock cooler? It's really hard to remove my mini-itx motherboard from the case (Raijintek Metis) to install the backplate that most heat sinks in the market have. Intel's stock cooler is pretty loud and doesn't dissipate heat really good. So I'm looking for a cooler that's both silent and does a better job at cooling. 

 

 

I have a feeling that sadly there isn't going to be much out there, probably because Intel's push-pin idea isn't particularly good for a larger heatsink. Speaking of this mounting mechanism, I had an intel stock cooler unmount itself just from vibrations.

However, I'll go and look..

Okay, the Arctic Alpine 11 GT Rev. 2 seems to be what you're after but I'm not sure that it's much of an upgrade from the stock heatsink.

http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Alpine-Rev-CPU-Cooler/dp/B002D2H9W0

[Oberon.Smite]

Okay, the Arctic Alpine 11 GT Rev. 2 seems to be what you're after but I'm not sure that it's much of an upgrade from the stock heatsink.

http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Alpine-Rev-CPU-Cooler/dp/B002D2H9W0

The Freezer 7 Pro is also an option.

[cesrai]

Okay, the Arctic Alpine 11 GT Rev. 2 seems to be what you're after but I'm not sure that it's much of an upgrade from the stock heatsink.

http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Alpine-Rev-CPU-Cooler/dp/B002D2H9W0

I shacked my case so hard ( without GPU installed ) and it didn't fall and it was secure. Are you sure you installed properly ? you may have not pushed all the pins fully.

[Tedster]

I shacked my case so hard ( without GPU installed ) and it didn't fall and it was secure. Are you sure you installed properly ? you may have not pushed all the pins fully.

They were pushed in fully. It popped off on a corner and all of a sudden I was getting thermal throttling. When I installed it I was making sure that they were all the way in but I didn't want to flex my mobo. It doesn't have holes for all of the ATX standoffs even though it's an ATX board...

[cesrai]

They were pushed in fully. It popped off on a corner and all of a sudden I was getting thermal throttling. When I installed it I was making sure that they were all the way in but I didn't want to flex my mobo. It doesn't have holes for all of the ATX standoffs even though it's an ATX board...

My problem is similar to yours as my motherboard has holes but the case doesn't.... like WTF it's an mATX MoBo and the case supports mATX.

[Xandos]

noctua nh-l9i

The newegg description for that cooler is: "should be used with care on CPUs with more than 65W TDP (Thermal Design Power)." My CPU is 95W, so it may get a little hot under this cooler.

 

Okay, the Arctic Alpine 11 GT Rev. 2 seems to be what you're after but I'm not sure that it's much of an upgrade from the stock heatsink.

http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Alpine-Rev-CPU-Cooler/dp/B002D2H9W0

There are a lot of bad reviews on this cooler. But for $10, there's almost no risk haha.

 

I have a feeling that sadly there isn't going to be much out there, probably because Intel's push-pin idea isn't particularly good for a larger heatsink. Speaking of this mounting mechanism, I had an intel stock cooler unmount itself just from vibrations.

However, I'll go and look..

That's some crazy vibrations you got there. I never had any problems with stock cooler, except for them being loud. 

[FizzyFantom]

If your case can accomidate a tower heatsink then I can recommend the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. It's decently quiet and mounts with pushpins using a pretty solid mount:

http://www.arctic.ac/uk_en/freezer-7-pro-rev-2.html

[CalculuS]

Okay, the Arctic Alpine 11 GT Rev. 2 seems to be what you're after but I'm not sure that it's much of an upgrade from the stock heatsink.

http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Alpine-Rev-CPU-Cooler/dp/B002D2H9W0

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/arctic-cooling-alpine-11-pro-cpu-cooler-review/5/

 

Its not that bad, it handles a 130W tdp QX6850.