Make use of those stock coolers

[SteinerW]

If you a hardware nut like me, you probably have a few stock cpu coolers laying around. Using stock LGA1150 coolers, I got a 4.2 GHz OC on my i5-4690K. I used the double cooler method. Basically I took to stock coolers and sandwiched them together. It actually works quite well, both with Intel and AMD coolers.

 

I use thermal paste and superglue to join the coolers. You can theoretically stack as many coolers as you want. I would have liked to have added a 3rd Intel heatsink to my stack, but I didn't have one. The AMD cooler can mount like any other AMD cooler, and for the Intel cooler, I used bolts.

 

I haven't tested the AMD cooler, but the double Intel cooler runs a good 10-15 degrees cooler than a single stocky.

 

 

[Hackentosher]

I just hang them on my christmas tree.

[aisle9]

Do you have any pictures of the coolers in your PC? 

[Boobies Sprinkle]

Does the CPU heat will melt the superglue? 

[SteinerW]

5 minutes ago, Boobies Sprinkle said:

Does the CPU heat will melt the superglue? 

No. I've been running it for a few weeks and haven't had a problem.

 

5 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Do you have any pictures of the coolers in your PC? 

No. The computer running it is at my parents house. I usually control it remotely. I keep it there because they have way better internet than what I can get here.

[Moonzy]

so my theory of stacking 3 intel heatsinks and ziptie them onto a FX9590 will actually work?

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[SteinerW]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

so my theory of stacking 3 intel heatsinks and ziptie them onto a FX9590 will actually work?

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Yeah... No.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, 3DGamerOnSteam said:

Yeah... No.

[WoodenMarker]

42 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

so my theory of stacking 3 intel heatsinks and ziptie them onto a FX9590 will actually work?

Try it and tell us how it goes.

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, WoodenMarker said:

Try it and tell us how it goes.

i would but i need a fx9590 as well as an msi 970 krait motherboard first

[kais246]

Haha good stuff! Tip, if you mount an aftermarket PWM fan on it with zip ties, you're in for an even better time. Mind you it's a little harder to jimmy together the mounting to the motherboard.