Thermal paste as glue

[Tom is a Door]

So, I just realized how fucked I am when I figured out that two of the most popular cpu cooler doesn't fit because my motherboard is not just Micro atx but it is also a "slim" model, meant to be couple inches less in terms of width than the standard micro atx. Rendering any ( so far tested with Cryorig M9a and Hyper 212 evo) after market cooler useless. M9a doesn't work because can't even use one of the front plates because Vram sets around the socket blocks it. With the 212 evo everything works fine until you try to actually screw in the scissor looking thing. the screw hole falls short  in length, you can only screw max 2 sides on the same side. After that the rest doesn't line up. So, by only using thermal paste and gravity i am keeping the cooler on top of the cpu, so far nothing terrible has happened. Performance at first was pretty good, after few hours it is normal, better than stock. Should I keep at this way? I don't care the fact that case is side way laid down.
Motherboard : Asus A78m-e (I am pretty sure it is discontinued)

Yes, I have looked up online/ manual on how to configure the scissor looking thing to fit for my fm2 socket.

Edited October 21, 2016 by Tom is a Door
Clarification

[Houndz199]

Sounds like a bad idea to me, if your going to keep it that way, at least enable emergency shutoff in your BIOS for CPU temp. I would set it at 90C.

[DarkEnergy]

3 minutes ago, Tom is a Door said:

gravity

Don't trust it, gravity's a bitch. 

[anybodykek]

Hold on, do you not have a stock cooler from AMD? Just return your cooler and try some low profile cooler from Noctua or Scythe. They work just fine and if you use decent thermal paste you should be fine for temps.....

[Sedorian]

Personally, I would search for any compatible cooler. Even the aforementioned stock cooler. Anything that securely adheres is better than one that doesn't. 

[Energycore]

Use the Linus solution: Zip Ties around the socket holes

 

To elaborate: if you just leave the cooler in there without a mechanism that puts force between the CPU and the cooler, it will perform bad. You will certainly hit thermal throttling thresholds.

[Tom is a Door]

16 hours ago, Houndz199 said:

Sounds like a bad idea to me, if your going to keep it that way, at least enable emergency shutoff in your BIOS for CPU temp. I would set it at 90C.

Is it a standard feature for all motherboards? I can't find that option in my bios

[SLAYR]

17 hours ago, Tom is a Door said:

So, I just realized how fucked I am when I figured out that two of the most popular cpu cooler doesn't fit because my motherboard is not just Micro atx but it is also a "slim" model, meant to be couple inches less in terms of width than the standard micro atx. Rendering any ( so far tested with Cryorig M9a and Hyper 212 evo) after market cooler useless. M9a doesn't work because can't even use one of the front plates because Vram sets around the socket blocks it. With the 212 evo everything works fine until you try to actually screw in the scissor looking thing. the screw hole falls short  in length, you can only screw max 2 sides on the same side. After that the rest doesn't line up. So, by only using thermal paste and gravity i am keeping the cooler on top of the cpu, so far nothing terrible has happened. Performance at first was pretty good, after few hours it is normal, better than stock. Should I keep at this way? I don't care the fact that case is side way laid down.
Motherboard : Asus A78m-e (I am pretty sure it is discontinued)

Yes, I have looked up online/ manual on how to configure the scissor looking thing to fit for my fm2 socket.

Both of those coolers should work fine on any fm2/fm2+ board, or really any socket motherboard besides older/obscure ones. 

 

The motherboard form factor has nothing to do with the cooler mount.

 

If you read the manual throughly it shoud tell you exactly how to configure it for an amd socket, and it does the fm2 socket is the same as the fm1, or am3, in terms of the cooler mount, look at the middle page at the bottom.

 

http://www.coolermaster.com/xresserver01-DLFILE-P1302180416de94-F13082600809a6e.html

[Houndz199]

1 hour ago, Tom is a Door said:

Is it a standard feature for all motherboards? I can't find that option in my bios

Honeslty not sure, mine has it. however I saw someone mentioning zipties and that sounds like a good idea to me

[Tom is a Door]

13 hours ago, SLAYR said:

Both of those coolers should work fine on any fm2/fm2+ board, or really any socket motherboard besides older/obscure ones. 

 

The motherboard form factor has nothing to do with the cooler mount.

 

If you read the manual throughly it shoud tell you exactly how to configure it for an amd socket, and it does the fm2 socket is the same as the fm1, or am3, in terms of the cooler mount, look at the middle page at the bottom.

 

http://www.coolermaster.com/xresserver01-DLFILE-P1302180416de94-F13082600809a6e.html

It was exactly my thought as well , I have revisited the manual several times wasted hours upon hours before reaching to my conclusion