2011-v3 Cooler Help

[lilshaney]

Hi everyone,

 

I have a little issue, I have an Asus X99-S motherboard and it has the mounting holes blocked. I am trying to mount a Coolermaster Siedon 120M, I know it does not require a backplate due to the blocked holes and the threaded holes next to the socket but do I need the standoffs (the chunky metal things that normally screw into the backplate)?? Please help I am very confused!

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Shane.

[G27Racer_188]

29 minutes ago, lilshaney said:

Hi everyone,

 

I have a little issue, I have an Asus X99-S motherboard and it has the mounting holes blocked. I am trying to mount a Coolermaster Siedon 120M, I know it does not require a backplate due to the blocked holes and the threaded holes next to the socket but do I need the standoffs (the chunky metal things that normally screw into the backplate)?? Please help I am very confused!

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Shane.

Yes you need standoffs. Seidon should come with special standoffs for lga 2011 socket according to the manual

(http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/cpu-liquid-cooler/seidon-120m/)

They are label with the letter "J".

 

[lilshaney]

4 minutes ago, G27Racer_188 said:

Yes you need standoffs. Seidon should come with special standoffs for lga 2011 socket according to the manual (file:///C:/Users/GORAN/Downloads/Seidon_120M_Manual.pdf)

They are label with the letter "J".

 

Just my luck, it's my brother cooler I'm borrowing a since he has a 1366 socket, the standoffs are different, I'll try find them, thanks alot!

[lilshaney]

11 minutes ago, G27Racer_188 said:

Yes you need standoffs. Seidon should come with special standoffs for lga 2011 socket according to the manual (file:///C:/Users/GORAN/Downloads/Seidon_120M_Manual.pdf)

They are label with the letter "J".

 

We ordered this accessories kit a while ago and it has nothing like the standoffs mentioned in the manual:/ 

[G27Racer_188]

6 minutes ago, lilshaney said:

We ordered this accessories kit a while ago and it has nothing like the standoffs mentioned in the manual:/ 

 

Those 4 standoffs in the bottom right look like the standoffs you need.

[lilshaney]

2 minutes ago, G27Racer_188 said:

Those 4 standoffs in the bottom right look like the standoffs you need.

These the ones?

[G27Racer_188]

1 minute ago, lilshaney said:

These the ones?

 

Yes, those look correct to me. If you have 2011 MB at hand you can easily try it and see if the thread on them matches the one on the motherboard,

[lilshaney]

2 minutes ago, G27Racer_188 said:

Yes, those look correct to me. If you have 2011 MB at hand you can easily try it and see if the thread on them matches the one on the motherboard,

They go into the motherboard perfectly but I have a strange feeling these are for a Corsair H100 GTX and won't fit the cooler:/

[lilshaney]

4 minutes ago, lilshaney said:

They go into the motherboard perfectly but I have a strange feeling these are for a Corsair H100 GTX and won't fit the cooler:/

Maybe not...

[G27Racer_188]

5 minutes ago, lilshaney said:

They go into the motherboard perfectly but I have a strange feeling these are for a Corsair H100 GTX and won't fit the cooler:/

No they are for the Seidon. Corsairs H100 GTX uses 2011 standoffs that have threads on both sides.

[lilshaney]

1 minute ago, G27Racer_188 said:

No they are for the Seidon. Corsairs H100 GTX uses 2011 standoffs that have threads on both sides.

Just seems a bit weird, I have a bracket for the Siedon 120M here but it is an AMD one just to test the hole size on the standoffs and the screw seems maybe a mm too big, until my brother is home I can't test the Intel brackets actually on the cooler. Just looking inside his desktop the screws seem the same size that is why I'm a little concerned:/

[G27Racer_188]

2 minutes ago, lilshaney said:

Just seems a bit weird, I have a bracket for the Siedon 120M here but it is an AMD one just to test the hole size on the standoffs and the screw seems maybe a mm too big, until my brother is home I can't test the Intel brackets actually on the cooler. Just looking inside his desktop the screws seem the same size that is why I'm a little concerned:/

Is the seidon currently in use in his PC?

Anyway you need to use screws that came with the cooler, not some others you have lying around.

[lilshaney]

2 minutes ago, G27Racer_188 said:

Is the seidon currently in use in his PC?

Anyway you need to use screws that came with the cooler, not some others you have lying around.

These screws are for the cooler just on the AMD bracket the Intel bracket is currently in his PC so I can't test that until he is home in a bit. I can't see them using 2 different screw sizes for AMD and Intel?

[G27Racer_188]

6 minutes ago, lilshaney said:

These screws are for the cooler just on the AMD bracket the Intel bracket is currently in his PC so I can't test that until he is home in a bit. I can't see them using 2 different screw sizes for AMD and Intel?

Well, they should fit. If they don't then standoffs are fore some third cooler.

[lilshaney]

1 minute ago, G27Racer_188 said:

Well, they should fit. If they don't then standoffs are fore some third cooler.

That's not possible we have only ever owned 120M and H100i GTX 

[G27Racer_188]

6 minutes ago, lilshaney said:

That's not possible we have only ever owned 120M and H100i GTX 

Than we wait for your brother and the intel bracket.

[lilshaney]

1 hour ago, G27Racer_188 said:

Than we wait for your brother and the intel bracket.

Hello again, I have confirmation that the Intel screws are in fact smaller than the AMD ones and fit the standoffs perfectly! Thanks

[lilshaney]

On 07/02/2017 at 4:49 PM, G27Racer_188 said:

Than we wait for your brother and the intel bracket.

My test computer worked fine in the end, and the temps were great even under 100% load, never exceeded 55c. Didn't think this low end cooler would do so well against a 5930K!