AM4 cooling

[Hunlight]

Hello,

I found outi n my coutnry there no cooling for AM4 at all, only find out Noctua's AM4 upgrade kit, so I can use noctua air cooling but it just too expensive, any idea will that kit fit to an watecooling of thermaltake performa 3.0 ?

[DrMikeNZ]

If you want an AIO for AM4, the Corsair H60, H100i (not the V2), or H110i (not the GTX) coolers are compatible and don't need an additional bracket.

[Hunlight]

Hmm

Just now, DrMikeNZ said:

If you want an AIO for AM4, the Corsair H60, H100i (not the V2), or H110i (not the GTX) coolers are compatible and don't need an additional bracket.

any official info/test confirming that ?

[DrMikeNZ]

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/am4-amd-retention-bracket-kit-for-hydro-series-coolers

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If you have CORSAIR Coolers: H60, H110i (H110i GT), H100i, the cooler is compatible with the existing AMD bracket out of the box.

 

I am using an H100i on my R7 1700.

[DrMikeNZ]

33 minutes ago, Abyssal Radon said:

Is the AM4 socket different from the earlier revisions from AMD?

The mounting holes are different to previous, so coolers which need to screw into a backplate are not compatible. However, the motherboards still come with the plastic clip mounting, which allows coolers which mount onto the 2 plastic clips to still be compatible.

This is why the older Corsair coolers which used the clip mounting are compatible with AM4, but the newer coolers which screw into the backplate are not.

Some of the AM4 motherboards have also included AM3 mounting holes in addition to the AM4 holes to increase backwards compatibility, although not many have this.

[Hunlight]

9 hours ago, DrMikeNZ said:

The mounting holes are different to previous, so coolers which need to screw into a backplate are not compatible. However, the motherboards still come with the plastic clip mounting, which allows coolers which mount onto the 2 plastic clips to still be compatible.

This is why the older Corsair coolers which used the clip mounting are compatible with AM4, but the newer coolers which screw into the backplate are not.

Some of the AM4 motherboards have also included AM3 mounting holes in addition to the AM4 holes to increase backwards compatibility, although not many have this.

oh I see the bracket same goes for thermaltake I looked for problem is there no in my country so I must buy it and wait fo it too long  kidna sucks but no other way.