Wraith spire installation

[Mercuryaces]

Is it just me or is it difficult to install the wraith spire? When I put it on, I had to apply a good amount of vertical pressure for the screws to meet the holes and thread properly. Is this pressure bad for the cpu? Could I have damaged it doing this?

[Crunchy Dragon]

Probably not, I had to use a fair amount of force to get my stock cooler on(granted I was on FM2, not AM4).

[Mercuryaces]

11 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Probably not, I had to use a fair amount of force to get my stock cooler on(granted I was on FM2, not AM4).

And if it runs fine then there was no damage done? Nothing that would rear its head down the line?

[Thermosman]

34 minutes ago, Mercuryaces said:

Is it just me or is it difficult to install the wraith spire? When I put it on, I had to apply a good amount of vertical pressure for the screws to meet the holes and thread properly. Is this pressure bad for the cpu? Could I have damaged it doing this?

no, tighten them all the way

[Mercuryaces]

31 minutes ago, Thermosman said:

no, tighten them all the way

I did tighten them, the issue was the pressure I had to apply so that the screws would initially meet the holes.

[Crunchy Dragon]

28 minutes ago, Mercuryaces said:

I did tighten them, the issue was the pressure I had to apply so that the screws would initially meet the holes.

The only problem I had with my system was an inadequate CPU and recently a bricked PSU. If your board is noticeably flexing, definitely let off the pressure on the screws by a little bit. If not, no reason to worry.

[FuzzyLogic]

It's fine, my cooler took a lot of force to screw down as well.