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[EMoney129]

32 GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4 CL16/3200mhz4 TB of Gen 4 SSD for Windows 11 OS and game library, 4 TB HDD for Music, Art and Photo storageSony Soundbar for audio, Corsair M65 wired and Logitech G305 wirelessRed Dragon K530 60% Keyboard, Lian Li 205MGigabyte RX 6800 Gaming OC, DeepCool AK620Ryzen 5600X3DLG 32" 1440p/Asus 24" 1080p, Vivo Dual monitor, Primus, A Perfect Circle and Queens of the Stone Age show posters, a pile of guitar pedals stored in a shelving unit, guitars, amp, cab sim and audio interface to the right.

[mengelag · Accepted solution]

love the Tenacious D ref!

[EMoney129]

And that's why you're my new favorite moderator 🤣🤘

[BigAl01]

Favorite moderator?  How did @mengelag earn that?

[mengelag]

I've seen The D twice live and Pick of destiny is my fave movie. You've found the right guy haha

[BigAl01]

Which Micro Center did you pick up your AMD 5600X3D CPU?  I got mine at the Fairfax, Virginia store.

[EMoney129]

Denver, CO. Drove up and snagged it last year before I built my new PC.

[s4mi40]

Hi there,

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Enjoy your meal and happy reading!

[JohWill]

Ok so….  We have used a few air coolers with heat pipes like the assassin style one and two fan setups.  Well a few of them when mounted vertically like in a normal atx “like your machine-photo” and had 3/8th of the cooler lift off the IHS?  They work beautiful if they flat like the older Thermaltake v1 or v21 cases.  We used Asus MBs so the two mounting screws were left to right and not top and bottom?   Wheee are your mounting screw located on your MB.  The cooling was getting into the 90s C so we pulled the cooler and noticed the paste squeezed out the bottom and still thick at the top.  Of course this was from the hanging weight of the large cooler with the two mounting screws on left and right sides.   Think they were all ASus mbs. Can’t remember because some do have top and bottom mounting instead.  Just wondering if anyone else had issues.  We can’t be the only one.  Ever since that we been using all AIO blocks.    The mb looks like the Asus pro boards we had. Had me thinking about this..  yep. So the mounting is top to bottom on other Asus prime mb but the adaptor for the cooler would go across and make your mounting points left and right causing cooler sag..

[EMoney129]

Mounted the cooler with the PC lying flat following included instructions and hardware. Removed fans, added thermal paste and spread with the included spatula, gently lowered into place and lined up screws. Tightened a few twists per screw and alternated back and forth to apply even pressure during install. You will need to secure cooler firmly, but be careful not overtighten. The heatsink should be making solid contact with the CPU and thermal paste should cover the entire contact area to optimize thermal dissipation. I would reinstall the cooler by removing, cleaning old thermal paste off cooler and CPU with 90%+ isopropyl alcohol. Check both the cooler and CPU to see if the thermal paste had spread well on your install. Double check your instructions for the cooler and make sure you installed the correct brackets and spacers, them reinstall following the method I described above. Hopefully, that will help you get secure fitment and better cooling results 👍