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Thread ID: 97063 2009-02-03 05:07:00 Aftermarket CPU Cooler. blueblue (14579) Press F1
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744453 2009-02-03 05:07:00 Hi im looking for some suggestions on a aftermarket CPU cooler. Ive tryed to install the stock intel fan but with the push pins it is impossible to correctly install and mount the heatsink. Any tips?

So I would like some recommendations on some cpu coolers that are easy/possible to install and give low temperatures.

Thanks.
blueblue (14579)
744454 2009-02-03 05:12:00 Welcome to PressF1

What's the CPU?
stormdragon (6013)
744455 2009-02-03 05:17:00 CPU is a E8500 blueblue (14579)
744456 2009-02-03 05:22:00 Watch this (nz.youtube.com)

Dont try and do it while its in the case tho

It'll probably make things harder

The mobo manual usually shows / tells you how to install one
Speedy Gonzales (78)
744457 2009-02-03 05:23:00 For a low price the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro or the Alpine.

Higher price would be the thermalright ultra 120 extreme

Blam
Blam (54)
744458 2009-02-03 05:37:00 seen the video before. But the problem I have is getting the black centers of the pins underneath the mobo to be allign with the white outer rims of the pins. I cannot get all the pins to look like the first pin installation. Furtherest i got was 3 pins and the 4th just wouldnt go through no matter the ammount of force I applied. blueblue (14579)
744459 2009-02-03 05:38:00 For a low price the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro or the Alpine.

Higher price would be the thermalright ultra 120 extreme

Blam


I would go with the freezer pro 7 but it has push pins :(
blueblue (14579)
744460 2009-02-03 06:11:00 the way i found to do it is to put the cpu and cooler on the mobo before you put it in the case if it is a new build that way you can give more pressure to the clips. Is it the standard round one? nedkelly (9059)
744461 2009-02-03 06:14:00 Which is what I said, install it before you put it in the case

If youre trying to install it with the mobo, in the case
Speedy Gonzales (78)
744462 2009-02-03 06:43:00 Na ive taken the mobo out of the case and trying to get the pins down but the black centers just wont go through.

It doesnt matter how much pressure I apply they wont click down. For example, one time I managed to 3 pins down. (looking from underneath the mobo the pins all looked the same. The black center was pushed right through in aline with the white outer part.)

The last pin, the black center of the pin would only go half way. I got a flat screwdriver and applied force by putting the head in the groove/gap on top of the pin and pressing pretty much as hard as I could with two hands, but it wouldnt lock down. How is this not possible?

I would never install the cooler in the case cause then I wouldnt be able to see underneath the mobo if the pins where pushed down to the right level.
blueblue (14579)
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