Back plate mod for new generation cpu water blocks!

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Originally Posted by cdelong

am I missing something? Theres virtually no difference between load temps. Maybe I scanned the thread too quickly?

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exactly what I am thinking :banana: :banana:

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Originally Posted by Chas_The_Man

Zalman looks good too. And, I have one of those! You need longer bolts? I would have thought the ones that came with the fuzion had more than enough length to spare.

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The Fuzion bolts work fine you just have to use a drill bit 9/64 to make the holes wider on the thermalright back plate to fit the fuzion block screw studs.

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Originally Posted by GrimReaper

exactly what I am thinking :banana: :banana:

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There is a difference in temps when you mount the block correctly on the CPU with the back plate on. You have to remember this was not a water block shoot out, I didnt take time to make test data. All my screen shots are taken with 77F ambient room temperature, also with the pump at 50% and the 3 120mm fans at 5 out of 10 which is pretty quiet. Artic Silver has not cured yet either.

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Originally Posted by JamesTX10

If I remove the springs and go to the HARD MOUNT. How do I know how much to tighten it?

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http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...48#post1973448

on a dual core you just tighten hand tight. You will know when you get to the limit its better to stop when the bolts are all tight and check for temps in windows using core temp beta or tat.

on a quad core you go down to hand tight then tune it with coretemp beta program in windows which will tell you which screws are not even or if one is to tight and the other ones to loose.

Both methods should use a back plate whether its the springs or hard mount.

Thanks for the info. As I was installing I was thinking about this but my board didnt bow, but I'm sure it will over time. I might as well install this before it bows and starts to lose tension.

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Originally Posted by BlueAqua

Thanks for the info. As I was installing I was thinking about this but my board didnt bow, but I'm sure it will over time. I might as well install this before it bows and starts to lose tension.

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Dump the springs also and hard mount it. Just use your core temp beta program to check core temps this will tell you if you have maxed the screws out dont over torque go conservative and work down. Just hand tight at first then tighten each corner in star pattern. If you have a quad core, core temp beta will literally tell you which bolt is loose and which is to tight. See my guide.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=131481