no backplate

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    Question How do I mount cooler without backplate?

    I recently bought a Z400 board with it's cooler/fan, but without the backplate. I tried booting up and using the PC without mounting the cooler (just standing on the cpu with paste) (because I'm an idiot) and it runs not bad actually. Idle temp is 10-20+room temp, while load temp is 30-40+ room...
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    Are these all compatible?

    HI, Can I please know if these parts are compatable with eachother? AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz Socket AM3+ 14MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor with MSI Radeon R9 380 GAMING 4GB GDDR5 Dual-Link DVI-D HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card with My motherboard: Acer RS880M05 I don't know my case, if I figure...