AM4 cooler retention brackets, where to find? (Anyone have spare??)

[Sephnroth]

I cannot for the life of my find the two plastic brackets that came with my mobo to fit standard am4 cooler. For some reason amd don’t use their own design so has to remove them for wraith. Just bought new AiO system and can’t fit the damn thing!

Currently in UK my options seem to be Chinese eBay replacement, wait one month for delivery. Or buy cheapest (£35) am4 mobo on amazon and nick the bracket. Ungh.

Anyone have a better idea or better yet anyone with a dead board willing to sell?

As an aside, are there 3d printable files for these? I do know someone with a printer! (Although I question 3d layer printed material being strong enough for that kind of tension)

 

[ElectrO_90]

You haven't mentioned your motherboard or your cooler.

 

[Sephnroth]

Electro: as far as I’m aware (clicking on images of different am4 mobos) the mounting brackets are the same on all of them but sure:
Gigabyte Aorus AM4 gaming 5 (x370 iirc?)
Coolermaster MasterLiquid ML240L RGB AIO

 

[drea.drechsler]

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Currently in UK my options seem to be Chinese eBay replacement, wait one month for delivery. Or buy cheapest (£35) am4 mobo on amazon and nick the bracket. Ungh.

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Third option: locate a defective AM4 motherboard (ebay? amazon? local swap meet? trash bin at local computer shop?) and get them off that. The mounting holes in the boards are a standard dimension, both size and location, as are the tabs on the plastic bracket with respect to the mounting holes. That means the brackets off any motherboard, regardless of manufacturer, should work.

But, not necessarily. Board thickness could vary, so the length of the 'stand-off' part that fits in the motherboard needs to allow the screws to tighten the backplate (you didn't say, so I assume you still have your motherboard's backplate) firmly against the motherboard.

 

[ElectrO_90]

Contact Coolermaster as they will probably provide you one for free or very cheap.