Arctic freezer lp 11 and motherboard compatibility

[williamic1]

I have bought a gigabyte h81m d2v motherboard to replace the one a fried last week and am looking at getting an Arctic freezer LP 11 cooler to replace the stock cooler.

Has anyone had any issues with the fitting of the mounting brackets or is it a straightforward job, or is there a compatibility chart out there ? Thanks in advance

 

[geofelt]

From what I see, it is compatible and you should have no problem installing.
But... Why?

The cooler is no more efficient than the intel stock cooler.
Downdraft coolers are not very efficient compared to tower types which can have larger and quieter 120mm fans.

If you want a good cooler, and have 160mm space available, spend $35 on a scythe kotetsu.

If you want to remount your stock cooler, you will need some thermal paste, perhaps $5 for a tube.

----------------how to mount the stock Intel cooler--------------

The stock Intel cooler can be tricky to install.
A poor installation will result in higher cpu temperatures.
If properly mounted, you should expect temperatures at idle to be 10-15c. over ambient.

To mount the Intel stock cooler properly, place the motherboard on top of the foam or cardboard backing that was packed with the motherboard.
The stock cooler will come with paste pre applied, it looks like three grey strips.
The 4 push pins should come in the proper position for installation, that is with the pins rotated in the opposite direction of the arrow,(clockwise)
and pulled up as far as they can go.
Take the time to play with the pushpin mechanism until you know how they work.

Orient the 4 pins so that they are exactly over the motherboard holes.
If one is out of place, you will damage the pins which are delicate.
Push down on a DIAGONAL pair of pins at the same time. Then the other pair.

When you push down on the top black pins, it expands the white plastic pins to fix the cooler in place.

If you do them one at a time, you will not get the cooler on straight.
Lastly, look at the back of the motherboard to verify that all 4 pins are equally through the motherboard, and that the cooler is on firmly.
This last step must be done, which is why the motherboard should be out of the case to do the job. Or you need a case with a opening that lets you see the pins.
It is possible to mount the cooler with the motherboard mounted in the case, but you can then never be certain that the push pins are inserted properly
unless you can verify that the pins are through the motherboard and locked.

If you should need to remove the cooler, turn the pins counter clockwise to unlock them.
You will need to clean off the old paste and reapply new if you ever take the cooler off.
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[williamic1]

I only had an old intel stock cooler and found the Arctic for around 12 quid , I have no intentions of overclocking .... but wanted an easy to fit cooler , I’m quite clumsy and not very dexterous... all fitted now without a hitch 😉 cheers