Question Asus X870E Hero - - - Primary NVMe pushed down by Liquid Freezer III ?

[deadeye22]

I think I'm bending ny motherboard. I've got an Asus X870E Hero and the primary NVMe (closest to the CPU) has a very tall heatsink. The back of the pump of the Liquid Freezer III is pushing against the heatsink (pictures to follow tomorrow) . I'm building in my office at work so I've left it for today.

My question it twofold and would appreciate anyone's assistance because i won't be able to sleep tonight and think I've wasted my money. Can I buy an aftermarket heatsink and will it still fit in terms of slotting in the port? I'm thinking for the Sabrent heatsink v2.0 which is 2.4 centimetres tall. Or should i just leave it without a heatsink?

I'm also thinking of repasting since I will have to remove the pump to remove the existing heatsink as well. Can I get away without repasting? It's an Arctix MX-6 I've used

 

[Lutfij]

What case are you working with? can you pass on an image of the motherboard being bent? PCB's are flexible and if you look at motherboard's that had lower PCB layer count, you'd see the motherboard bowing without a processor or a cooler mounted to said motherboard.

Host your images on a site akin to Imgur and then pass on the link for us to see what you're seeing.

No, you will need to reapply your thermal paste after removing it with isopropyl alcohol.

 

[CountMike]

I think I'm bending ny motherboard. I've got an Asus X870E Hero and the primary NVME (closest to the CPU) has a very tall heatsink. The back of the pump of the Liquid Freezer III is pushing against the heatsink (pictures to follow tomorrow) . I'm building in my office at work so I've left it for today.

My question it twofold and would appreciate anyone's assistance because i won't be able to sleep tonight and think I've wasted my money. Can I buy an aftermarket heatsink and will it still fit in terms of slotting in the port? I'm thinking for the Sabrent heatsink v2.0 which is 2.4 centimetres tall. Or should i just leave it without a heatsink?

I'm also thinking of repasting since I will have to remove the pump to remove the existing heatsink as well. Can I get away without repasting? It's an Arctix MX-6 I've used

That heat sink is made so tall because of PCIe v5.0 NVMe SSD, if you have 4.0 it's not going to heat as much so lower cooler will do fine.
As for re-pasting , it's mandatory any time you remove cooler. Get some paste beforehand but cooler came with enough paste for at least 2 applications, if you used it all up in one application, you put too much.

 

[deadeye22]

Thank you both for the responses. I have cleaned the thermal paste off and will try repasting again tomorrow. I've uploaded the pictures, and to be honest, looking at them, I didn't even align the cooler. It doesn't look flat does it?

https://imgur.com/a/nVMYTim

View: https://imgur.com/a/nVMYTim


My new concern is, I think I used too much thermal paste, so when I was trying to screw in the AIO, I ended up with some thermal paste that fell off the IHS. it's in the corner of the PCB so not touching the golden bits. I know the MX-6 is non-conductive but still scary to see. Am I safe?

 

[CountMike]

Thank you both for the responses. I have cleaned the thermal paste off and will try repasting again tomorrow. I've uploaded the pictures, and to be honest, looking at them, I didn't even align the cooler. It doesn't look flat does it?

https://imgur.com/a/nVMYTim

View: https://imgur.com/a/nVMYTim


My new concern is, I think I used too much thermal paste, so when I was trying to screw in the AIO, I ended up with some thermal paste that fell off the IHS. it's in the corner of the PCB so not touching the golden bits. I know the MX-6 is non-conductive but still scary to see. Am I safe?

Yeah I know, screws holding pump down are too short and difficult to start. Just check if you pplaced brackets that hold pump to MB if they are turned right way. My Asrock MB is micro, also has very tall M.2 cooler that still clears pump.