[SOLVED] Replacing Corsair Cooler

[realjmc25]

I have a Corsair H100i V2 cooler attached to my Intel i5 chip. It has been acting up after the last Corsair Link update, max rpm's on startup. I have reverted back to a previous version but no change. I would like to remove the cooler and replace with a normal block fan, is this possible and is there a step by step anywhere. I am not a seasoned tech but I would like to attempt this myself.

 

[geofelt]

What are the rest of your specs, including case?
What do you mean by "normal block fan"?

Do you have a budget?

 

[realjmc25]

Here are the parts I have :

Corsair - Carbide Clear 600C ATX Full Tower Case
MSI - Z170A GAMING M7 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Intel - Core i5-6500 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor
Asus - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB STRIX Video Card
EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Corsair - H100i v2 70.69 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Kingston - Savage 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

When I purchased the cpu it came with its own fan(which I no longer have) I am wondering if I could get rid of the corsair cooler and just replace the stock fan for the cpu. Apologies, my tech skills are lacking.

I have a moderate budget.

 

[geofelt]

The stock cooler that comes with a i5-6500 is entirely adequate.
There should be three grey strips on the cooler if it has not been used before.
If it has been used before, you will need to buy a tube of thermal paste to reinstall the cooler.

----------------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.
Clean off old paste with alcohol and a lint free paper like a coffee filter.

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[realjmc25]

When it comes to removing the corsair cooler, is it as simple as just removing from the case. Are there any special steps I need to take. I just want to do an easy swap. Will there be certain BIOS settings I need to adjust ?