Please help with cpu cooler

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Hello. In the following picture, is it bad if the cpu cooler's back plate is touching the case?

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The cooler is the coolermaster 612, mobo is asus maximus v gene.

The area with the red circles is where it's touching the case. I haven't switched it on at all yet.
 
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To my knowledge that doesn't matter, unless it is putting strain on the mobo which wouldn't be good.
 
it can only help as some heat will be conducted into the chassis.
 
It won't matter, your chassis is already grounded thanks to the spacers. Though I would tape over the edges of the backplate cut-out if I were you.

Can never be too careful...
 
Archer said:
What for??
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Avoiding any possibility of a short-circuit, duh! You know those motherboards that don't use spacers and instead just use risers with screw-holes? I always tape them over because with all the chassis I've build with those stupid risers there's always been a short somewhere down the line because of the use of incorrect screws. Better to be on the safe side, really.
 
And how does that apply to the cooler that is electrically isolated from the motherboard?
If you have a short somewhere else through these screw risers (brass standoffs, is that what you are talking about?), taping up the backplate cutout is gonna do absolutely nothing :confused:

But duh, I guess being an electrical engineer I didnt know that

edit: @OP - I ran my previous PC like that, the backplate touching my case and had no issues. It will be fine as long as you followed the installation instructions correctly
 
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Archer said:
edit: @OP - I ran my previous PC like that, the backplate touching my case and had no issues. It will be fine as long as you followed the installation instructions correctly
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Cool thanks for the info. I did already put 2 small pieces of electrical tape on the back plate before I saw your post :p but good to know anyway.

PostmanPot said:
:D
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Hey it's my first time :D

BTW I'm getting around 25 degrees idle and around 40 degrees after a few minutes of prime95, what temperatures should I look out for before getting too hot? I plan on overclocking to at least 4ghz maybe 4.2 ghz for now.
 
Should be fine then, but I'd wager you had a pretty cold room when doing those tests. Just keep an eye on things when summer rolls around again.
Tcase is 67.4°C so core temps around 80°C should be fine. But the general rule is to keep your cores under Tcase to help with longevity. To help keep temps low look for the lowest stable voltage you can run at, voltage increases temps much faster than clocks
 
Archer said:
Should be fine then, but I'd wager you had a pretty cold room when doing those tests. Just keep an eye on things when summer rolls around again.
Tcase is 67.4°C so core temps around 80°C should be fine. But the general rule is to keep your cores under Tcase to help with longevity. To help keep temps low look for the lowest stable voltage you can run at, voltage increases temps much faster than clocks
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Yeah it was quite cold :o

I had a quick look in the bios this morning and noticed a option where you could "level up" your cpu which basically just let's you pick a speed. However the options start from 4.2ghz and I didn't see a 4ghz option. Should it be safe to just select the 4.2 or must I rather fiddle directly with the multiplier and shoot for 4ghz first?

BTW thanks for all the info
 
The quick option should give a stable start point, but usually uses just a wee too much voltage to account for variances in the voltage that different CPUs of the same model will need. I will usually use it, and then tweak the settings until I'm happy.
 
One last question. Is it normal for the mobo or display card to be slightly bent? I mean when i got the mobo it wasnt perfectly flat, it was a bit concave; subtle but still concave none the less.

Same thing with the display cards. They slightly bent as well perhaps because of the weight of their heatsink? (the display cards have already been used for a while)
 
stevovo said:
One last question. Is it normal for the mobo or display card to be slightly bent? I mean when i got the mobo it wasnt perfectly flat, it was a bit concave; subtle but still concave none the less.

Same thing with the display cards. They slightly bent as well perhaps because of the weight of their heatsink? (the display cards have already been used for a while)
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It's not ok for the motherboard to be "bent" it's ok though for the graphics card although some cases have brackets to help support the graphics card.
 
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