Installing First Heat Sink.

[vesper39]

I am currently building my first setup. I've got a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus and i'm installing it on a ASUS Intel motherboard.

I've been following the instructions here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSq_xbxsm7Q

I have screwed in everything, but my Heatsink can still swivel around. Should it be able to move at all? Also is it supposed to be pretty firmly touching the CPU?

 

[airdata]

Looks pretty easy. don't over-torque the screws, but make sure they're tight. I dont think you should be able to easily swivel it.

It should be firmly on top of the cpu.

 

[vesper39]

ah, I think I should be good.

It swivels maybe a maximum of 2° left and right. still stays completely on the CPU though.

 

[bucd]

I think you should be ok. Just keep an eye on your temps and see what it idles at and at full load. That will tell you pretty quickly if you have it mounted on correctly.

And good choice on cooler btw.

-D

 

[balane]

Go into your BIOS first and check temps under Hardware Monitoring. If they look good there then proceed.

 

[Billb2]

Did you put the thermal paste on?

 

[NYHoustonman]

I've had this issue with similar heatsinks (I think it was a Cooler Master on an AM2 processor)... Never had any issues. The last thing you want to do is overtighten and break something.

 

[DrBoss]

ah, I think I should be good.

It swivels maybe a maximum of 2° left and right. still stays completely on the CPU though.

bringing this thread back from the dead following a search into a similar issue.

Last night i mounted a Thermalright Archon heat-sink on top of an i7 2600K with Shin-Etsu X23-7783D thermal compound.

All mounting plates and screws are tightened as instructed... yet if i apply a twisting force to the Archon heat-sink, i can slightly rotate it on top of the cpu (about 2 or so degrees)... just wanted to verify this is typical.

Please note, i cannot slide the heat-sink up or down, or left or right, only swivel it ever so slightly. And it requires that i apply force... the heat-sink does not move or rotate on its own (from gravity, or whatever).

 

[stahlhart]

bringing this thread back from the dead following a search into a similar issue.

Last night i mounted a Thermalright Archon heat-sink on top of an i7 2600K with Shin-Etsu X23-7783D thermal compound.

All mounting plates and screws are tightened as instructed... yet if i apply a twisting force to the Archon heat-sink, i can slightly rotate it on top of the cpu (about 2 or so degrees)... just wanted to verify this is typical.

Please note, i cannot slide the heat-sink up or down, or left or right, only swivel it ever so slightly. And it requires that i apply force... the heat-sink does not move or rotate on its own (from gravity, or whatever).

You have to tighten it down with the "wanky, bluh-ee tool":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07XTN0Qll2o (19:45)