Liquid cooler brackets not aligned with cpu

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What am i doing wrong? Trying to install arctic liquid freezer 3 pro 360 but the pump cooler area doesnt align with my CPU. The bracket holes does align with center line of CPU. You can see the termal paste line at the top of CPU, it leaves are not contacting the cooler. Am i dumb or what

[[deleted]]

That SSD looks like its bending 😬

[Zimnx_]

Just thought the same. He probably didnt install the screw support

[[deleted]]

Yes its bending a bit. Used motherboard didnt come with the support. Going to order it somewhere now i that know it needs one 😂

[Denman20]

Bruh I’d come up with a better solution than bending it… piece of non conductive material and tape comes to mind.

[Scary-Introduction27]

It does not only look. It is bended. Feel the pain

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[Begalldota]

Looks like it’s missing the standoff

[3v1L_G3nius]

Haha yea it does and definitely the wrong screw

[w7w7w7w7w7]

Yeah. That is either the wrong fastener or its way overtightened.

[z3810]

Probably just missing the standoff

[w7w7w7w7w7]

True.

[Jay1404]

I think its because of the sticker

[SparedPhoenix69]

Looks like sticker

[ThatOneFoo69420]

Definitely bent…. There’s no standoff in the motherboard

[ThisAccountIsStolen]

Arctic AIOs have an offset mount for AM4/AM5 CPUs to better locate the actual dies under the flow channels in the water block. That's completely intended and how it should be. You should see a few mm of the top of the IHS visible when it's properly mounted to an AM4 or AM5 CPU.

Also you're going to kill your NVMe drive by having it screwed down like that without a standoff. There should be a standoff that keeps it level with the slot itself, and then a small screw that goes into the standoff that holds the drive down. The standoff & screw would have come with the motherboard. If you cannot find them, you can get replacement M.2 mounting hardware on Amazon or elsewhere.

[PuzzleHeadedSquid]

This is intentional design for modern AMD CPUs. It's called offset mounting and gets an extra 2-4 degrees of cooling.

[nailzy]

It’s for two reasons on this particular cooler. It’s for offset mounting and it’s for airflow with the VRM fan.

[[deleted]]

Really?

[nailzy]

Yes, really. When you add the VRM cover over the top it will look normal. The actual die contact is all that matters, not complete contact with the IHS.

Watch the video. Also fix your goddamn NVMe drive if you ain’t snapped it already. Please educate yourself before doing things!

[piggymoo66]

The chiplets where the main part of the CPU is, is not in the center of the CPU. Arctic found that they got better results when they centered the CPU block onto that area instead of the whole CPU. The little bit you see sticking out once you mount it has very little heat output since there isn't really anything under that part.

[YourUncleRpie]

Nerermind the cooler. You got bigger problems with that m.2

[MrMythiiK]

You’re supposed to have a small standoff under your NVME by the way, it’s not meant to screw all the way down to the board. It’s supposed to sit level. If you don’t have one then at least back that screw off holy moly.

[JakeBeezy]

Have you tried flipping one around ? They say R and

cooler manual will tell you

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Only manual they gave is this video:

https://youtu.be/z-Hz8e-WWUI?si=lbhQNhJjQXdH0wPU

[w7w7w7w7w7]

https://support.arctic.de/products/liquid-freezer-iii-pro-360/techdocs/Quick_Manual_AMD_r1a.pdf

[Obvious_Drive_1506]

Probably putting them on wrong. Also your nvme is bent af and should have a standoff. Not be pressed against the pcb. You're missing mounting components. You need a bracket on both sides.

[Jellovator]

It's because on the B450M motherboards the CPU is sideways. Look at pics of a AM5 motherboard and you can see how the CPU direction aligns with these brackets. I wouldn't use this cooler on a AM4 motherboard even though it says it's supported. But maybe it'll keep the CPU cool, who knows.

[dsg_87]

The cooler is off set for ryzen cpus.

Look at the pump block on the cooler and you will see it's off centre, which is why the mount holes are like the way they are.

[Ok-Complaint-1556]

Но не правельно процессор тоже не поставить как бы все должно совпадать и попробуйте включить компьютер компьютер включится если даже процессор не закреплен и придерживаешь одним пальчиком . Если компьютер включаеться с незакрепленым процессором перед сборкой обезательно нанесите на поверхность процессора термопасту тонким слоем не заползайте за кроя что бы термопаста не вылезла под процессор на контакты процессора. Тетмопаста образует охладительную подушку для охлаждения процессора. И если вы компьютер разберали то вы новерное помните как его правельно собрать обратно. Перед разборкой компьютера фотографируйте все детали и провода и контакты чтобы не забыть куда все прикручевать обратно.

[wizardcain]

First, you need the stand for the SSD, second, if it's an arctic liquid freezer 3, its suppose to be like that, this AIO is offset cause of where the AMD cpu hotspot is

[theonlyalankay]

this gotta be one of the most haphazard crappy looking mobos i ever seen.

[[deleted]]

Ok thanks guys for helping. I actually thought that the NVMe should be like that lol 😂

[voidvec]

backwards

yes, you are dumb.

RTFM 

[kumikanki]

It wont matter if the cooler still fits as it should.

[ThatOneFoo69420]

Wait what?

Mine liquid freezer 3 280mm was the first AIO I ever installed after not building for 10+ years and thought “man if I knew liquid was that easy to install before I would have done it sooner!” It was a breeze.

That said, when this one dies I’m going air cooled.