Has anyone upgraded their cpu after installing this fan? that is, after removing the fan from the bracket can i swap cpu's with the bracket in place?
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Then maybe I should be more specific. If you take the case cover off the back side of the mother board you should have an access window on the MB mounting plate to the back of the motherboard where the cpu mounts which would make it easy to take off the mounting bracket without having to remove the motherboard. I do believe that bracket will be in the way of unlocking the CPU, I could be wrong, but I just mounted this fan system a few months ago. I understand not wanting to remove the MB. It's a pain.
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I believe you have to remove the bracket to uncover the locking bar for an Intel Proc. However it's really not hard to do at all. We really liked this fan, great cooling, no noise that many had claimed, but check the weight that the board can handle as this thing is heavy.
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In most cases a cpu replacement requires (minimally) to release the cooler/socket mount spring and lift the cooler away.With my system the release lever for the CPU socket is blocked by the cooler mount, so I have to remove that as well. This may not always be the case.I would plan on at least as much work to properly replace the cpu as it took to install the cooler initially. You should also clean the fan heatsink and put new cooling paste on the cpu/heatsink.Considering the importance of this procedure and the components involved never be in a hurry! No short cuts!
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Most newer cases have a window on the motherboard mounting plate that you can access by taking the right side off the casegiving you the ability to remove the fan/heatsink ect. Is yours different?
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It does come with a stock fan, however I didn't use the stock fan. I used a Zalman CPU fan instead.
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hello my friend, off course, the fan is a spare part, so, you can change it easy, just remember to buy a 120 mm fan. (sorry for my english, i´m studing it yet.)
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No!! For the CPU from VT-STAR. Its OEM ver. which is cool....like 30% off the BOX price and the FAN from AMD is not as good as the Generic Fan outside. This CPU was EOL like 2yrs ago...LUCKY I still can find it here.
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Not unless you are planning to replace the heatsink as well. It has a little 40mm sunflower fan set into the heatsink that has already failed once for me.
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This fan has two mounting brackets for normal and mini motherboards. The FM2 boards are no different than the AM2/AM2+/AM3/ AM3+ and FM1/FM2 socket dimensions. The only differnece is the CPU chip istelf. Be aware that you will need to "trick" your motherboard in believeing it has a fan. Since there are no electrical wires to let your motherboard know that the CPU had a fanless cooler (some motherboards will not boot up if they "think" the fan is not pluged in). Also, this cooler is fairly tall. Make sure your case has enough clearance. Kind regards
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Cody.. Which fan did you end up purchasing. Doing the same thing. Current fan I am using is not powerful enough.
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It is trully hard to give an honest answer to this question. some manufactors make propriety coolers and what would appear to work does not. my board is listed as having an fm2 socket therefore i assumed this cooler was compatible through no fault of the coolers it turns out that instead of and amd fm2 i needed and intel 1150. if you are unsure, first take some measurements look at how the old one attaches do a little research on the interent and worse case scenario opt for just the fan replacement if you can make do with that instead.'
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I'm not sure, I just recently made a PC for a buddy of mine with this CPU and its driving me crazy. But his was a super budget build and parts that I had to assemble weren't the greatest, but still I'm getting some what the same temps. I told my buddy about the temps, and how I felt like they were a bit too high so he bought a Corsair H75 CPU fan, which I just installed last night, and even though the loads were really wacky, and not normal. It pretty much says the same temps your getting, and now my buddy even has a CPU cooler on the CPU. Funny part is, the cooler is totally blowing out cold air (comparing, my main gaming pc, which blows out hot) this CPU cooler GOTTA be working. But honestly, I have no idea, I'm trying to understand this CPU myself, I thought I did research everything, but it seems that people online are reporting that this CPU reports wrong temps in pretty much ALL temp programs for Windows. Everyone is saying look at the BIOS temps, which is only idle though. To continue on if it helps you, here's just a recent question I asked Amazon buyers, I did ask several community sites online but didnt find much help.
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Yes, Bob. The fan assembly I received actually included a tiny packet of "thermal paste". Check-out "http://www.ehow.com/how_6870400_install-775-cpu-fan.html" for a little more help if you need it.
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No!! For the CPU from VT-STAR. Its OEM ver. which is cool....like 30% off the BOX price and the FAN from AMD is not as good as the Generic Fan outside.This CPU was EOL like 2yrs ago...LUCKY I still can find it here.
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No you don't need an aftermarket cooler, if you don't over clock your computer. The fan that comes with your CPU is engineered for that type of CPU, and they tend to be quieter than the aftermarket ones. When I bought my CPU from Amazon, there was no fan/heat sink with it, so I had to get an aftermarket one. Check to see if it comes with one.
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If the CPU is in new original box, the CPU fan has compound on its base. In fact sometimes you will find the compound already on aftermarket bases. You do not have to add the paste in that case. Make sure to only put on a thin layer. Some people apply too much and the CPU will actually run warmer.
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The stock heatsink and fan that comes with the cpu works fine for me and I have it installed in one of those very compact htpc cases (Antec ISK-100) over a year now. This processor is NOT the overclocked version which is usually called the (K) model so I don't see why it would be necessary to have a third party state of the art heatsink and fan. I guess if you purchased the overclocked cpu version of this processor and planned on pushing it to the limits then I would recommend finding a much better heatsink and fan unit over the stock model. I have a really nice and expensive Cool Master heatsink and fan unit on a desktop computer and I don't see any difference in performance or heating issues over the stock heatsink and fan with the exception of more noise that the Cool Master makes because of it's larger and faster fan. I'm sorry to say, I was once bitten by the performance bug when building that ole desktop and should have just saved the money and go stock instead.
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The stock heatsink and fan have never let me down, and I've been using AMD's for ages and ages. Granted, I don't bother overclocking my system. They are throttled based on temp. You can always change the fan if your setup runs so hot the fan can't keep up.
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no you have to supply your own thermal paste. There's instructions on youtube if you are wondering how to do it. it essence when you buy the paste you will have a plastic template put a generous blob of paste on top of the CPU and spread it around liberally with the template in place so that you are sure all of it is covered. Attach the fan to the top of this and screw it into position. Motherboards and fans do vary a lot so don't take my passing advice google exactly how to do it for your motherboard and fan/cooler as there's loads of video tutorials on youtube. I won't be held responsible for cooked CPU's.
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You have to use the bracket supplied with the new fan. There are no threaded holes in the mobo to receive the screws. Also, the bracket snaps in from the underside of the mobo so this fan is not easy to retrofit on an existing system. You may have to take the mobo out of the chassis.