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help with TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi) and Corsair h100i cooler
My existing machine is an Intel i7-3820, and I have a Corsair 240mm h100i cooler...works marvelously!!
However, the cpu is getting a bit long in the tooth, so I decided to replace motherboard/cpu/memory.
I have a TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi) motherboard and an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X cpu...
Sadly, once I got the cooler installed successfully (about 18 months ago), I tossed the rest of the hardware... bad me...
So now I need mounting hardware for the Corsair h100i cooler and this motherboard...
I found the following mounting kit on Amazon, and it *claims* to h100i RGB (which is what I have), but it *really* doesn't look right?? For one thing, it has *two* mounting points, while the backplane for the cpu has *four* screws...
Also, it looks like it a square grip for attaching to the cooler... the existing mounting hardware for the cooler is attaching to a round portion of the cooler head.
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I haven't yet torn down the existing machine, so I can't take a closer look at the cooler head at this point.
Anyway, can anyone give me some guidance on this situation?? Should I return this mounting kit and get one of the round ones? I'm confused by all the different AM4 mounting kits that claim to be for h100i...
If it matters, I will be doing a clean install of current Windows 10, onto a Samsung PCIe4 M.2 drive...
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OH!! I get it... It has two 'ears' which hook onto the tongues installed on each side of the cpu, then the mounting hardware slips onto the screws on those tongues, and then I screw down the mounting screw on top of them... The images in the Corsair manual were a little confusing, but I get it now...
Now the only question is whether these square brackets will actually attach to the cooler or not... I won't know that until I tear down the existing machine...