- May 19, 2011
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I have a left-over Arctic Freezer 13 from my AM3 setup, the HSF apparently is compatible with my current setup (Haswell), however on the day of building my current setup, I tried to install the Freezer 13 and had real problems with the push-pins.
IIRC, the first part of the push-pin would go in OK, but the second part of the push-pin that locks into the first would just get jammed halfway through the locking procedure. To remove it I had to remove the board from the case (my case does not have a window on the backplate allowing access to that area of the board's underside), then following another forum tip, using pliers to squeeze the jammed push-pin out of its half-locked position.
After a bit of trouble with it, and the fact that I had no spare thermal paste (I was using what I could from the Intel stock heatsink), led me to give up on it and install the stock heatsink.
However, as always, I'd like a quieter system. The i5-4690k (stock freq) is running idle at about 40C with the fan going at about 1300rpm. On the other hand, I really cannot be bothered to take my machine apart only to encounter the same problem again and without any new ideas for how to overcome the problems I've been having with the Freezer 13 cooler. On AM3 it was a cinch to install.
The instructions for the F13:
http://support.arctic.ac/index.php?p=f13&lang=en
I've considered buying another cooler, but a) I'd prefer to avoid spending more money, b) I already have this cooler, and c) it would be sod's law for another cooler to have some other similarly frustrating issue.
IIRC, the first part of the push-pin would go in OK, but the second part of the push-pin that locks into the first would just get jammed halfway through the locking procedure. To remove it I had to remove the board from the case (my case does not have a window on the backplate allowing access to that area of the board's underside), then following another forum tip, using pliers to squeeze the jammed push-pin out of its half-locked position.
After a bit of trouble with it, and the fact that I had no spare thermal paste (I was using what I could from the Intel stock heatsink), led me to give up on it and install the stock heatsink.
However, as always, I'd like a quieter system. The i5-4690k (stock freq) is running idle at about 40C with the fan going at about 1300rpm. On the other hand, I really cannot be bothered to take my machine apart only to encounter the same problem again and without any new ideas for how to overcome the problems I've been having with the Freezer 13 cooler. On AM3 it was a cinch to install.
The instructions for the F13:
http://support.arctic.ac/index.php?p=f13&lang=en
I've considered buying another cooler, but a) I'd prefer to avoid spending more money, b) I already have this cooler, and c) it would be sod's law for another cooler to have some other similarly frustrating issue.