ASUS Maxima LGA 1150 motherboard CPU cooler incompatibilities

[CaptainTrips]

Hello,

I've recently built a new PC. It has an ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO LGA 1150 Intel motherboard. The cooler I was trying to connect is a Cooler Master Hyper T4.

The problem is that the motherboard had some on-board heatsinks around the CPU. The Cooler Maser uses two brackets on either side of the CPU. The cooler had to hook onto those and then a lever is pressed down to clamp it in place. Hard to explain, but here's a picture of the clamp part: http://imgur.com/UFQPOPB - There's a top-down picture of the motherboard here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131989 that shows the black heatsinks around the CPU.

The problem is that the brackets butt up flush against the black heatsinks on the motherboard, making it impossible to hook over them and clamp the cooler down. Also, the level to clamp it down with would either not fit on either side due to hitting the heatsink on the mobo or hitting the ram.

Has anyone else used an ASUS MAXIMUS VI HERO LGA 1150 Intel and got a good cooler to work on it?
Here's a full parts list for my PC: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...ZXWjJTVUFzM0I4NkJYTVdoaFE&usp=drive_web#gid=0

If I had one that mounted like this: http://imgur.com/M50VoFc it would work perfectly. Any suggestions? Is there a special name for these kind of mounts?

I'm currently looking at http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200034 - it has good reviews and I know that kind of mount will fit in my PC.

Thanks!

 

[johnb35]

You have to remove the old heatsink and the backplate before you can attach the new hardware. Which means usually you have to remove the motherboard to do this unless you have a case which has a removable motherboard tray.

 

[CaptainTrips]

You have to remove the old heatsink and the backplate before you can attach the new hardware. Which means usually you have to remove the motherboard to do this unless you have a case which has a removable motherboard tray.

I did this when I first built the computer. I didn't even try the stock cooler before I attempted to install the Cooler Master.

 

[johnb35]

Like I said, you have to remove the front and backplate for the stock cooler before you can install the new cooler.

 

[johnb35]

huh why?

Cause aftermarket heat sinks have their own backplate and hardware to attach everything.

 

[CaptainTrips]

Yeah, my Cooler Master was like that, had a special backplate. The tabs that you screwed it down on moved in and out, depending on what LGA socket you had.

I don't remember exactly, but I think it had a pass-through behind the CPU so I can install a new cooler ... at least I hope it does. I have my cables all managed nice and neatly, and it wouldn't be fun to have to unto all my nice zip tied mounts and reroute cables to take it out, and the again to put it back in.

I'm not planning on overclocking, but I do plan on playing the latest AAA games on the highest settings possible. Do you think that the stock cooler will be sufficient?

 

[kdfresh09]

to OP. that first link you gave which is a picture of the clamp, looks to me like it belongs to an AMD platform. are you sure your using the intel hardware that came with the cooler, and not the AMD hardware?