i6 6600k and Corsair H60i

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I have a Gigabyte z170 mini itx gaming motherboard and I cannot get the cpu to hardly tough the plate of the cooler.

Wondering if anyone has had success with any of the corsair closed loop coolers and the new z170 boards (gigabyte specifically).

Maybe you can point me to what I am doing wrong.

My next step is to buy some nylon washers and put them as a shim behind the motherboard on the bracket for block.

please help.
 
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I got it to work, but after messing with it for a long while, I had to resort to putting washers under the plastic spacer on the back plate...so no metal is touching the motherboard...now it has decent contact.

I stress tested on stock frequencies and it didnt get above 48 degrees C...so itll be able to handle a slight OC as well, which is good because this is in a small case.
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Only one very small part of a corner of the compound was even agitated.

Its not getting the contact it should...I do know this.
 
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Could you provide some pictures of how you're trying to mount it?
 
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I can when I get home...its a pretty fool proof straight forward install though...there is a back plate that has riser receptors that come through the holes in the motherboard. You screw the risers to those and then the block goes on the risers...then there is a bracket that goes over the block that screws to the risers and clamps the block down towards the cpu.

I screw it down tight...hand tight and its not reaching the cpu (the block faceplate)

 
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I got it to work, but after messing with it for a long while, I had to resort to putting washers under the plastic spacer on the back plate...so no metal is touching the motherboard...now it has decent contact.

I stress tested on stock frequencies and it didnt get above 48 degrees C...so itll be able to handle a slight OC as well, which is good because this is in a small case.
 
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Glad it worked out for you.
 
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