Hello,
I have a DZ77GA-70K motherboard (yes, I went Intel), and paired it with a i7-3770K processor. I thought to simply get the Thermaltake Frio, but upon further inspection, there's some mobo hardware on the back preventing any back plate mounting. I confirmed this recently playing with some spare plates at a local computer store. There's just no hope for a back plate on this thing.
Does anybody have any recommendations for a bolt-mounted or (forgive me) push-pin CPU cooler? I intend to push the processor to about 4.5 GHz tops for some moderate gaming, maybe back off to around 4.2 to maintain low temperature, we will see what kind of performance I'm getting.
I won't be installing any liquid-cooled solutions, air cooling only, please!
I have a DZ77GA-70K motherboard (yes, I went Intel), and paired it with a i7-3770K processor. I thought to simply get the Thermaltake Frio, but upon further inspection, there's some mobo hardware on the back preventing any back plate mounting. I confirmed this recently playing with some spare plates at a local computer store. There's just no hope for a back plate on this thing.
Does anybody have any recommendations for a bolt-mounted or (forgive me) push-pin CPU cooler? I intend to push the processor to about 4.5 GHz tops for some moderate gaming, maybe back off to around 4.2 to maintain low temperature, we will see what kind of performance I'm getting.
I won't be installing any liquid-cooled solutions, air cooling only, please!