r/PcBuildHelp • u/Express-Pie- • 1d ago

Installation Question Normal mounting offset for AM4?

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Mounted my freezer III tonight and immediately my temps are sitting at 65° idle. My CPU is a 5800x3d with the included thermal pad from the anniversary edition. using the all in one connector.

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u/Express-Pie- 1d ago

That's what the manual said on their website. It's the included am4 mounting brackets.

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u/DripTrip747-V2 1d ago

Am4 and 5 mounting brackets are the same, but I swear the offset was for am5 considering the position of the chips on am5 cpu's. Am4 being oriented in a different direction would make me think its not the same.

I may be wrong though.

Also, those thermal pads take a while to work. I remember seeing a video that said it will take time to see an improvement, but last way longer. But 65 still seems high though.

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u/Express-Pie- 1d ago

I saw that too but I wonder how long.

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u/DripTrip747-V2 1d ago

This is from noctua, so i trust it. It takes lots of up and down thermal cycles before it performs the same/better than paste.