Beware the Wraith

I remember many many MANY sockets ago pulling the CPU out with the HSF for the first time and nearly crapped a house thinking I broke something.
 
noko said:
No twisting involved, no cleanup, reusable, no air bubbles:

Get the bigger size like this for Ryzen AM4, as you can see it covers the whole socket. The smaller version works great for Intel 1151 pin sockets. You may loose 1c but then again you may see a gain over a not perfect application of TIM. This is the 3rd or 4th time using or reusing thermal pad as in taking off the water block and putting it back on. 1700x -> 2700 -> 3900x. No degradation of performance when re-used.
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I use one of these on my test bench now, highly recommended. No paste, no waste, slightly higher temps.
 
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noko

Here we go. Got one. 20190918_193632.jpg
 
I've seen mixed reviews on those, but I am curious to try them out. Supposedly you should expect the same thermal performance, or for it to get a couple degrees warmer during load, depends on the reviewer.
I've heard they are very fragile especially after being used, so some blunt tweezers for handling may be in order.

I think keeping one for testing/swapping/BIOS-updating would be a good idea, then putting good paste down for final assembly would be the way I'd go. I've literally never had an issue taking a cooler off once I figured out the twist.
 
Nside said:
I've seen mixed reviews on those, but I am curious to try them out. Supposedly you should expect the same thermal performance, or for it to get a couple degrees warmer during load, depends on the reviewer.
I've heard they are very fragile especially after being used, so some blunt tweezers for handling may be in order.

I think keeping one for testing/swapping/BIOS-updating would be a good idea, then putting good paste down for final assembly would be the way I'd go. I've literally never had an issue taking a cooler off once I figured out the twist.
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After use they are just as pliable, now I just used my fingers, probably best to use tweezers. I don't think they are that fragile.
 
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magoo said:
Lesson to learn here.
Never use the pre-applied manufacturer TIM when you mount your CPU.
Bought a new Ryzen 3700X and ASUS Crosshair VIII Hero.
Set the board up just to make sure it POSTed before I mounted my Heatkiller.

OK I was lazy and just slapped on the Wraith cooler, fired up the board....all was well.

Next day came back to take it off and put my Heatkiller on....
The Wraith was stuck.
I gently worked it free, it "let go" or so I thought.....

The cooler pulled the CPU right out of the socket.....

Thank goodness, everything is fine.......Yikes.
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you know how i know you've never owned an AMD cpu before?
 
Master_shake_ said:
you know how i know you've never owned an AMD cpu before?
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Yeah, but Intel were the same way when they were PGA though... In fact, the only time I pulled a CPU out of a socket like that was an Intel IIRC... Pentium III or Celeron I think.
 
Nside said:
Yeah, but Intel were the same way when they were PGA though... In fact, the only time I pulled a CPU out of a socket like that was an Intel IIRC... Pentium III or Celeron I think.
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Well remember the old Celeron 300a days where the socket was a big ass plastic cartridge with corner locks. Those were the best sockets ever lol
 
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