If I buy this Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E Extreme Dual Fan Universal CPU Heatsink, do I need to purchase any other bits such as a mounting bracket?
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No, as long as you make sure your socket type is listed in the description, you won't have any issues. Also, when you get it, and before you put thermal paste on, make sure you do a mock-up with your ram in place to make sure it doesn't hit, I had to get low-profile ram after getting this cooler.
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It works on cpu brackets 2011/1366/1155/1156/775 I believe it also works on 1150. Chances are,following the included instructions, it will work out of the box with no other purchases necessary.
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This should already have some thermal paste pre-applied on the heatsink. All new CPU's that include heatsinks will either have it pre-applied or in a small pouch.
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Overclocking will be very limited without an aftermarket heatsink. The entire worth of this CPU in a gaming and workstation sense is in the overclocked version of it. Even using a low profile heatsink I was able to push it to 4.7GHz.Noctua Ultra Silent CPU Cooler Cooling NH-U9B SE2
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No, all new CPU's should come with the CPU, a fan/heatsink, and install instructions
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I bought this product because of how it installs. It comes with a bracket that has to be installed underneath the motherboard. This bracket provides the screw holes for the screw mounts on the fan/heatsink. This is a much more secure way of mounting the unit and my system has been running much more efficiently.
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Oh, and do a push pull configuration with that hearsink and youll never have issues. I also recommend arctic silver thermal paste(one fan pushing over the heatsink, and one fan pulling and exhausting. Both fans will blow the same way)
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You should have room to install or change RAM after you install the Noctua heatsink and fan.
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It comes with the fans. Depending on your CPU heatsink fan you may want to remove the case fan that sits diagonally under it as it makes for a tight fit.
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Retail Package has an included fan and heatsink: but it's going to be LOUD. I suggest a Liquid Cooling Assembly like the Antec H2O 620. I have found it fits nicely on both sockets 775 and 1155.
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From the box shot and price I would guess NoI would say you need to add a heatsink and fan
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You will have to contact Noctua for more. The heatsink kit comes with 2 sets.
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Won't be an issue whatsoever unless you're using a huge aftermarket heatsink
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I don't know, but on my board I had to saw (or Dremel) off the top parts of two heatsinks. Everything worked fine on the finished box. One tricky part, I wasn't careful enough aligning everything the first time. It's easy to have the processor stick (thermal paste) to the heatsink and come out of the socket or out of alignment with the socket.
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Side of heatsink top fin. Thermo compound should be the only thing between chip & heatsink
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Not unless you are planning to replace the heatsink as well. It has a little 40mm sunflower fan set into the heatsink that has already failed once for me.
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Yes, I put it on mine. Keep in mind the heat output of your CPU though as this doesn't cool high temp CPUs enough.
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Yes, it comes with a universal mounting bracket that works on am3+. I installed one of these on an AMD am3+ fx 8 core, man does it work great! Keeps the processor 20 degrees cooler than OEM.