MSI Demos How To Install an AMD Threadripper CPU
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maize1951
I'm surprised they are not using torx screws with security pins in them.
Ricepudding
I feel like they're trying to seduce me with this music 😀
Venix
owwwh yeah slide in there ! when the nda is getting lifted ?
vbetts
Moderator
Something that has been bothering me though, the mounting screws for the actual HSF aren't lined up...Isn't that going to make pressure from each side off a little bit?
Prince Valiant
I wonder how big the 'do not overtighten' warnings will be :P.
schmidtbag
Interesting way to install the CPU, but I guess it's the safest way to do so.
Maybe, but I'm sure the difference is negligible. You could argue the same about how you drive a car - if you're the only occupant, you are imbalancing the weight of the car. If a car is designed to compensate for just a single driver, then any additional passengers will offset the balance. But even if you weigh 250lbs (113Kg), you're probably not going to notice a difference when steering, and the car isn't likely going to lean too much in one direction.
In the case of these CPUs, they're so large that the weight distribution is too spread out to be a problem. The heatsinks are rigid enough where you could probably get away with just 2 diagonal mounting points. The motherboard wouldn't be too happy about that, but the CPU ought to remain evenly flush with the heatsink.
tunaphish6
I was half-expecting them to slather it in thermal grease like in their previous demo's.
On a serious note, the asymmetrical mounting design for cpu coolers irks me to no end. It's bad enough that they moved the mounting holes for AM4 for an equally bad design as AM3, but now cooler manufacturers have to accommodate a completely radical new design.
At least with most of Intel's redesigns, they simply moved the mounting holes in or out at a linear angle.
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
Threadripper packages will get a simple tool wrench (not sure if I am spelling it right), but it cannot exceed maximum pressure/force. Much like many tool you use on say your car bolts which apply a maximum amount of force.
Man, what's it called in english, it applies a maximum amount of torque?
Loophole35
So the three torx blots on the socket will have a shoulder on them set to the correct hight and the the bolt will just stop at the designed pressure?
Jagman
Erm...Torque wrench? But a very small one 😕
Yeah the wraith cooler on the AM4 socket uses a similar system where the bolts only go so tight.
Texter
The heatsink isn't resting on top of the CPU, it's resting on top of the high tensile strength steel bracket. The CPU is inside a more flexible, plastic bracket and more or less floating over the pins. As a result you can push the CPU down ever so slightly when installing the heatsink onto the steel bracket, but once the heatsink is in place, that plastic CPU bracket is SAFELY pushing the CPU up against the heatsink. So you stack the heatsink on top of the steel bracket like a brick and then the CPU bracket continues to push up nicely.
Jagman
That sounds quite strange but as long as it works I suppose.
ivymike10mt
I think thermal paste was aplied wrong way.
tunaphish6
Correct. As far as automotive mechanics go, a torque wrench is usually used to apply a specific amount of pressure, say 60lbs, when install things like wheels, etc., and will 'click' when it's at said pressure.
In other applications, you can usually set a specific torque on (impact) drills.
As far as using (security) torx screws, it seems rather unnecessary since the added application of security is usually undermined by the fact you can pick up a $25 kit at any electronics store. You'd be hard-pressed to find any IT professional that doesn't have some kit lying around.
tunaphish6
There really is no 'right' way to applying paste as long as it's evenly distributed. From a practical standpoint, it's usually safer to over-apply than to risk bare spots. But with that being said, a dab will usually do you, and letting the pressure of the HSF to spread it is usually the fastest, more straight-forward method.
Considering how long the heatspreader is though, it might be wise to do a small line with Threadripper.
Prince Valiant
Oh, neat. Good to hear they're avoiding potential problems like that.
airbud7
riser on mobo will stop it from going to far/ But yea same thing.
airbud7
it started out Torx "6-point star-shaped pattern" then someone changed the name 3/4/5 times so yea...weird for me too...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx
I do like Torx bit more than Flathead or Phillips head though...
Perjantai
Oh yeah.. Take that cover off.. Slide that huge thing in there.. This is pure tech pörn 🤓
airbud7
yea^.... Loool
