Help identify cpu cooler that fits

Posted by Zirowe@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 5 comments

Hi, I have a mini pc with an intel 13620h cpu and an rtx 4060. I would like to change cpu cooler it came with to a more efficient and silent one, but problem is I dont know if it's a weird or stock cooler setting. [Here are the photos I made.](https://imgur.com/a/8NmHKyA) There is about 43-44 millimeters from the motherboard until the case side panel and about 9-10 millimeters under the motherboard. Can someone help me identify if this size measurements fits any stock cpu size and what kind of cpu cooler would be ok for me? Thanks.

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JustACowSP@reddit

The screw holes in the board are about 75mm apart in a square pattern, which is the same as the LGA1700 pattern. Look for coolers that advertise LGA1700 compatibility. You can find a list of many small cpu coolers in this spreadsheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1AddRvGWJ_f4B6UC7_IftDiVudVc8CJ8sxLUqlxVsCz4/htmlview#gid=200663719

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Zirowe@reddit (OP)

Thank you. And what about the 3 other screws? Those seem like support holes for the cooler instead of the cpu bracket. Seems like something I will not find on standard coolers. I use it in a vertical position, will only 4 screws instead of 7 be enough and it wont stress the motherboard?

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JustACowSP@reddit

The metal plate is for things to screw into. It serves as reinforcement for that area of the motherboard since cpu mounting and cpu coolers require quite a bit of force. Do not remove this metal plate. When you swap the cpu cooler, you'll be taking out 4 screws that go through the corners of the metal plate. The other 3 are for holding in the cpu load mechanism, so don't remove those.

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Zirowe@reddit (OP)

Yeah, but this is some sort of laptop cpu thing, its soldered to the motherboard, the other 3 screws are just there for stability, they dont hold down nothing on the other side. Ok, thanks, I will find some lga 1200 cooler small enough for this case.

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Zirowe@reddit (OP)

Any help is appreciated, thank you!