Alphenföhn Blackridge with NF-A 12x15 on B450i for upcoming Mjolnir (Air cooled)

[Ovni]

As a part of the fun I always try to find nice 2nd hand stuff. In this case a Blackridge and a Gygabyte b450i. So I saved some money and sent it to Alex for a Mjolnir;-)

As far as I read every body is going to build a 9 3950 system with Aio. I don't, I will use air only. Here you see how I made a BR fit on a B450:

To get it fit I had to take out a part of the fan. It was done with a dremel. The 4 holes for the 92mm fan had to be sanded, otherwise the fan blades would scratch them. This is the version with the old Am 2, 3 & 4 socket. I cut away the 2 & 3 version to get it smaller. (If you buy a new one you don't have to do this to get it fit)

Here are some other pictures. There is no processor on the board, so the hole system will rise 1 or 2 mm I suppose.

freonlike groetnis,
Ger

(PS. to mods; I know, only speak English here. But this is nothing else than "Sincerely" in Frisian)

 

[Ovni]

Where are the pictures? I saw them in the preview ...

 

[Goatee]

are they in a google album? is it set to private?

 

[Ovni]

The album is not private any more see if this works

 

[Ovni]

The other pictures:

 

[Ovni]

are they in a google album? is it set to private?

Thx, that was the problem.

 

[smitty2k1]

looks awesome!

 

[rapidshrub]

Just pointing something out that you might not have noticed... my Aorus B450 I has the exact same wound from the Black Ridge. I'm pretty sure that I did it uninstalling the cooler.

 

[Ovni]

That's the reason I cut a part off. On the other side the brackets rested on the smp parts. That could be a reason that the BR has no good full contact with the cpu. I think this is why Alphenföhn now delivers the BR with brackets for AM4 only.
Quite important because I'm considering a 9 3900x and under volt it like a 9 3900 pro. But due to the much greater fan I think I don't have to bring it completely back to a 65 Watt TDP.

 

[beastmonkey]

So if you get a revision 2 black ridge it will work natively with the am4 bracket on the gigabyte b450i? Will the new revision work with all b450 itx boards?

 

[Ovni]

No certainly not. E.g. the strix boards have a soundcard plus nvme holder that is lifted from the motherboard. The blackridge won't fit with the cooling plate mounted on the ssd.