Is it possible to take the red part of the heatsink off without destroying it? Want to swap blue for red, because there is no blue 2400 mhz model.
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Yes that red part slides rite off, The black part is just held on to the memory stick with a sticker like substance that also can be peeled off revealing a bare memory stick. I had to do this to fit it under my after market cpu cooler. This prob voids any warranty but as long as you have good airflow there wont be a problem as a fan is better then a heatspreader anyday. But as for your question swaping the red for blue you'd prob have to buy both and do it yourself or paint it. http://i.imgur.com/fn09Foq.jpg?1 (what the removed pieces look like)
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Under the sticker on the bottom there is a screw. I've replaced it with an SSD and it works fine. Quite a bit better in heat transfer now too as I added some heat transfer tape on topHowever this is not something to do regularly unless your handy
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Your best bet would be to replace the fans. The front and top fan have a while led. The red shown in the picture is bus decoration/what it would look like when someone would build one and put in something with red LEDs. Also the LEDs get brighter the more you increase the fan speed. The top and bottom fans are 200mm I believe. So if you wanted to replace them it would be easy to find others.
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I don't think you can switch it off, but the fan really hasn't gotten loud for me. I heard it's worse with the I7. It also only gets a little warm when gaming, but I haven't played super intense games, just DW8, R3KXI, etc...
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You pretty much don't have to unless there is a problem or if you've removed the heatsink for some reason. This doesn't dry out and quit working like many of the cheap compounds. So, as long as it was applied correctly to begin with, you won't need to replace it. If you've taken off the heatsink, it's advisable to clean both sides and reapply the compound to make sure there aren't any bubbles.
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It's 1 time usage, cuz it's a form of liquid metal. It turns solid/hard when pc is off. But I have it for 2 years now on a the cpu and it's still there. I would imagine it would last 5+ years if you don't take off the heatsink or unused in syringe. So I wouldn't recommend taking of the heatsink or reappplying the product.
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The two heatsinks I received are both with copper core.And both had a conducting paste on them. I am using both of them on Xeon E3-1270v2.Cooling is perfect!
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I will say no. I'm currently using the biggest Bequiet heatsink with two (1 120mm and 1 140mm) and it still idles at 45 and goes up to 60 - 65 degrees when playing BF3
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YES, If was able to post pics I would. It has heatsinks that go to the CPU and to the GPU and both are interconnected and each heatsink comes out to a fan for a total of two fans. After removing bottom cover it would be very easy to clean any dust out of the fans unlike my last ASUS (careful do not let fingers slide on bottom cover edge as pop it off after screws are out, I sliced the crap out of my finger, lol) I have removed the bottom cover with a T5 Torx bit to check a few things (will be taking the HD out for an SSD, adding another 8GB stick of RAM and mailing my keyboard out at some point for blue back-lighting to be added to the keyboard). YES, If was able to post pics I would. It has heatsinks that go to the CPU and to the GPU and both are interconnected and each heatsink comes out to a fan for a total of two fans. After removing bottom cover it would be very easy to clean any dust out of the fans unlike my last ASUS (careful do not let fingers slide on bottom cover edge as pop it off after screws are out, I sliced the crap out of my finger, lol) I have removed the bottom cover with a T5 Torx bit to check a few things (will be taking the HD out for an SSD, adding another 8GB stick of RAM and mailing my keyboard out at some... » Read More YES, If was able to post pics I would. It has heatsinks that go to the CPU and to the GPU and both are interconnected and each heatsink comes out to a fan for a total of two fans. After removing bottom cover it would be very easy to clean any dust out of the fans unlike my last ASUS (careful do not let fingers slide on bottom cover edge as pop it off after screws are out, I sliced the crap out of my finger, lol) I have removed the bottom cover with a T5 Torx bit to check a few things (will be taking the HD out for an SSD, adding another 8GB stick of RAM and mailing my keyboard out at some point for blue back-lighting to be added to the keyboard). « Show Less
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you can use 5050 SMD RGB Color Changing LED strip, Strip to Strip so no soldering is involved
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I believe you can remove it but I wouldn't recomend it. There is nothing worse the an overheating GPU. You would probably experiance some preformance loss and you might damage the card.
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it has pre-applied thermal paste on the heatsink, but I always recommend getting your own and cleaning theirs off, putting your own on, if you know how. If you are not familiar with this process, leave the OEM thermal paste in place, it will do an ok job.
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Swapping the fans out isnt a problem.. The problem for me came in making sure you have enough wire to properly reach.. I bought special fans for the front of mine and ended up not using them just because the stock fans were built for the case... Havent had any over heating issues and im running 2 980's
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Mine came with the CPU itself and a CPU heat sink/fan assembly that snaps into the motherboard. However I couldn't use the heat sink/fan assembly because I couldn't remove my existing back plate from the motherboard, it was glued on! I had to clean the old thermal paste off my old heat sink, pick up some new thermal paste, apply it to the new CPU I installed and re-use the old heat sink/fan assembly. Not ideal as it's a six year old fan but my temps are fine... for now. I couldn't find a reasonably priced heat sink/fan assembly that would screw into my existing back plate and still make this a cost effective solution! You might want to check yours first. Mine came with the CPU itself and a CPU heat sink/fan assembly that snaps into the motherboard. However I couldn't use the heat sink/fan assembly because I couldn't remove my existing back plate from the motherboard, it was glued on! I had to clean the old thermal paste off my old heat sink, pick up some new thermal paste, apply it to the new CPU I installed and re-use the old heat sink/fan assembly. Not ideal as it's a six year old fan but my temps are fine... for now. I couldn't find a reasonably priced heat sink/fan assembly that would screw into my existing back plate and still make... » Read More Mine came with the CPU itself and a CPU heat sink/fan assembly that snaps into the motherboard. However I couldn't use the heat sink/fan assembly because I couldn't remove my existing back plate from the motherboard, it was glued on! I had to clean the old thermal paste off my old heat sink, pick up some new thermal paste, apply it to the new CPU I installed and re-use the old heat sink/fan assembly. Not ideal as it's a six year old fan but my temps are fine... for now. I couldn't find a reasonably priced heat sink/fan assembly that would screw into my existing back plate and still make this a cost effective solution! You might want to check yours first. « Show Less
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Could you personally upgrade the RAM? Only if you know how to do it and can solder. I wouldn't try it.
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Mine did not. It looks like the place where that piece would be is removable, so if you could get your hands on another one you could switch it out, but I don't see that part listed on Cooler Master's website. I'm going to ask them if I can buy just that piece, because I'm NOT buying another whole top case for that, I suggest you do the same.
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If you are using the stock heatsink then thermal compound is already applied in the packaging. If you are using an aftermarket heatsink, then you definitely want to make sure to use some if it doesn't already have it on it.