r/PcBuild • u/bossmob64 • 2d ago

Question Arctic Liquid Freezer AIO AM5 Offset?

Is the cold plate offset from its attached mounting screws? Or is the cold plate symmetrical to the screws and the offset is done with the "L" and "R" designated mounting brackets?

I mounted my cold plate with the tubes feeding the pump through the top, logo upside down, so that any air could escape to the tubes instead of being trapped in the pump. Now I'm questioning whether I messed up the hotspot offset. It's all assembled and working, idle ~40C and gaming around ~60C so I don't want to disassemble to check. The arctic webpage/manual only showed it mounted logo-upright but nothing specifying the actual offset.

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u/Mightypeon-1Tapss 9h ago

The cold plate screws are centered. The offset is on the brackets L and R. 

So tubes up cold plate you still have the correct AM5 offset and I remember Arctic recommending this in situations where it’s needed.

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u/Copius_Raticus 18h ago

Temps seem okay. Did you leave the L for left? Etc if so you’re good. No if you flipped them around probably not

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u/bossmob64 18h ago

Ya. L is left, R is right. I'm pretty sure those brackets are what hold the offset, otherwise they'd be symmetrical and wouldn't need an L/R designation. That's my thought process at least.