ARCTICIntel LGA1200/115X Mounting Kit - Compatible with Liquid Freezer III, for sockets LGA1200, 1156, 1155, 1151 and 1150

Wished I knew that I needed this when I got my new liquid cooler, but once I got this, it worked like a charm and I was able to get everything hooked back up and running.

What more can I say, this should come with the cooler, you shouldn't need to buy it!

Now I am able to use the extra LFIII 360 I bought to cool a 10850k. The LFIII works great on this CPU, even with the CPU OC'ed to 5.0GHz.You can also use this kit to mount lga1700/lga1851 processors if you want to. Just in case you don't want to use the contact frame.Sometimes those contact frames don't apply the correct pressure to the CPU and there have been instances where a lga1700 PC did not boot because the CPU was not making proper contact with the pins. This doesn't happen often but its been known to happen.Really, Arctic should have included this kit with their LFIII series.

The bracket works wonderfully. Below is the reason for the star rating, but before that are steps for an easy installation of the pump. The thing that makes this bracket great.Starting with the plus side -- those that get to use this bracket or the AMD bracket (I have used both) have it a lot easier when it comes to installing the pump. I do not envy those who are using the contact frame. With these brackets you have the luxury of adjustability when installing the pump. And that makes installation much more simple than the reviews left for the AIOs describe (except maybe the contact frame reviews). Now for easier installation you will screw one side of the pump down just enough so that it is safely mounted to the bracket but still able to pivot. Then you will loosen both brackets just enough to allow a little movement (that is if you snugged them up earlier in the installation). With the brackets loose enough to wiggle and the pump able to pivot you can then easily line up the other side of the pump with the other bracket to screw it down just enough so that it is safely mounted. So with everything loosely in place you can make your final adjustments and then tighten up the brackets and then tighten down the pump. Viola. Great cooler installed.Now the reason for the deduction.On the ASUS TUF Gaming Z590-PLUS WIFI the left bracket hits the AIO pump header and cannot be installed as-is. After much bending, ripping, tearing, filing, etc. I was able to remove enough material from the bracket to clear the AIO Pump header. Not having the proper tools made this a pretty terrible experience. Not only did I have to remove material from the bracket -- I had to then thoroughly clean any metal shavings, etc off of the bracket so that it did not get on the motherboard. I did this with two pairs of needle nose pliers and a metal file in a Leatherman tool.This next bit is also why the item lost stars.This product page and the Artic site don't mention which motherboards are compatible with this bracket. The Artic site lists what motherboards the AIO are compatible with, but it lists socket 1700 compatibility and does not factor in the use of this bracket. So what I expected to be an easy job turned into a pretty bad experience. Sorry for not attaching a picture of my work. Wiggling my PC from where it is just to open the case and snapping a blurry pic would be a hassle.And if Artic reads these -- perhaps consider adding a third bracket with only the mounting holes for the 1200 so it can be shorter? Or adding a third bracket with the correct side cut shorter? Or maybe include a band saw and belt sander?

Worked perfectly after the god awful installation. I made a couple mistakes through the way which I admit is my fault and would have went smoother without making any mistakes, however I still had to use the community trick of loosening the bracket from the motherboard first to actually get this thing on (i didn't find out about this until during the install when about to bang my head against the wall)

This part is needed to adapt AIO 360 cooler to a LGA 1151 style motherboard.

My old LGA 1151 adapter was truly awful. Such a pain to install. This one was so much easier. The online instructions were easy to follow and the mount itself is very easy to put together. Holds my Freezer 36 without a problem.

Extremely snug without causing damage to the board.My new Liquid freezer 3 is yielding a 20c improvement in cooling on a z590 chipset with the help of this bracket.