Alphacool’s Apex backplate takes a different approach, primarily preventing the motherboard from bending around the socket and thus ensuring the cooler’s contact pressure on the CPU. The scope of delivery is similarly spartan with only the backplate, 4 M4 screws and a paper manual.
The Apex backplate will later replace both the backplate of Intel’s ILM with its 4 T20 Torx screws and the backplate of Alphacool’s waterblock. Accordingly, the backplate is also only compatible with the listed coolers from Alphacool, since the length of the included screws is specially dimensioned for them.
5 mm thick aluminum is used as material here, which extremely increases the torsional stiffness compared to a conventional LGA1700 backplate.
On the side of the motherboard, the Apex backplate is also insulated to prevent any short circuits. The assembly is a bit more difficult, since the ILM has to be completely disassembled and the board has to be turned over several times at the same time. To protect the pins in the socket from my own fingers, I just taped the CPU into it.
This way, the ILM can be safely removed and the board can be rotated without the risk of accidentally touching the pins.
The existing backplate can be easily removed and replaced with the spare part from Alphacool. The 4 inner screw holes for the ILM provide the orientation.
Now you need to rotate the board again and hold the backplate in place, then screw it to the existing ILM bracket from the front.
From the front, the whole thing looks no different than before.
Now a compatible cooler like the Alphacool XPX Aurora can be mounted with the included M4 screws and without additional washers as described in the instructions. I’m also including the PDF for you to browse through yourself.
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