Replacing stock AMD Wraith Cooler with be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 Cooler

So I received be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 Cooler today and proceeded to replace the stock AMD Wraith Prism Cooler. Well, I ran Prime95 first for about 30 minutes to heat up the CPU thermal paste.

After shutting PC down, I quickly opened up the case and then unlocked the cam lever of the stock cooler. After unlatching the retention clip underneath that lever, the cooler assembly jolted itself loose. Yey!

CPU:


Cooler heatsink:



I then cleaned up the CPU lid using 100% isopropyl alcohol and an eyeglass cloth:


Size comparison between the coolers:



Thermal paste application:


Install done!





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