Thermal Grizzly AM5 Adapter & Offset Mounting Kit, Aluminum, Black (TG-AD-AM5-MK)

Thermal Grizzly's AM5 Adapter & Offset Mounting Kit is a practical set for AMD's socket AM5 motherboards. It includes cooler brackets for offset mounting of the CPU cooler, as well as adapter screws from UNC 6-32 to M3 and M4 threads respectively. It also lets a cooler sit lower over Thermal Grizzly's Ryzen 7000 Direct Die Frame, which we stock as the original and the V2.

Properties

• Socket type: AMD AM5
• Offset brackets: 4, UNC 6-32 thread
• Adapter screws: 4x UNC 6-32 to M3, 4x UNC 6-32 to M4
• Clearance needed: At least 6 mm of free space under the cooler mounting screws
• Color: Black, anodized aluminum
• Weight: 17 g, 40 g boxed

Adapter screws

The mounting screws of the cooler bracket on an AM5 board have a UNC 6-32 thread. The adapter screws can be used to mount CPU coolers that require an M3 or M4 thread instead, as is the case with various AIOs or water coolers. Each of the two sizes comes as four screws with four matching knurled nuts.

Offset mounting

Ever since the introduction of the chiplet design in Ryzen CPUs, the hottest point of the heat spreader has no longer been in the middle, but lower. It is offset slightly downwards and, depending on the CPU, towards the edge. With the help of the offset brackets, which Thermal Grizzly also calls offset mounts, compatible CPU coolers can optionally be mounted offset on the processor, closer to that hotspot. This is to optimize cooling performance by allowing heat to be dissipated from the CPU chiplets more quickly and efficiently. The offset mounts carry UNC 6-32 threads, so they can be used with the adapter screws on M3/M4 threads.

With a direct die frame

Direct Die cooling brings a change in mounting height: the cooler must be mounted lower, which is made possible by the M3 and M4 adapter screws. Due to that, the kit also increases CPU cooler mounting compatibility when using the direct die frame. Thermal Grizzly pairs the kit with its optional backplates as well, the AM5 M4 Backplate and the AM5 Short Backplate, which extend the compatibility of CPU coolers.

In the box

• 4x offset bracket (UNC 6-32 thread)
• 4x adapter screws, UNC 6-32 to M3
• 4x adapter screws, UNC 6-32 to M4
• 4x knurled nut M3
• 4x knurled nut M4