Question 1

do I need to buy a separate backing plate for this cpu fan?

Accepted Answer

No.  If you look at the picture really closely, the crossed piece of metal at the bottom of the fan assembly is actually the bottom fan attachment through the mobo.

Question 2

Do I need to buy separate thermal paste?

Accepted Answer

No, the bottom comes with a shield on it, that protects the thermal paste that is already on it. I use a specific "silver" compound, so I did remove what was on it and put mine on. But, it does come with thermal compound already on it. So, be careful taking it from the package.

Question 3

im looking at getting one ,but don't know if it will mount to asus sabertooth mb can you help with this ?

Accepted Answer

The Dynatron R17 is designed to screw into the 4 matching holes in the LGA 2011 socket. I had no problems attaching  my purchased R17 cooler. I was using an ivy Bridge-E CPU. It will fit an ASUS Sabertooth MB with a LGA 2011 socket and sufficient (typical) case clearance (height).

Question 4

how tall is it overall?

Accepted Answer

The Dynatron R17 (when installed) will stand 4.4 inches above the motherboard. This is how tall it is.

Question 5

Will the Dynatron R17 CPU cooler fit the Gigabyte GA-X79 UD3 LGA 2011 motherboard with a Intel core i7-4820 Ivy bridge processor?

Accepted Answer

It states an LGA 2011/2066 compatibility .....

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