AMD Installation
On the AMD side of things, the Gelid Tranquillo has its own set of positives and negatives. On the positive side, since it uses the standard AMD backplate and retention ring, installing it is as easy as installing the two AMD brackets to the base of the unit, prepping your CPU, applying TIM and clipping it in place. This certainly makes for a much more streamlined and down right speedy installation but it also means Gelid’s heatsink cannot be mounted in the typical East/West orientation. This is simply unacceptable in this day and age. We truly wish Gelid and many other manufacturers would take the time to do a proper AMD installation and stop treating this group of consumers like second class citizens.  
Moving on, the compatibility is not nearly as good as they were on the Intel side of things due to the oddball orientation of the heatsink. To be honest it really does feel like AMD compatibility was an afterthought as it certainly did not get the time and attention to details the Intel side of things received. Basically, we had to move our ram from their normal positions and use the other two slots. To be blunt, if you run 4 sticks of ram on an AMD rig you may run into problems with this product.
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