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[daniboy79]

son-of-a........nice!! i see u had to remove the side fan to get it to fit?? that sucks. looks like i wont be getting this cooler after all

even if the fan could fit, it makes no sense having it blow onto a single fin from the heat sink 5 mm away

i'd remove the fan and wish it all the best like Sax has

[W1nTry]

Holy mother of pearl... derad when I tell yuh I fraid a HSF THAT BIG... damn thing does look like it'll rip the socket right off the mobo... i'd honestly quicker take meh chances with water cooling....

[daniboy79]

Holy mother of pearl... derad when I tell yuh I fraid a HSF THAT BIG... damn thing does look like it'll rip the socket right off the mobo... i'd honestly quicker take meh chances with water cooling....

that's why they send brackets to thru-pcb-mount the beast

[W1nTry]

Holy mother of pearl... derad when I tell yuh I fraid a HSF THAT BIG... damn thing does look like it'll rip the socket right off the mobo... i'd honestly quicker take meh chances with water cooling....

that's why they send brackets to thru-pcb-mount the beast

I know eh... but still I eh trust it... at least T&T not too Earthquake prone... *knocks on wood*

[Arcmanov]

I like it, but its too damn big.  My Zalman is big enough as it is, and I'm always inside the case tweaking something.
I think that once the HSF is beyond a certain weight, the manufacturers should provide some sort of additional
brace that mounts on the case chassis somewhere, but cases so different now that I'm sure that idea was considered, then abandoned.

[daniboy79]

but guys, PCB's aren't made of glass, and have you ever heard of a HSF 'falling off'? i've been working with electronics for 12+ years, and i can tell you that you can nearly bend a PCB in half before it breaks!

[W1nTry]

You mean big like....
http://www.thermaltake.com/product/cooler/combo/cl-p0024/cl-p0024.asp
or
http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Cooler/Retail/CL-P0086/cl-p0086.asp
or
http://www.zalman.co.kr/eng/product/view.asp?idx=229&code=009



Oh... and

but guys, PCB's aren't made of glass, and have you ever heard of a HSF 'falling off'? i've been working with electronics for 12+ years, and i can tell you that you can nearly bend a PCB in half before it breaks!

No... but i've seen a Heatsink take the CPU out of the ZIF socket because of bad thermal compound.... imagine such bad coupound and a falling HSF....

[Arcmanov]

Yeah, the Zalman 9700 too big.  Which is why I went with the 9500.
Not much difference in cooling performance anyways.

[shivadee]

need to get pics but this

sitting inside she....640MB version

[Spazosaurus]

That's going to be my card in a few weeks time.

[Saxito Pau]

LOL @ W1nTry and "Holy mother of pearl"

I'll admit that I have to be quite careful working around that HSF. I put the PC on its side first if I gonna even unplug a HDD cable... and since the pics I post I put on a bigger fan still.... same 120MM size but 38mm thick instead of the usual 25mm.

I can say with confidence that it is secure in there.  Heatsink compound used is Ceramique by Arctic Silver. Ain't never gonna pull out no CPU (and I seen it myself already as well - talk about PRESSURE to separate CPU from HSF!)

[Spazosaurus]

Much thanks to Sax for the vid card borrow...following are pics of my complete running system with nvidia 6200 (sooon to be 8800gts 640!!). Yes the case is an olllld cheap case I bought some years go that housed my socket A system...too many memories to just let it rot so I had to let it fly again 

[Saxito Pau]

bess yuh throw away that label on de video card and do a retake,  Unknown. My secret identity is now known to all!! gahhhhh!!!

[Beomagi]

thumbs :


older pics. Video card has been watercooled for months now.

[daniboy79]

see my pics here - http://gatt.carigamers.com/index.php/topic,11080.25.html