Recent content by Tailhooker

The cooler you mention looks like a nice cooler. It may be a better cooler with the 4 heat pipes over the OCZ Vendetta2, with 3 heat pipes. The local shop I deal with did not carry the Sunbeam CR-CCTF 120 mm Core-Contact Freezer CPU Cooler W/TX-2. So I went with the Vendetta2. I'm happy with the...

When you get into the larger sized cpu coolers. The ball game changes,now you need to change the mounting brackets and backplate. And the instructions do call for it. The mounting devices that are supplied with the cpu cooler will not work with the standard backplates that come on most...

Just about all motherboards come with a backplate and retention device that is for the standard amd retension clip. Most cpu coolers are universal and require you to chage the backplate and use their retension device setup. Check it out you will find I'm correct on this issue. The board I used...

For me I settled on the OCZ Vendetta2 cooler. I just been through a bunch a BS cooler issues, on a new build. The hyper212 is a good cooler. The reason I went with the Vendetta2. It that the cooler attaches to the motherboard using the standard bracket and just uses the standard amd retension...