A heavy heatsink question!

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Wicked_Bass

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after the hs like a infinity or a tuniq tower is mounted and you install the mobo in the case a stand your case vertical has anyone ever had the hs fall off due to weight or the retention bracket breaking?

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I've had heatsinks break off and/or break the ZIF socket before, but mounting technology has come a long way since then. I'm not familiar with the mounting system of those coolers, but I MUCH prefer the propietary metal backplates and bolt through mounting style ala' the old thermalrights.
 
Well my brothers AC frezer 64 fell off once, but i have never had a problem with "tower" heatsinks at all.
 
What you could do is sit your cae horizontaly or onstruct someting that will hold the heatsink in place...if your that way inclined.
 
as long as the copper base is secure the aluminum fins shouldn't cause too much pressure to fall off... although these heatpipe designs do make the entire tower a lot heavier then the zalman one i had before. The Zalman was fairly secure but the problem with these tower-like HS is that they are very tall so it does seem like it might fall off if not properly attached.

However, i dont see myself ever using a tower case like a desktop or designing something to hold it.
 
I've got an old 3g Northwood box with the biggest heatsink known to man on it, and it's been hanging on there for several years with no problems.. It a Thermaltake of some sort, and if I remember correctly the box it came in said it weighs three pounds or something insane like that... But no problems so far..
 
Heatsinks with their own backplates are usually secure enough that you don't have to worry about it. However, I would suggest caution when using something like the Infinity which doesn't use a backplate. I wouldn't trust the stock mounting solution to support that much weight while moving the computer.
 
Zero82z said:
Heatsinks with their own backplates are usually secure enough that you don't have to worry about it. However, I would suggest caution when using something like the Infinity which doesn't use a backplate. I wouldn't trust the stock mounting solution to support that much weight while moving the computer.
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I think you'll be alright as long as you don't toss it down a flight of stairs or throw it in the back of a pickup truck. Sometimes when I used to go to LANs they would have these flatbed carts to bring in yer stuff, they would bounce the equipment all over the place. If you're gonna do something like throw yer rig on a cart like that then I'd be kinda scared.

If you just carry it around gently you shouldn't have a problem.
 
ZXN said:
I think you'll be alright as long as you don't toss it down a flight of stairs or throw it in the back of a pickup truck. Sometimes when I used to go to LANs they would have these flatbed carts to bring in yer stuff, they would bounce the equipment all over the place. If you're gonna do something like throw yer rig on a cart like that then I'd be kinda scared.

If you just carry it around gently you shouldn't have a problem.
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I forgot to clarify I meant the LGA775 mounting system. It's known for being inadequate and sometimes does not provide proper contact with the CPU.
 
using the infinity now with the stock lg775 mountings, seems to be fine altho checking now n again wouldnt hurt.
 
It all depends on how much you move it around.

If you use brackets other than what comes with the infinity or tower then you might need to be concerned. However, I know people who have super heavy heatsinks like those and they just use the brackets that come with the HS and they stay on perfectly fine. The only reason you might want to support it with fishing line is if you are like me and go to a lot of LAN parties and gaming tournaments that you have to travel to. Even so, I know people who do that who have the infinity and they just transport their rig on its side to make sure that if they hit a bump the strain won't rip it off.
 
Thanks i dont move my pc anywhere just sits on the desk didnt know if the infinity would be a problem over time!
 
I have a ninja revB with 3 fans hanging off of it (when mounted vertically) :) and it's fine.
 
digital_exhaust said:
I've got an old 3g Northwood box with the biggest heatsink known to man on it, and it's been hanging on there for several years with no problems.. It a Thermaltake of some sort, and if I remember correctly the box it came in said it weighs three pounds or something insane like that... But no problems so far..
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You mean the Tower112 by chance, all copper, heavy sob, I got on on my 3.0E and it hasn't been a problem, although i have it losely ziptied to the PSU if it starts to sagg.
 
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