Heatsink Broke!

[Eocene]

Basically I built a system for my friend and his heatsink broke off.... the metal cut through the plastic somehow.. perhaps because of the pressure....

I am not sure exactl what the specs are anymoer (long time ago).. but I think it was a 3000 64 bit amd...

Now.. my questoin is.. what kind of heatsink can he get for $20 (fry's).. what should I look for?

Thanks

 

[Sandman]

If one of the little plastic tabs broke off the CPU socket, you have bigger problems then a new heatsink.

 

[Eagle_Eye]

Personnaly i would go back to the store with the board and see if they could rma it for a new one...

Especially if purchase is less then 30 days..

Could have been week defective plastic that may have broke off.

 

[|Leviathan|]

Personnaly i would go back to the store with the board and see if they could rma it for a new one...

Especially if purchase is less then 30 days..

Could have been week defective plastic that may have broke off.

I would agree with you indeed, but he already forgot what the specs were lol and I doubt it one forgets such specs within 30 days and in fact he stated that it was 'a long time ago' so guessing that it is old enough not to be replaceable I would suggest first Eocene that you confirm with what sandman said because after all it is quite useless in buying a new heat sink and find that that was actually the core problem so first step >

If that possibility is negative, regarding heat sink well it depends for what you're opting my suggestions are more than $20 but when buying a CPU heat sink/fan I pretty much tend to see it as an investment and well spent money so

Fan less option - Thermal take fanless103 @ round $35
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106047

Else - Zalman 7000B Alcu!!! Check compatibility with motherboard before!!!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118112

Subjectively I recommend the zalman cooler + they're noiseless, I own one like that on another computer and the sound is negligible

Regards

 

[Eocene]

heh... no actually.. the heat sink itself broke off.... as in no damage to the mobo... infact I used paper clips to hold it together to see if it would work... it dif for a while.. but it's not stable...