Heatsink question

[thedocta45]

I have a Dell which I'm porting over to a new atx frame.
What I'm wondering is do you think I could just zip tie a fan to the heatsink?
Its an xps 410, so the heatsink is pretty decent my cpu idles at about 31-30 C and after 4hrs of Prime95 it caped at about 50 C.
I was also thinking I might keep the whole shroud as one unit, but I'm not to sure how its all connected.
I'll be jumping over to a Lain Li case either the LIAN LI PC-A08B or the LIAN LI PC-V1200Aplus II if that helps anyone for reference.
If any additional info is needed I'll be happy to supply it.

 

[engiNURD]

What I'm wondering is do you think I could just zip tie a fan to the heatsink?

Sure, why not?

 

[westrock2000]

If there are accomidations for the zip tie to securly mount then yes you can do that. I have ziptied fans in computers (case not heatsinks though) in situtations where I had irregular mounting patterns.

 

[Rich Tate]

You might get some better responses in Cooling, let's go there now, shall we.