Ninja plus with LGA775 connection

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woolylambkin

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I'm just wondering but does anyone else think that the Ninja's little plastic push pins seem really wimpy for the LGA775 connection? I just installed mine and it's on and it's not falling off, but it seems to have a lot of wiggle. I'm actually thinking of just ripping off those push pins and replacing them with some simple nuts/bolts/washers/etc from home depot or something to give me some peace of mind. Has anyone else felt skeptical about their ninjas and switched their mounting system or is a little wiggle okay with a heatsink that's as big as a ninja?
 
I've never installed a Ninja, but I'd recommend throwing in some springs in your nut/bolt/washer setup so you don't overtorque the board :)
 
I figured that the mounting bracket on the ninja would be springy enough to prevent crushing my cpu but a little precaution goes a long way so I'll probably use your tip. I actually found an old watercooling setup with plastic washers, bolts, nuts, and springs that I'll probably try using.
 
Let us know how your project goes :)

I have the revB of the Ninja which the mounts are just like the stock HSF. I'd be curious if the temps are better with the tighter contact. You would think so. Maybe then it would outperform the Tuniq :p
 
I was going to make a new thread but found this one.

I think all of the current pushpin setups look iffy. The big typhoon vx/all the scythes/etc

Should I not be worried?

How did your plastic nuts/bolts go?

The Tuniq Towers screw in brackets look much more robust.
 
I've had mine mounted for about 2 months now with no problems. Just make sure you know how the push pins operate and don't break it :)
 
Well, I ordered it a few hours ago. I'm gonna give it a shot.

I just have to wait for the DS3 to be in stock some where...everything else is ordered.
 
I finally got all my parts and dinked around with this thing forever.

It seems to be easy to get in, I then pushed until I heard a pop and i was good...

A single reset later i went from 40ish idle to 55...and under stress (using TAT) it immediately jumped up to 70ish.

So, I checked everything and the top left thumb thinger wasn't pushed all the way down any more. I reset everything with new AS5 and now it's idles @ 42...but when I stress it it goes up to 60.

So far I'm disappointed. I used a full size grain of rice worth of AS5. When separating the HS and CPU it's entirely covered...basically perfect. Using the same method in the same case withthe same fans my X2 3800+ @ 2.5GHx idled @ 31 and peaked @ 45ish with my XP-90 and 92mm SilentCat.

What gives? I'm not an idiot...I'm just confused.

E6600 - Stock 2.4GHz - 1.325v
In a P160 with front and back Yate Loon 120mm fans/12v.
 
Just like to add to my confusion...

When I stress tested it it went to 60ish after 5 mins. then it seems to steady out.

I just played FEAR for an hour and neither core went above 48...

I may be tired but that doesn't make sense does it?

I'm contemplating taking my whole PC apart again to make super dooper sure that the ninja isn't trying to walk away from my mother board and then I see temps like these...

I understand that the TAT is supposed to use 100% of every possible instruction but...

I gotta see what orthos does. Then again this is at stock speeds and voltages.

I still blame this shitty pushpin setup. I want a hardcore backplate with screws and bolts to hold an eleventy pound black of copper and aluminium on damn it.
BAH!


EDIT: ok... Orthos for 10 minutes and it's steady @ 53 in both TAT and CoreTemp
I think I'm retarded.
 
I have the Ninja V2 with 2 fans weighing it down. The mounts are fine. I dont have any issues. Sure, I may get 1 or 2 degrees better if I push the Ninja down..but its no big deal.

btw...at stock speeds, you should be able to drop your vcore significantly to keep temps lower
 
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