Silver Arrow mounting pressure

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Riddleofsteel

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Does anyone know how tight you want that screw/dial on the mounting plate for the Thermalright Silver arrow? I thought my heatsink was on tight enough already, maybe even too tight, but then I noticed the knob for more pressure in the middle. I really don't want to damage my i7-950 chip, so I un-tightened the pressure knob a few quarter turns, but not a full turn. Anyone know? Thank you.
 
I'm not quite sure about the Silver Arrow, but is it similar to the Venomous-X where it has mounting pressure from 40 lbs to 70 lbs? If so, you do not want to use the 70 lbs mounting pressure.

Link as to why: http://www.overclock.net/air-cooling/755348-prolonged-use-venomous-x-may-cripple.html

Basically, the LGA 1366 socket has a max pressure load capability of 60 lbs, anything above that can/will ruin the socket, most cases it flattens the socket to where it's actually flush (even across) with the cpu holding bracket (as shown in the link above).

Hope this helps.
 
Riddleofsteel said:
Is the 70 pound pressure the default setting?
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No, at least it shouldn't be. If you can apply MORE pressure from the default, then you're in a safe range. I have yet to see any company (including thermalright) use more than 70 lbs mounting pressure on a heatsink, and that is pressure you need to apply yourself, not the default.
 
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