Thermalright SI-128 SE + SG03?

[Synomenon]

Has anyone tried using the Thermalright SI-128 SE with the SG03? It looks like a better heatsink than the NT06-Lite.

 

[Leman]

＊ CPU cooler cannot exceed 78mm in height

L125 x W145 x H91.5 mm (heatsink only)

In short, no.

 

[Solar]

I don't know if this is still relevant, but I have an SI-128 in an SG-01 (same clearance as an SG-03) I had to dremel out the two forward support bars so that I could bend the front the get it to fit into the case under the power supply (ST500EF-SC). With my Opteron170 the hottest it gets is 60c (using CoreTemp) at full load. After a lot of research, I've found that this high core temp is normal for an SFF or an Opteron with stock cooling. It's been running strong for a year now. I figure the poor airflow cancels out the cooling gains of the heatsink with a decent fan on top of it, but it still wins in the no-noise department.

 

[Synomenon]

Do you have pics. of what you did? So you basically removed the two thinner bars (that look like smaller heat-pipes) in the front of the SI-128?

 

[xkon]

pics of a "squashed" si-128 and an enzotech ultra x... http://www.sudhian.com/index.php?/forums/viewthread/97655/

 

[Solar]

I got the idea off a post I saw on the Sudihan forums oddly enough, one of the users there had done the same thing. But yeah, I dremeled off the front two bars, they're more like support beams than mini-heatpipes. Instead of squashing everything, I just bent slightly the main bars. Here's the thread (with pics) I was reading from.
http://www.sudhian.com/index.php?/forums/viewthread/89885/P90/#824983