Tuniq Tower question

[Jimmy Swanson]

Hello, I'm giving the whole overclocking thing a shot and building a new system. I got a little overzealous ordering parts and ordered this ridiculous thing. I thought I read something about taping up the backplate. I assume it's a good idea to wrap that mounting plate that goes on the underside of the motherboard in electrical tape so it can't short anything, right? Also, won't it be an issue that this thing will be in the way of the case fans? Is it necessary to rig something up to help support the tower while your case is upright so as not to twist the motherboard?

 

[troisanh]

backplate has foam stickie where its attached to mobo, it should be fine.

 

[BillParrish]

If the machine is just going to sit on your desk, dont worry about it other than to carefully follow the instructions for mounting.

Fan clearance will just depend on your case.

If you are moving this computer around a lot, there might be an issue, just treat it like there was a raw egg in the bottom of the case. No long bumpy car rides, sit it flat so the HS is not "hanging" sideways while transporting etc.

 

[Astral Abyss]

Well, considering the Tuniq uses the stock mounting plate I would certainly hope it's already on your motherboard and working fine. If you wrap it in electrical tape all you're going to accomplish is making it not sit correctly due to the added thickness and unevenness (is that a word?) of the tape and probably increase your chances of the Tuniq's weight not being spread evenly and snapping that sucker off.