I have nothing against your screws...you can screw whatever you like
My Thermalright is screwed onto a back plate
using cork washers and stainless steel screws/nuts from Home Hardware
I am telling you that for OCing that heatsink would not be sufficient...
I use almost silent 120mm Fans that are replaceable.
If you were to do a little research on Various heatsinks you
would find the one you bought to be in the lower 1/4 for cooling efficiency.
Yes it cools better than the OE Cooler that came with the CPU at the CPU's
normal
speed but can it handle the same task when you are OC'ing by 15% 25%
50%???
Can it handle the CPU running at 25% OverClock full tilt all nite long???
Cooling the CPU is just one aspect of running cool. Air Movement throughout
the case is important, not impeding the airflow with a messy wiring job is
important, You ran the temp test on your desktop with plenty of room temp
air
all around now that you have it inside the case...inside an enclosed space
with other
parts producing heat as well....what temp is it running now???
peter




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"peter" wrote in message
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They discontinued it because it's a crappy heatsink
for $29 you got what you paid for.
Most aftermarket heatsinks do a better job than the one that
comes with the CPU.
peter



It is back on newegg.com in both 120mm and 92mm sizes. It pulls away heat
from the CPU like a screeching demon from Hell and the only way it could
be crappy is if the fan burns out. But unlike those super high zoot
premium air cooling solutions this one has fan that is easily replaced
with some toolless wire brackets.

On the completely other hand a lot of builders will pay 70 dollars for
some Zalman or Thermaltake with plastic push pins and be just as happy
with their build as I am with mine.

There is a thirty dollar solution to a seventy dollar equation.
Twenty-nine dollars for a no-name and one dollar for machine screws and
nuts to attach it properly.

If you are walking along the sidewalk some day, take a look at the
vehicles parked along the curb. How many do you see with plastic
fasteners attaching the wheels to the vehicle? Exactly none. That is
because it is a critical function with no margin for failure. So they use
threaded steel nuts so there is no failure. As do I.

I am not on some sort of fanactical crusade against the Intel design
plastic push pin friction fit but I will say that there is a better way to
do it. It is cheap and it is easy. That makes it elegant.

"peter" wrote in message
...
I have nothing against your screws...you can screw whatever you like
My Thermalright is screwed onto a back plate
using cork washers and stainless steel screws/nuts from Home Hardware
I am telling you that for OCing that heatsink would not be sufficient...
I use almost silent 120mm Fans that are replaceable.
If you were to do a little research on Various heatsinks you
would find the one you bought to be in the lower 1/4 for cooling
efficiency.
Yes it cools better than the OE Cooler that came with the CPU at the CPU's
normal
speed but can it handle the same task when you are OC'ing by 15% 25%
50%???
Can it handle the CPU running at 25% OverClock full tilt all nite long???
Cooling the CPU is just one aspect of running cool. Air Movement
throughout
the case is important, not impeding the airflow with a messy wiring job is
important, You ran the temp test on your desktop with plenty of room temp
air
all around now that you have it inside the case...inside an enclosed
space with other
parts producing heat as well....what temp is it running now???
peter






Just for you I restarted it and checked and it is at 102. I just leave the
left side cover off of the case so I do not worry a whole lot about airflow.
As far as I am concerned the case it just there to prevent static
electricity from zapping anything. I would be just as happy with everything
sitting on the desktop but there is that.

I am not much concerned with overclocking. I waste enough time without
wasting any more time on something that is just a pure waste of time.
Everything runs fast enough as it is.

"peter" wrote in message
...
I have nothing against your screws...you can screw whatever you like
My Thermalright is screwed onto a back plate
using cork washers and stainless steel screws/nuts from Home Hardware
I am telling you that for OCing that heatsink would not be sufficient...
I use almost silent 120mm Fans that are replaceable.
If you were to do a little research on Various heatsinks you
would find the one you bought to be in the lower 1/4 for cooling
efficiency.
Yes it cools better than the OE Cooler that came with the CPU at the CPU's
normal
speed but can it handle the same task when you are OC'ing by 15% 25%
50%???
Can it handle the CPU running at 25% OverClock full tilt all nite long???
Cooling the CPU is just one aspect of running cool. Air Movement
throughout
the case is important, not impeding the airflow with a messy wiring job is
important, You ran the temp test on your desktop with plenty of room temp
air
all around now that you have it inside the case...inside an enclosed
space with other
parts producing heat as well....what temp is it running now???
peter






Just for you I restarted it and checked and it is at 102. I just leave the
left side cover off of the case so I do not worry a whole lot about airflow.
As far as I am concerned the case it just there to prevent static
electricity from zapping anything. I would be just as happy with everything
sitting on the desktop but there is that.

I am not much concerned with overclocking. I waste enough time without
wasting any more time on something that is just a pure waste of time.
Everything runs fast enough as it is.