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[paradisiac]

ok, finally made my decision and im gunna go with an i7 build. thing is, do they come with the same push/twist clips on the heatsink/fan as the socket 775 or are they backplate and screw fittings?
reason i ask is if i have to remove the motherboard to upgrade the hsf in the future then maybe i should looking at doing it all now.

 

[reflux]

Some i7 heatsinks use pushpins, some use screws and backplates. The better ones tend to be the latter variety.

 

[chippy08]

ok, finally made my decision and im gunna go with an i7 build. thing is, do they come with the same push/twist clips on the heatsink/fan as the socket 775 or are they backplate and screw fittings?
reason i ask is if i have to remove the motherboard to upgrade the hsf in the future then maybe i should looking at doing it all now.

push/twist clips if you mean the stock cooler

 

[paradisiac]

push/twist clips if you mean the stock cooler

yeah i meant stock, sorry. so is there a decent budget hsf or will the stock one be ok?

 

[JonJ678]

Specify a budget or we can't say

The stock one is pretty crap.

 

[paradisiac]

well ideally £20-£25 if possible, with the rest of it hitting £469 doesnt really leave me a lot spare.
by crap you mean it doesnt really keep the temps down or it wont let you oc?

is this ok?

 

[invisible69]

well ideally £20-£25 if possible, with the rest of it hitting £469 doesnt really leave me a lot spare.
by crap you mean it doesnt really keep the temps down or it wont let you oc?

is this ok?

Yes that should be ok up till ~3.6GHZ if you're overclocking and you got a good case

I'm using the previous version of it, which is the same but only has S775 push pins