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Are the intel push pin cpu coolers a tad dogey?

I have installed 2 with the stock cooler now, you have to push it too hard. it seems like the MB is going to snap and then usually it clicks into place.

Pain in the ass, thats why i prefere a bolt/screw cooler like the tuniq
 
Oh so the pins wont come out of my freezer pro, if I wanted to bolt it on? With abit of luck, if it did fall off, the coolers power lead would stop it before it would fall on my cards
 
And Im guessing the best was to transport them is the case lying down not standing up, cos the bumps and stuff from the car *** cause the cpu to fall offl.
 
Happy said:
When installing the stock cooler for a q6600, I had to use so much force it was unreal; as only three of the four pins would click into place:mad:
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Had the same thing, was building a PC for a family member and damn, that heatsink was horrible to get on. Was worried I was going to damage the board. Worse than the old clip method imo.
 
Drukk said:
Had the same thing, was building a PC for a family member and damn, that heatsink was horrible to get on. Was worried I was going to damage the board. Worse than the old clip method imo.
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Exactly! The amount of pressure you have to apply is ridiculous. The AMD 939 was a lot better. It's imperative you install the stock HSF out of the case with the board laid on a flat surface. Even better with the board sat on a thin piece of card too so solder underneath doesn’t damage. Even when you take this much care I can guarantee that the board is slightly warped after.

RoEy
 
Never had a problem fitting them myself, even with the fan still attached (to the freezer 7 pro).

If you not familiar with the process, study it a bit before you try to fit it.
 
I've had no troubles from my Scythe Ninja with its pushpins and it has been transported standing upright a number of times. Just got to make sure the pins are locked, and to push in opposite corners, rather than both pins from one single side, then the other side.
 
If you read the instructions, the Intel push-pin coolers are easy to fit and work extremely well. There is absolutely no chance of it falling off. As Meatloaf has already said, take the fan off the CPU cooler to fit a Freezer 7 Pro.
 
I hate the stock heat sink and fan the first one i ever did was a few years ago, biggest pain in the butt ive ever had took me a good half an hour to get the thing seating propley, at first you dont relise how much force you have to put onto the last pin to make it sit correctly.

Had to use one for a couple of days on my new build while ocuk waited on tuniq stock. My advice to anyone building a rig do not use the stock 775 cooler, the extra cost of a aftermarket one is well worth the fact your have little to no stress. And probley some hair left at the end of the build.
 
The push pins are without a doubt the worst HSF installation method ever to have been dreamed up.

God I hate them.
 
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