has anyone gone to this extent???

hardc0re_tid · 2 Feb 2008 at 22:12

as above, thinking of doing this to my new build thats in process, may as well make use of the 9 120mm ambers and go for a full passive build

*oi no hotlinking!*

did a mod change this????

k3v1n · 2 Feb 2008 at 22:18

Thats a lot of thermalright

hardc0re_tid · 2 Feb 2008 at 22:20

it is indeed, just chucking it all into my basket now to see what the outcome is lol

shame, OcUk dont do the fet coolers

lol, £200

crazyDAJT · 2 Feb 2008 at 22:24

that board is going to weigh a ton!!

I think its going to be that heavy, you will get failures around the case mounts.

WeekendOC · 2 Feb 2008 at 22:27

LOL - that is a lot of passive cooling!

I have a fair amount of 3rd party heatsinks but not to that extent.

Will post a pic later.

steveo · 2 Feb 2008 at 22:30

u would have to have it flat for sure the board would simply crack under the weight

hardc0re_tid · 2 Feb 2008 at 22:34

steveo said:
u would have to have it flat for sure the board would simply crack under the weight

how when the board is mounted to the chassis/tray in various mouting locations?

hardc0re_tid · 2 Feb 2008 at 22:38

wow, just googled thermalright and it brought this up

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/06/06/thermalright_demos_heatsink_chassis/1

surely that would be useless for those who have a 8800 series card, or any card for that matter of fact

shauncr91 · 2 Feb 2008 at 22:39

steveo said:
u would have to have it flat for sure the board would simply crack under the weight

Have you ever tried snapping a motherboard?

I have and trust me, its hard

, and since its mounted to a metal plate like stated above, it shouldnt have any problems at all.

crazyDAJT · 2 Feb 2008 at 22:41

hardc0re_tid said:
how when the board is mounted to the chassis/tray in various mouting locations?

because you only holding it down at 6 location ish, and the PCB (which is reasonably brittle) is only about 3mm thick. any cyclic loading and you would be screwed.

but it will probably be fine... just bolt it down once, and nerve touch it again

Ben M · 2 Feb 2008 at 22:44

Wouldn't you still need at least 2 fans? an entry and an exhaust.

Plus a fan on the psu?

k3v1n · 2 Feb 2008 at 22:50

lol @

We think ThermalRight might just have won the award for the show's largest heatsink this year...

Dust may be a wee problem too.

manoz · 2 Feb 2008 at 23:08

I love the look of the HR CPU heatsink

Big.Wayne · 2 Feb 2008 at 23:13

hardc0re_tid said:

It's certainly something I've thought about, looks amazing and all but the economics of it don't make a great deal of sense. If your going all out money-no-object and your doing a lot of benchmarking for fun then sure go for it!

Back on planet budget I don't think many people could afford the whole series of different coolers but I think everyone should have at least one (or two) bits of Thermalright kit in their system, I always use a heatsink from this company but I'm starting to use the chipset heatsinks too, particularly for motherboards that don't have an uber southbridge heatsink.

hardc0re_tid said:
wow, just googled thermalright and it brought this up

Thanks for the heads up, looks cool (pun intended!), made a thread on this in the cases section.

steveo · 3 Feb 2008 at 00:30

shauncr91 said:
Have you ever tried snapping a motherboard?

I have and trust me, its hard , and since its mounted to a metal plate like stated above, it shouldnt have any problems at all.

cracked my old abit 478 board ages ago coz of a thermalright cpu cooler that was pure copper that was mounted in a chieftec case