Silver Arrow in Elite 430

[Helios1234]

What you can do is just put your case flat and the cooler on top of the CPU without any of the mounting kit. The try closing the side panel to see if it fits. That way you won't have to open all the accessories bags.

 

[Plec]

well, i asked 5UB if i fitted the cooler and found the side panel didnt go on if i could send it back under DSR for a full refund and he was quite happy with that

Thanks, good to know - different retailers have different interpretations/tolerances.

5UB, is a class act in the customer services forum. He, and Yewen before him, are part of the reason i continue to exclusively use OCuk for most of my builds/parts.

And what doesn't come bagged up these days? everything has some planet killing plastic bag so avoiding opening up any bag to get mounting gear out is impossible.

Heh, an unfortunate truth.

I remember watching a 'Tomorrows World', back in the early 80s, and they were predicting that 'popcorn' would become the substitute for polystyrene in the future...

 

[meths]

Thanks, good to know - different retailers have different interpretations/tolerances.

Confirming that OcUk will take back a used Silver Arrow.

You should see the state of the one I received from them yesterday. Among other obvious signs that someone had been using it he heatpipes were bent in so you can't even fit the middle fan in place without bending the cooler back into shape, it was covered in dust from someone else's PC and the tube of thermal grease is missing.

I'm not a happy bunny and a webnote has been sent to them. Hopefully customer service will resolve it quickly but I expect their reply to be "Sorry but there are none in stock".