- Apr 19, 2001
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On a couple of different MB's I've considered, I've seen comments form people saying they've had to cut up their heat sink's mounting bracket that goes underneath the MB to make it fit because of components there that block the bracket.
Namely, the EVGA 680i board and the Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 board.
In particular, I've seen this mentioned in combination with the Zalman 9500, which is what I was planning to get (or a 9700).
It seems to me that cutting the bracket into multiple pieces (as one poster suggested) defeats the purpose of the bracket. I know those big heat sinks weigh quite a bit more than the spec allows for. Is this a problem?
Also, how hard/painstaking is it to cut them to fit? Are we talking 30 minutes with a Dremel, or 5 minutes with scissors?
What do most people with these boards do? Buy smaller coolers, or just hack them up?
I'm personally inclined to just pick a MB that doesn't have the problem, but it's hard to tell which MB's will or won't.
Namely, the EVGA 680i board and the Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 board.
In particular, I've seen this mentioned in combination with the Zalman 9500, which is what I was planning to get (or a 9700).
It seems to me that cutting the bracket into multiple pieces (as one poster suggested) defeats the purpose of the bracket. I know those big heat sinks weigh quite a bit more than the spec allows for. Is this a problem?
Also, how hard/painstaking is it to cut them to fit? Are we talking 30 minutes with a Dremel, or 5 minutes with scissors?
What do most people with these boards do? Buy smaller coolers, or just hack them up?
I'm personally inclined to just pick a MB that doesn't have the problem, but it's hard to tell which MB's will or won't.
