I was spoiled with my old setup...

[diabx0r]

I just came from an old 2500+ with an SLK900 or whatever from Thermalright. All you had to do was simply clip the thing on.

... wow.

I am now running an E6600 with a Zalman 9700.

This thing was the biggest PAIN IN THE ASS to put on.

Why can't we just stick to clips? WHY!?!?!?!?!

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

Yeah. After doing my Xeon heatsinks, helping my wife with the SI-120 on her Opty 148 was a joy.

 

[Ayah]

The Arctic Cooling Freezer 64s are nice and easy.

 

[diabx0r]

Oh well, it's in and there's no worrying about it now.

My temps are damned nice at 3 ghz.

42c loaded.

 

[TheStu]

See, I was never coddled with my Athlon XP setup, I had the 947u heatsink and that one required a backplate, and then had to be mounted with 4 spring loaded screws... the screws had to be put in the right order, and at the correct rate or I could have cracked the die.... Installing a 7000 AlCu in my friend's machine last night was a breeze by comparison

 

[LouPoir]

I agree - The S775 mounting is a step backwards IMHO


Lou