Max waterblock weight supported by mobo

[rvk2]

Hey guys, just curious if anyone knows what the maximum weight my waterblock can be on a old Socket A mobo? I read somewhere that the maximum weight for heatsinks on Socket A was about .500kg, but I'm sure a little bit more can be supported.
Has anyone here put a really big heavy heatsink or waterblock on their motherboard? The reason I ask is because I'm designing a custom waterblock of my own, and one of my ideas is to make a big cube waterblock- my reasoning is that the bigger it is, the more surface area it has and more water it can hold- you guys think its a good idea to attach something heavy on top of my cpu, or am I going to crush it to its death?

 

[scrawnypaleguy]

Put some pads on the base of the heatsink where it doesn't touch the core to avoid cracking the core on your cpu. Other than that I don't think you should have too much trouble provided you don't move your case around to much (or too roughly). I used to have a huge thermaltake hardcano 12 on my old socket A board, and I didn't have any problems with it.

 

[S Random]

id suggest trying to copy cathers G4/G5 water block pattern it works great for him im sure itll work fine for you too

 

[rvk2]

thanks S Random, as well as scrawnypaleguy

 

[HardWarrior]

The best water blocks I know of don't use masses of copper. It's the water impingement structure that makes, or brakes a block.