Overclocking with the FX-57

[EvilRage]

I suppose the only thing that would apply would be when I move down the street in about a month... but I suppose I could take off the HSF then... however, for a while I was moving it around a lot, at least to get it in a position to clear the CMOS often. Where it's at now (and where it'll be in the new place) I have to unplug it and move it a foot or so forward to have enough room to open it and mess with it, and I'm thinking that much movement, even if I'm only doing it a few times a month, would be too much if I had too much weight on it.

Just wondering... do the minimum weight requirements change when you use different mounting hardware? I would imagine AMD/Intel rate by weight for the brackets that come with the motherboards, and don't necessarily account for 3rd party cooling equipment... so maybe the stuff made by third parties is better, in terms of weight capabilities? Or is that a false assumption?

 

[Burrbaby]

Originally posted by: EvilRage

Originally posted by: Mogadon
The Thermaltake Big Typhoon is at least equal to and possibly better than both the XP-120 and the Zalman.

it's heavy though, and that's what i'm worried about... i don't feel comfortable putting a whole lot of weight on my processor. Maybe that's just me, i dunno, are my fears justified?

That Big Typhoon is awesome, I've got one and even though installation sucks performance more than makes up for it.

Check out some reveiws, and the backplate included with the Typhoon distributes its weight very evenly.

 

[Ronin]

Let me just say that I've used heavy heatsinks for some time now, and I've never, ever damaged the CPU, or the motherboard. I think you're probably worrying too much at this point.