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Good news, I just got my HSFs today - dang that was the fastest that I've gotten anything from eBay - ever - by a few orders of magnitude!!!
Here are some pics:
Total length of HSF
Don't have calipers but it's pretty darn within a millimeter of 4 inches. The rear clip does not extend past the edge of the heatsink and the front clip with the latch extends past the heatpipes just enough for the plastic latch to clear. Just as I suspected it is no longer than any other retail box HSF.
Total width of the heatsink
Width is about ½" wider than stock, but that shouldn't matter for your board because of the orientation of the sockets.
Top view over socket
Bad shot but this view shows it sitting on the socket.
Side view of HSF and socket
This shows that length of HSF is same as length of socket. More on this later.
Comparison with another HSF
That's the HSF from my x2 3800+ for comparison. Same length because of the clip even though they look totally different. Man, I wish mine came with one so I didn't have to spend $15 on it.
Width comparison
Here you can see how wide the stock HSF is (roughly 3", widest at junction between heatsink and fan not at the base where ruler is) and that the heatpipe unit is wider.
Side profile comparison
This is the most interesting picture. You can see two things from this. First, again you can see that the unit looks much more massive but really isn't (hey, also looks like similar height but I didn't check for that). The second thing is that when installed, the base portion has to be centered so the heatpipe unit will HAVE to extend past the socket area. Indeed this is so. Again, without calipers but with my eyes and the ruler my best guess is that it extends about ¼" or so past the farthest point of the black plastic around the socket. The part that sticks out is the "butt" end of the unit, opposite from the heatpipes.
Looking at your motherboard, with the heatpipe facing "up" on the top socket (closest to PSU) and down on the bottom one (closest to video) then they will fit with no problems. Facing each other, they will not fit. Both facing the same way such as both upwards, then they may fit (really close, will have to try it to actually tell).
There ya have it. Like GI Joe used to say, knowing is half the battle...
Hope this helps you decide for or against... you're on your own with the other HSFs.
Here are some pics:
Total length of HSF
Don't have calipers but it's pretty darn within a millimeter of 4 inches. The rear clip does not extend past the edge of the heatsink and the front clip with the latch extends past the heatpipes just enough for the plastic latch to clear. Just as I suspected it is no longer than any other retail box HSF.
Total width of the heatsink
Width is about ½" wider than stock, but that shouldn't matter for your board because of the orientation of the sockets.
Top view over socket
Bad shot but this view shows it sitting on the socket.
Side view of HSF and socket
This shows that length of HSF is same as length of socket. More on this later.
Comparison with another HSF
That's the HSF from my x2 3800+ for comparison. Same length because of the clip even though they look totally different. Man, I wish mine came with one so I didn't have to spend $15 on it.
Width comparison
Here you can see how wide the stock HSF is (roughly 3", widest at junction between heatsink and fan not at the base where ruler is) and that the heatpipe unit is wider.
Side profile comparison
This is the most interesting picture. You can see two things from this. First, again you can see that the unit looks much more massive but really isn't (hey, also looks like similar height but I didn't check for that). The second thing is that when installed, the base portion has to be centered so the heatpipe unit will HAVE to extend past the socket area. Indeed this is so. Again, without calipers but with my eyes and the ruler my best guess is that it extends about ¼" or so past the farthest point of the black plastic around the socket. The part that sticks out is the "butt" end of the unit, opposite from the heatpipes.
Looking at your motherboard, with the heatpipe facing "up" on the top socket (closest to PSU) and down on the bottom one (closest to video) then they will fit with no problems. Facing each other, they will not fit. Both facing the same way such as both upwards, then they may fit (really close, will have to try it to actually tell).
There ya have it. Like GI Joe used to say, knowing is half the battle...
Hope this helps you decide for or against... you're on your own with the other HSFs.
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