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What is the average hold-down force used for Athlon heatsinks?

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Biggerhammer

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I'm contemplating building a awterblock. It will have a silver base. Since the ideal heat transfer requires as thin a base as possible but the base needs to support the full force that is holding the waterblock to the morthboard, I'm trying to find out how much force is applied to hold a heatsink onto a motherboard.

Specifically, I plan to apply this to an Athlon-64 3000. Motherboard is currently undetermined. The silver will be something like this, lapped down to a very flat surface on the bottom, grooved on the water side to enhance turbulence and increase surface area.
 
Not particularly HT.

Info is readily available in spec sheets on AMD's site. They call for a force between 60 and 90 lbs. The reference clip applies 75 lbs.
 
Originally posted by: L00PY
Not particularly HT.

Info is readily available in spec sheets on AMD's site. They call for a force between 60 and 90 lbs. The reference clip applies 75 lbs.
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I'd go for over that, like 85 or something, since this is not copper but silver.
 
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