This was no small task, if someone's having the same problem as me, then I will post a how-to with pictures and all that, otherwise, y'all can just check out the final product of what I did here:
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So basically, in socket 939 or AM2 boards, the thing can only be mounted in 2 orientations - the two wrong ones, in which it either blows hot air into the psu or sucks hot air from the psu. This sucks, since in 775 boards, it can point all 4 directions, so this is not a problem for you intel guys. Basically, they just cheaped out in designing proper mounting equipment for the 939/am2 crowd. It also comes pretty close to interfering with the closest of the ram slots, especially if you're using tall ram like the kind with the heatsinks that make the sticks much taller. I wasn't but that might matter for some of you guys, so I'm throwing it out there.
So what I did is make my own mounting equipment and make it point the only way I considered acceptable - blowing air from the intake fans to the exhaust fans. It was a little ghetto, and there's definitely room for improvement. Basically, I used the stock mounting equipment from a dead 939 board I borrowed from a friend and the 939/am2 mounting stuff that came in the box with the heatsink. I also got some 2" screws from home depot the same diameter as the stock 939 mounting stuff ones. I used a soldering iron to melt the plastic piece that the heatsink usually clips to, so that it would fit around the heatpipes. Then I put screws into that piece, pointing toward the board and so that the heads of the screws were between the lowest heatsink fins and my modified plastic thingy. I wedged the stock mounting clip, between the plastic thingy (it made grooves in the plastic, so I am confident it won't slide around) and the base of the heatsink where it normally goes. the screws go through a second (kind of unnecessary) top mounting piece, through the mobo, and the backplate (again a stock one with the nuts removed). Then they attach with some nuts that came with the screws and happened to be just big enough that they sat on top of the back plate rather than in the spaces where the nuts normally go. I tightened the whole thing via those nuts. It's definitely tight enough to guarantee enough contact, since it wiggles even less than the original (wrong to me) way. the only problem so far is that the screws and the nuts hit the part of the case that the motherboard mounts to, but that's easily solved with a drill for sheet metal or a dremel. I just never got around to it, since leaving it just flexes the motherboard a tiny bit. (i know, still dangerous).
For those of you who are asking wtf did this guy do and why, this little write up is probably not for you. It's for people with 939/am2 boards who bought the hdt s1283 and would really like it to mount a way that makes some sense airflow-wise.
Also, the very similar items are sold under different names by I believe OCZ and kingwin. these are the vendetta and the revolution or RVT (correct me if I'm wrong).
No, this was probably not worth it. Should have returned the damn thing and gotten a zalman that's as good and has decent mounting equipment. however, since that would have cost $30 more or so, and I'm just annoying like that I elected to force it to work my way. Plus you have to admit it looks beastly in there...
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So basically, in socket 939 or AM2 boards, the thing can only be mounted in 2 orientations - the two wrong ones, in which it either blows hot air into the psu or sucks hot air from the psu. This sucks, since in 775 boards, it can point all 4 directions, so this is not a problem for you intel guys. Basically, they just cheaped out in designing proper mounting equipment for the 939/am2 crowd. It also comes pretty close to interfering with the closest of the ram slots, especially if you're using tall ram like the kind with the heatsinks that make the sticks much taller. I wasn't but that might matter for some of you guys, so I'm throwing it out there.
So what I did is make my own mounting equipment and make it point the only way I considered acceptable - blowing air from the intake fans to the exhaust fans. It was a little ghetto, and there's definitely room for improvement. Basically, I used the stock mounting equipment from a dead 939 board I borrowed from a friend and the 939/am2 mounting stuff that came in the box with the heatsink. I also got some 2" screws from home depot the same diameter as the stock 939 mounting stuff ones. I used a soldering iron to melt the plastic piece that the heatsink usually clips to, so that it would fit around the heatpipes. Then I put screws into that piece, pointing toward the board and so that the heads of the screws were between the lowest heatsink fins and my modified plastic thingy. I wedged the stock mounting clip, between the plastic thingy (it made grooves in the plastic, so I am confident it won't slide around) and the base of the heatsink where it normally goes. the screws go through a second (kind of unnecessary) top mounting piece, through the mobo, and the backplate (again a stock one with the nuts removed). Then they attach with some nuts that came with the screws and happened to be just big enough that they sat on top of the back plate rather than in the spaces where the nuts normally go. I tightened the whole thing via those nuts. It's definitely tight enough to guarantee enough contact, since it wiggles even less than the original (wrong to me) way. the only problem so far is that the screws and the nuts hit the part of the case that the motherboard mounts to, but that's easily solved with a drill for sheet metal or a dremel. I just never got around to it, since leaving it just flexes the motherboard a tiny bit. (i know, still dangerous).
For those of you who are asking wtf did this guy do and why, this little write up is probably not for you. It's for people with 939/am2 boards who bought the hdt s1283 and would really like it to mount a way that makes some sense airflow-wise.
Also, the very similar items are sold under different names by I believe OCZ and kingwin. these are the vendetta and the revolution or RVT (correct me if I'm wrong).
No, this was probably not worth it. Should have returned the damn thing and gotten a zalman that's as good and has decent mounting equipment. however, since that would have cost $30 more or so, and I'm just annoying like that I elected to force it to work my way. Plus you have to admit it looks beastly in there...
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