heatsink weight ????

I have a athlon amd xp 2100+ and now there's a Taisol GK760092 on it it weighs about 264 g i'm planing to take the 60mm fan off and put a Ice hole on it +- 160-180g and on top of that an enermax fan +- 85 g i think that the 60 mm fan has a weight about 26 g

so

264
- 26
+ 170
+ 85
______

 

= 493 g

493 g is that to much ??? or is that stil ok ????

 

well I think that's still okay because a waterblock won't wheigh much less I think, but I'd wait for confirmation of the real techies over here

 

That weight should just about be ok for three lugs.............but only just and take care! If any lugs are broken or you are not using all three then you should be far more wary

 

on 3 lugs it should be ok.

Official weight for AMD is 400g though.

 

Thats heavy but you should just about be ok

 

It's not just the weight, it's the leverage from the extra height.

But with the 3-prong Taisol you've got the next-best fitting to using the mobo holes.

Just don't move the case about a lot (ie. lay flat when transporting).

 

Its actually called a 'moment'

you can work it with something like Length x Force (N)

I did all that about 2 years ago, so thats probably wrong

 

would it help if i seported ?

Wat if i seported it white to smal cables like put them arond the 2 top srews of the fans and suspend them to the top of the case ?
would it help or is it not neseserie ?

 

You could yes, but make sure it isnt too tight as to offset the HSF on the actual CPU die

 

That's what me & the mrs have

It's the distance between fulcrum or "hinge" (the clip) & the centre-of-mass of the hs/adapter/fan times the weight, IIRC.

But I could be wrong, I've started having senior moments :cries: