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  • eccerr0r
    Solder Sloth
    • Nov 2012
    • 8701
    • USA

    #1

    Shipping PCs with heavy heatsink/fans...

    For people who have shipped PCs with huge heatsink/fans through UPS/USPS/Fedex... do they survive?

    How does one ensure that the heatsink stays attached and does not rip itself off the motherboard?

    Or do they tend to stay in place just fine?
  • Topcat
    The Boss Stooge
    • Oct 2003
    • 16956
    • United States

    #2
    Re: Shipping PCs with heavy heatsink/fans...

    Old world ones attached to the little plastic clips on ZIF sockets and some P4's were bad about breaking in transit. Things that are screwed into metal (modern stuff), I've never had a problem.
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    • eccerr0r
      Solder Sloth
      • Nov 2012
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      #3
      Re: Shipping PCs with heavy heatsink/fans...

      So the stock S775 hs/f don't survive? Hmmm. wonder what it'd take to reinforce it to survive...

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      • Topcat
        The Boss Stooge
        • Oct 2003
        • 16956
        • United States

        #4
        Re: Shipping PCs with heavy heatsink/fans...

        Originally posted by eccerr0r
        So the stock S775 hs/f don't survive? Hmmm. wonder what it'd take to reinforce it to survive...
        Those sinks are horrible....but the upside is they're light....they tend to stay put. I usually break them trying to remove/reinstall them.
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        • eccerr0r
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          • Nov 2012
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          #5
          Re: Shipping PCs with heavy heatsink/fans...

          hmm... as a HS/F the stock S775 ones seem to be nice and quiet as well as the fans seem quite long lasting - haven't had one die yet. Unlike the aftermarket ones I've dealt with...some of which are quite loud (though haven't had one of those fans yet die yet), but they have a back (or front, for the Zalman S478 to S775 retrofit) plate and actually screwed to the board. Not sure if I will have to use one of the aftermarket ones or will the stock ones survive...

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