but their mounting plates are ugly as hell :shakes:
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I like the looks of the Swiftech stuff :) Not as much as the looks of the Heatkiller, but they look better than the EK Supreme imho.
Well you don't see the edges from the top, so I don't really care about the look... but I do thing the edges suck though, because I caught a splinter in my finger from those edges just yesterday off my new i7 mounting plate.
i agree that a thumb nut might be easier, but mounting a block in an upright case is impossible with every block out there.
i think that the biggest problem with the HK mounting system is that the bolts areb't integrated into the backplate so the block can slide around on the socket, but this is quite easy to fix with a small piece of scotch tape :up:
an while it has some disadvantages the HK has the best looking mounting mechanism out there :D
Well the vertical case problem can easily be solved by flipping the case on it's side so the board is horizontal. Mounting a block on a vertical motherboard is just asking for a bad mount imho. At least the horizontal mounting will not be worse than mounting a cooler on a vertical board, so just to be sure I always put the case on its side.
i love the koolance mounting...because it works great..and build is uber good...and the thumb screws are biGGGGGG
welll you still have to mount the backplate = remove board
and if i think back i think that you're right
i mounted my swiftech storm in an upright case, but contact was horrible, you get much better reults without an upright case
basically i wanted to say that it is not recommended to mount any cooler in an upright case as in a lot of cases the mount will be worse than a horizontal mount :yepp:
Yes, the pic shows the vertical orientation.
Thank you for the confirmation. On socket 775 is the orientation similar in that the outlet should be closest to the bank of I/O ports?
I honestly don't know about 775 since I only tested this block on i7.
A 775's die is completely different from an i7's so I can't give you an estimate. I can suggest one of two courses of action, though:
1. Test it. :)
2. Don't bother. The temp difference is going to be minimal anyway.
I'll give 'er a try and see. Thanks again.