Infinity can't take the pressure (mount)

[deees]

Well, it was bound to happen... The BeaverTooth X-bite mod was too much for the Infinity to handle. Hopefully, this is why my temps weren't any better than with the push-pins, although the temps didn't jump 6c until 3 days after installation.

I'll post pics of my home-brew brackets when (and if I survive) they are done-hopefully in a day.

I was wondering if something like that might happen. Not having a flexible couple in place to absorb the thermal expansion is bound to place stress on those clips. In my first bolt-down mod, I used spacers under the clips to maintain the same distance, (and pressure), from the motherboard that the pins do.

I switched to the use of springs because it allows the system to flex during warm-up. There still is some torque being applied to the clips, and I’ve considered putting spacers under the clips to limit it.