naked opteron and fuzion?

[ChaosphereIX]

quick q: would I need to mod my mobo to have my fuzion sit right on my soon to be naked opteron 165? will the cpu cam get in the way or will it sit flush?

thanks

[Bail_w]

i dont think you need t mod your motherboard, but take out the retention bracket.

[ChaosphereIX]

i dont think you need t mod your motherboard, but take out the retention bracket.

thanks for the speedy reply - the block is already on water with the ihs on so the bracket is already off

do you know for sure? because if I need to mod the mobo I wont do it...

[Ramaistro]

I had problems with my opty 165 naked. The retention bracket for the cpu itself is just a little bit to high.

You could sand the wite retention bracket a little bit.

So to the point you wil need to mod a little bit.

[xrgong]

I run mine naked with a fuzion, and it works great..
Remove the stock plastic bracket, and use those four holes.... I also use a backplate from a BigTyphoon....

[ChaosphereIX]

I run mine naked with a fuzion, and it works great..
Remove the stock plastic bracket, and use those four holes.... I also use a backplate from a BigTyphoon....

thanks for the reply bud, but I have s939 - different retention mechanism and only two holes to hold the fuzion down

looks like I have some weighing in pros and cons ahead of me....cure my horrible temp situation - I have a delta of over 20C from idle to load, and one of my cores runs about 8C higher than the other...think this situation calls for me to pop the lid to get the temps down?

[xrgong]

My Opty 165 is socket 939, and I hold my fuzion down with the 4 bolts I mentioned....

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/1648/fuzionop0.jpg

[Sparky]

Socket 939 here, no IHS, two bolt method. Works fine.

[ChaosphereIX]

Socket 939 here, no IHS, two bolt method. Works fine.

awesome, this is what i want to hear thanks