Has a Glaciator...

[proze]

...actually ever pulled a socket lug off, that anyone knows of? Cos I have two on my machines, and I take them LANning and all, and I've never had any problems with the 600g monsters! They just do their job, and do it well.

Was just wondering if anyone's actually had the nightmare of a 600g block of copper bouncing round the inside of their case? *ouch*

;)

[specific]

no, but that sounds pretty horrible. reminds me of the time i ordered a lian-li only to have it delivered with holes in the box, dents in the case, and parts "rolling around" inside.
sad, indeed.:confused:

[Dr3w]

Yes, it happened to my flatmate.

But he was a stupid boy, and couldnt be bothered taking it off while transporting it -FOOOOL

anyway he wondered why his pc wouldnt boot up after he set it all up. And wen he opened his case hesaw a Glaciator sitting on his gforce3 (i laughed):p

the hsf had snapped the top lug it connected to socket with. and left the heatsink hanging there banging aainst the chip (resulting in a crushed core)

then it gave way and fell onto his new gforce.

He needed a new motherboard- simpley as he couldnt find a 3prong clip heatsink (fool) and wasnt willing to wait 3days for one to be deilivered (fool)

surprisingly his cpu still owrked even thought eh whole top edge was crushed to pieces- lucky fool

[ThePunkGeek]

lol we sure use the word fool alot :D

[Nero]

Actually, I've been to at least a dozen LAN parties with my glaciator attached. Honestly, I was too lazy to take it off and I didn't feel like having to clean it and re-apply thermal grease when I get to the lan party. I never had any problems. The only time I took it off was when I drove down to college (a 6hr. drive).

[Yakbak]

So..if you have a big 1 prong heatsink, you should take it off when transporting your computer? I have a Volcano 6...slightly smaller...

[wildfrogman]

I have seen a heatsink with the six socket lug clip actually rip off the mobo once. Was like a dell or such and the shipping was a bit rough...i would hate to think about the harddrives though. Probably a good idea to tie a wire or somthing to the heatsink so if it does fall of it will just hang and not hit the vid card ands such.

[proze]

Well, it's all about weight, Yakbak. The MTS Glaciator weighs in at around 690g, and only uses one socket lug on each side. When it first came out, there was loads of constenation about it being so heavy, and MTS advised that you remove the HSF when transporting the PC. Having a 690g block of copper bouncing around inside your case is going to put a real crimp on your day! ;)

So I was wondering if anyone had actually had a socket lug ripped off. dr3w's mate is the only one I've heard of.

My experience has been much like Nero's... never an issue. Although my mind is never at ease when transporting my rig... :rolleyes: lol, I've even done as wildfrogman suggested and tied some fishing-wire to the Glac and my case so if it did pop off it wouldn't go near my 8500!

[Muggy]

I've not had any problems with mine either. Of course I never had it installed on a 3 pin capable motherboard. It was on a Celeron 1.3 for quite some time and is now cooling my P4, thanks to the nifty MTS socket 370/A to P4 adapter (which had to be modified to keep my underboard components from being crushed)! This heatsink really is pretty versatile!

[Yodums]

For someone who moves his case around frequently for LANs or whatever, go with a four holed heatsink like the recent Swiftech MCX462+ or Alpha PAL8045 which works well with a quiet fan. I mean, I hate lugs. I snapped them before and they do come off very easily. They are not concrete.

Yodums

[JasonKosi]

I've got a Glaciator 1 and take it around a lot. I just make sure that if I drop it, it falls on it's side :)

[TimDgsr]

if you're too lazy to take it off, just try to carry your comp sideways everywhere, that way the weight of the sink won't be on the lugs, at least nowhere near what it would be if you had the case upright.