Help reagarding Mobo processor socket and heatsink weight

[erjed]

I have an Intel D815EEA motherboard and I'm planning on attaching a Thermalright SK6 heatsink which weighs 330 grams or .72 lbs. I have no idea if the motherboard processor socket would be able to support this weight.

I can't find any meterial stating Intel's recommended heatsink weight.

Can anyone help?

Thanks.

[Yodums]

Do you realise there is no point to even putting an advanced cooler like that as your motherboard won't overclock at all?

Intel or branded boards in general don't have options to overclock at all unless you find a special hack utility which is not released to the public only Dell support staff to fix the computer.

Anyways there isn't no specific weight that it will support.

But it will support it since you need like 35 pounds to make full 100% good heat transfer and alot of people use the heatink so it wouldn't be so high quality of no one can use it, if they had complaints where it killed the core which it didn't.

Yodums

[Monaco]

300g is supposed to be the max weight, but it's not too important- it will only be a problem if you move the case with the heatsink installed.

If you do, the high weight could rip the socket right off the board if you bump it hard enough. But just sitting there, it's not going to be a problem.

Why do you want such a badass HSF on that board, if I may inquire? You aren't able to overclock it.

Yodums, the 35 pounds spec refers to mounting pressure against the CPU die, not HSF weight.

[erjed]

I guess you're both right, I really have no real use for a quality heatsink like that.
The real reason why I want to change my heatsink is that I enjoy tinkering with my system. I'm only beggining to do so but I'm really interested in it.
I might just be wasting my time but hey it's a fun way to learn and gain experience. Right?
Thanks for the info.

[Yodums]

Originally posted by erjed
I guess you're both right, I really have no real use for a quality heatsink like that.
The real reason why I want to change my heatsink is that I enjoy tinkering with my system. I'm only beggining to do so but I'm really interested in it.
I might just be wasting my time but hey it's a fun way to learn and gain experience. Right?
Thanks for the info.

I hope you didn't take the Intel information too hard, we all make mistakes.

How hold is your system if you plan to upgrade to a newer motherboard soon just sit back and learn from the forums and your next upgrade will be overclocking beautiful.

It probably won't end up in air cooling most likely water :D

[erjed]

I have a P3 1GHz with 512 MB SDRAM. It's about 11 months old.

By the way I have no heatsink fan installed. Just an aluminum heatsink that came with the system. Changing into a quality heatsink won't hurt, right? I don't think I need a heatsink fan anyway.

[Monaco]

The real reason why I want to change my heatsink is that I enjoy tinkering with my system. I'm only beggining to do so but I'm really interested in it

Dude, then go for it! That is the best reason right there, ALL of us started out in a similar fashion.:)

A fat HSF in your system sure won't hurt anything, it will probably prolong your CPU's life so that when you do get a motherboard that supports overclocking, you'll be all set and ready to go!

Have fun man, that's my goal too.;)

[The Overclocker]

if you are planning to run the heatsink without a fan on it dont.

the fins are much closer together and will affect air flow probably meaning that the heatsink will perform worse then the alu one

[SickBoy]

Originally posted by the overclocker
if you are planning to run the heatsink without a fan on it dont.

the fins are much closer together and will affect air flow probably meaning that the heatsink will perform worse then the alu one

What he said was that the aluminum HS that is on his processor right now doesn't have a fan. It's most likely one of those Dells that has a built in duct to blow air right on the hs.

My advice is to go for the SK6 but order a more passive fan for it - like a 27 CFM YS Tech or so. No sense in busting your eardrums to cool a non-overclocked P3.

[erjed]

Yup, you're right it is a Dell and there is a fan shroud (as dell calls it) over the heatsink and processor assembly. The shroud leads to a case fan blowing air out.
Do you really think I need a HS fan? I plan on retaining the shroud as long as it fits the heatsink ( the dimensions are a pretty close call, I need to wait for the actual product to see if it fits inside the shroud). If not, then, I plan on doing without the shroud itself. I think my case has good cooling anyway. Besides the PS fan and the case fan mentioned above, I also have a PCI slot fan, and a 52mm fan for the HD. I don't want to stress the PSU any more. It's only 200 watts and that's one more thing I hate about Dell.
I'm definitely building my own next time...