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SOLVED How bad is it for the heatsink to touch the case?
- Thread starter Gotaro
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A picture says a thousand words.....
But I don't think it'll cause a short, but then stranger things have happened.
Perhaps it's time to look into getting a larger case?
But I don't think it'll cause a short, but then stranger things have happened.
Perhaps it's time to look into getting a larger case?
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+1 - I have a 212 Evo in my lanbox which is in a smaller Apex case. It hits the side panel and bulges out a little, and it works fine. Aside from a defective stick of RAM I never got around to RMAing
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I could see an instance where if the case wasn't properly grounded (which is hard to accomplish) you could pass static through the case and it would seek ground through the heatsink to the mobo via your cpu. AFAIK, modern mobos are all grounded to the case already.
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It would be an incredible circumstance where the case/heatsink isn't grounded. The power supply case itself is grounded, which is bolted to the case. This means the case itself should be grounded. The motherboard mounting points are grounded and bolt to the case tray through metal standoffs, which means the motherboard is grounded.
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I wasn't 100% sure psu's were ground to the metal case or only to the ground tab on the receptacle.
Although *highly* improbable, still possible I suppose.
Although *highly* improbable, still possible I suppose.
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