How many lbs can 4 socket lugs take?

[Miss_Man]

I wanna make a central hold down for my waterblock. I'm gonna search for spring to use and would like to know how strong a spring I can get. How many lbs should it be?

 

[muddocktor]

You might be able to send an email to Dan over at DangerDen as he has a hold down that uses the socket lugs for the maze1C that uses a central spring for tension. I would guess that he'd tell you what spring rate to use.

 

[Miss_Man]

Yeah, but he's a busy guy so I wouldn't want to bother him with this unless I can't get any answers at the forums.

 

[Sonny]

4 Lugs???

If it was for a AMD CPU all you need really is 25Lbs.

 

[Hoot]

That would be the maximum tension. Here's the spec from AMD:

Hoot

 

[res0r9lm]

I'd say split down the middle and go for 18lbs.

 

[Sonny]

Again.....

Why just 4 lugs