- Joined
- Apr 14, 2011
- Location
- Waterbury, CT
Put together an mATX case (Rosewill Ranger) with a motherboard H61/I3 2100/Ram I bought used as a combo, no heatsink.
I decided to use what I had, a Scythe Katana 92mm fan heatsink. Used one on an AMD build and like it.
Space between the cooler and the Hard Drive is tight. Wound up removing replacing cooler then ruined the two hard to reach pins.
I was frustrated and agravated. I have some Nylon thumbscrews and nuts, 6-32 thread. Used the thumb screws, a nut for a spacer, and a nut under the motherboard.
The Intel spacer is about .117-118 inch thick and a "loose" fit tightened down. The nylon nuts are .125 thick. The bolt down puts pressure on the motherboard so it appears to be a solution.
.006 I seem to recall as a thin human hair.
Now of course I hesitate to start. Fan (not heatsink) is raised a couple mm to clear hard drive plug. Otherwise ok fit.
Comments please.
I decided to use what I had, a Scythe Katana 92mm fan heatsink. Used one on an AMD build and like it.
Space between the cooler and the Hard Drive is tight. Wound up removing replacing cooler then ruined the two hard to reach pins.
I was frustrated and agravated. I have some Nylon thumbscrews and nuts, 6-32 thread. Used the thumb screws, a nut for a spacer, and a nut under the motherboard.
The Intel spacer is about .117-118 inch thick and a "loose" fit tightened down. The nylon nuts are .125 thick. The bolt down puts pressure on the motherboard so it appears to be a solution.
.006 I seem to recall as a thin human hair.
Now of course I hesitate to start. Fan (not heatsink) is raised a couple mm to clear hard drive plug. Otherwise ok fit.
Comments please.
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