waterblock

[water_cooler 20]

how tight do i make my water block i'm affird to crack my cpu

 

[grim]

tighten it so the springs are fully compressed. as long as you tighten them evenly the core wont crack. tigheten one a half turn then the next then the next and next and so on until its fully tightened

 

[TonyMc]

What kind of block? I generally compress my springs all the way down.

 

[water_cooler 20]

its a dagner den maze 3
so if i tighten it evenly it will not crack my cpu and do i make than as tight as it can go

 

[grim]

i have the springs on my maze3 comepletely compressed.

 

[water_cooler 20]

so as long as i do it evenly i willn't crack my cpu

 

[grim]

yep

 

[water_cooler 20]

thats good because i forgot to order a shim and i don;t feel like waiting a week for one will i also get better temps w/o a shim and my vid card has no mount holes so should i use epoly to put it on and grim what are your temps

 

[grim]

from what i hear there is no point in using a shim. it is not as tall eight as the core so it wont really protect from cracking.

for the vid card yea you could use epoxy.

my load temp right now is 41c with room temp of 23c

 

[JFettig]

just do it evenly, some people including me, use harder springs, and get even more pressure than with those and dont have a problem, just do it rite

 

[Overbrazil]

I am using hard mounting ( no springs) and no problems...

 

[Nico3k]

i would just get it a little past the point where it doesnt move... nice and snug.