Use caution installing thin bladed heatsinks
pigflipper
The Forgotten Coast Icrontian
Bending the fins is not the issue, or at least, the main issue. Yesterday, while installing a Zalman CNPS 9700 LED that my dad had laying around and gave to me, I learned the danger of 2mm copper fins...
It is like handling a bundle of razor blades. I have thin, deep gashes all over my hands from the copper fins. I would highly recommend using gloves to install these (or any other thin blade heatsinks); blood doesn't mix well with electronics. Already fired off an email to Zalman recommending they put a warning on their products, at least in the installation instructions, about the bundle of razor blades they ship. I've cut myself installing hardware before, including a couple of slips that ended up needing stitches, but nothing has ever sliced and diced my hands with quite the ease that this heatsink did.
As for how it performs: A+ compared to stock, went from ~70C full load @ 2.8ghz to ~40C full load @ 3.2ghz.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118019
It is like handling a bundle of razor blades. I have thin, deep gashes all over my hands from the copper fins. I would highly recommend using gloves to install these (or any other thin blade heatsinks); blood doesn't mix well with electronics. Already fired off an email to Zalman recommending they put a warning on their products, at least in the installation instructions, about the bundle of razor blades they ship. I've cut myself installing hardware before, including a couple of slips that ended up needing stitches, but nothing has ever sliced and diced my hands with quite the ease that this heatsink did.
As for how it performs: A+ compared to stock, went from ~70C full load @ 2.8ghz to ~40C full load @ 3.2ghz.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118019
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When pulling the plug on an 8700, got snagged by the cooling fins! In the second pic to can see the fin spacing!
Guess it was telling me it didn't want to be replaced by a competitor's WC block..........
All Zalman would need to do is package it with a plastic insert to cover the fins until you finished mounting.
^This.
Between slicing my knuckles on fans, rough case edges or glancing across the solder points on the back of a mobo. My computers could keep a CSI team amazed. But they keep on ticking. As long as their blood requirement is topped up from time to time.
Still, I was not expecting the edges on the CNPS9700 to be quite so sharp, probably the cleanest, neatest cuts I've ever received from a computer component; bled a lot too, spent more time on cleanup than install!
You are installing something that is over half stamped copper fins, did you think it would only give you a little booboo. Stop being such a baby, people like you are reasons why chainsaws tell you to wear pants during operation.
Ha! like pants will stop a chain saw
Well I don't know.......going necked while using might be painful without the saw slipping!!
Slivers and splinters in certain areas can be very painful..........