in reply to pauldenton:
I'll hand it to you that they "hold" pretty well, but they can't be adjusted the same way a machine screw and nut can. I would be afraid of getting one zip tie too tight and having the far side of the block not make good contact with the chip underneath.
This person definitely needs to brush up on their watercooling theory. The author seems to know just enough about fluid dynamics to be dangerous and want to criticise others' methods (that tend to work quite well).
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from the article
Most chip set water blocks have a bracket which is held in place by screws.
This requires drilling holes in the motherboard - very scary. I had the drill in hand, but after looking down at all those little pathways printed on the board I just couldn't do it.
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Has anyone
ever seen or heard of a block manufacturer recommending drilling holes in your motherboard to mount the block?? I'm really wondering where this guy got this idea from. It should go without saying that you simply can't drill holes in motherboards. Even if there was a gap in the traces, how do you know the other side is clear? How do you make this stuff up?