Does it hit the AMD socket pads on Bartons even? I would assume so or else you'd think Player0 would have mentioned that already.
It's not really making good use of the pads no. The mounting is a little weary on the AMD. Because of it's size, it doesnt feel as 'stable' as the other blocks.
Kinda puts the statement that Player0 mounted it 2 times to thoroughly test it out into perspective. I can't imagine it'd be trivial to get good reproducibility w/o the pads. I don't know if I'd run a block like that or not. One twist of the hose and you could be in trouble with the core...
Ive mounted a few more times since. It does touch the pads a little, but I'm real careful not to move this one around too much. I dont need any cracked cores. Its definitely an issue.
Someone at OCAU raised an interesting point. The body of the block is about 30mm wide, which is fine for a P4, but doesn't cover the whole of an Opteron IHS, which is 40x40mm.
Thats a good observation, I wonder if it would impact performance?
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