Bab

After posting my 1st message, I finally managed to fit my mobo in the case... I used pliers to completely bend the clip on itself (a bit like a hairpin) and was surprised to see that it was still easy to install the heatsink with no tools... I've sent Coolermaster an email to suggest that they remove that "huge" stupid unnecessary thumb clip. (BTW, my PC is running fine now and does not seem to overheat)

After having read various positive reviews on the new Coolermaster Xdream heatsink (HAC-V81), I've decided to buy it, mainly because of the "great" handy clip that requires no tool. Well, after installing it with no problem, I found out that the clip actually sticks out so much of the motherboard frame (it is the Epox EP-8RDA+ based on the nForce 2 chipset) that I can't fit the motherboard anymore in my case I looked at pictures of other nForce2 mothboards and they all seem to have the socket 462 at the top, just on the edge so I came to the conclusion that it is not the Epox that has a design problem but rather the heatsink. Anybody has experienced the same problem with that heatsink, or others such as the Coolermaster HCC-001 or 002? Anyone has found a way around it?