^^ Missed. Edited my post & sorry for the unnecessary confusion.
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Posted 10 January 2012 - 01:21 PM
The Xigmatek Loki is a better cooler than the Cooler Master TX-3, fwiw.
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Posted 04 February 2012 - 09:01 PM
Personally I've always felt the extra time to install a bolted mounting bracket is worth it. Less vibration, which means less noise. And solid metal screws/bolts will usually leave the heatsink to outlast everything else in your build: Leaving re-usage as an option if you ever rebuild.
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Posted 05 February 2012 - 05:16 PM
Some push-pin designs are SO hard to twist-lock or unlock, due to the proximity to the heatsink and/or surrounding components, that I end up stripping skin off my knuckles or need to use pliers or something to get hold of the bloody tools-free "handy" gripless, ridiculous black plastic tab thing...
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Posted 05 February 2012 - 05:26 PM
One of the mounts on my Xigmatek S1283 was almost no clearance to access, if I had child hands it'd be much easier.Some push-pin designs are SO hard to twist-lock or unlock, due to the proximity to the heatsink and/or surrounding components, that I end up stripping skin off my knuckles or need to use pliers or something to get hold of the bloody tools-free "handy" gripless, ridiculous black plastic tab thing...
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