Re: Thermaltake SK-800... This may be a wierd question

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Re: Thermaltake SK-800... This may be a wierd question

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I was looking at the specs of the SK-800 and it says it's 505 Grams.. That's like.. 1.1 POUNDS, is this correct? The reason I ask is .. I guess I wouldn't want to have a TOWER case with a 1+ lb device weighing against my SOCKET462 that's only held in by solder traces.. Over time, would not the socket "spread" away from the mobo, due to thermal expansion (chip creep?)
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its pretty light compared to other ones. and it uses the tripple tab design. carried mine to atleast 2 lan parties already and havent had any probs.

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Post by dadx2mj »

Your math is right at 505 grams it is 1.12lbs. Makes you wonder how serious AMD is about saying not to use a heatsink over 300 grams.
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hehe...well, they dont include the fan in there 300g idea...so you could hust attach a house box fan to there 300g heatsink. :)

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