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Stock plate and Pro Mount
However, there are two issues with the
block's mounting mechanism that have proven difficult to
work with. Firstly the mounting plate and springs allow for
uneven contact to the IHS. It's difficult to guage how tight
each spring is and a fair amount of tweaking is required to
make sure the block is sitting flat on the CPU.
Secondly, simply having springs mounted on
screws coming through the motherboard socket mount holes
means than you invariably end up with a slightly warped
motherboard which in turn can add to the above problem of
mounting the block squarely on the CPU, not to mention a
rather large and expensive paperweight if you tighten the
screws up to much!
D-Tek have kindly addressed these problems
and introduced not one, but two new mechanisms for mounting
the Fuzion. This review focuses on the Pro Mount which is a
back plate-assisted hold down which, as you can see below,
is mounted into the block itself.
Pro Mount
Image courtesy of
www.dtekcustoms.com
A slightly more simplistic design is the new
Quick-Mount Bracket which uses the
familiar push pin clips featured on Socket 775 air coolers
but is still mounted within the block. This mount has the
advantage of not having to remove the motherboard to install
it and is also quick to fit.
However if
you're replacing an existing Fuzion block then you'll have
to remove the motherboard anyway to uninstall the screw
mounts. Also this solution doesn't prevent the motherboard
warping but one presumes that it would apply similar
pressure to that of a standard air cooler. Still it's
another option which is more effective than the
reference mounting plate.
Q Mount
Image courtesy of
www.dtekcustoms.com
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