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Improving Deepcool Gammaxx 400 attachment

jm_bmw
By jm_bmw
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Hi everyone,

 

I just got a Gammaxx 400 and thought the screws mount that comes with it would fit 1151 (I mistakenly assume that watching a review on Intel 2066).

 

Anyway, I hate those pins as they doesn't look strong enough and also seems to apply less pressure when compared to AMD version. Talking about it, I have that circular plastic adapter for AMD and would like to know if anyone has attempted to use it on the Gammaxx 400? I know it still uses push-pins but this design just seems better overall by aplying centralized pressure.

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Not sure about sizing but this push pins drives me nuts before so I took them out and replaced them with screws and springs, so you can do that if your mobo have backplate which you can screw it in. 

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The plastic push pins perform fine. I'd recommend using them and see how they perform before deciding on whether or not to change anything. 

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Thanks, I will just get a better cooler with screw mountings/backplate, but I tested it and it works perfectly. Here is my results w/ 9900kf@4.7Ghz stock locked at 1.29-1.31vcore + MX-4 paste, 28C ambient temp.

 

With intel v. it started to throttle in 4min at 3% (not catched on HWinfo), AMD v. 6min at 4% (catched on HWinfo). Ran the test for 10min and overall everything seems the same but averages/graph seems a little better on AMD v. about 1-2C cooler.

 

Important to note that I didn't clean/replied paste to test on the amd v., also when I first tested the intel v. ambient temp was about 1-2C cooler so it had a slight advantage there.

 

I guess the AMD v. performs better but at the same time I expected a little more, the pins still do a great job.

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