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Heat-sync Removal

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12 minutes ago, noobftw said:

How in the hell do i remove this heat-sync (x2 plastic clips), so i can apply some fresh thermal paste. 

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Squeeze these together and push them through the hole.

 

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those cards usually dont use paste, but use a thermal pad of sorts,

also from experience: dont bother taking it apart. you'll make a huge mess, you may break one of the pushpins, and the benefit of repasting these is neglible at best.

 

my suggestion is to stick a 40mm fan to the heatsink, and wire it into a +5v line somewhere (or to a fan header set to whatever the lowest is your board will go)

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7 minutes ago, AbydosOne said:

 

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Squeeze these together and push them through the hole.

 

This person is correct. Also, most people spell the finned mass of metal atop a heat source a "heat sink."

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Thanks for the input, i'm just going to bin them, have had them a while and they drop speed constantly due to getting too hot. I'm just going to bite the bullet and get x2 Mellanox ConnectX-3 MCX311A-XCAT (SFP) or x2 Intel X550-T2 10G Ethernet (RJ-45), any recommendations? Thanks in advance. 

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