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Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: less than 1 day
Pros: saw the mod for these on a forum. i must say excellent. dont own one yet but plan on buying a few with a xigmatek darkknight and giving the mod a shot. at ~$2 bucks you really have nothing to lose with this.
Cons: plastic? barely a con
Other Thoughts: just need a dremel and some thumbscrews and your good to go :D
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Brings many more secure moutning options to the AM3 cooling arena
Reviewed By: theholmboy on 11/8/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: As with many other reviewers, allowed me to more securely mount the gigantic Xiggy Black Knight to my Phenom II setup.
Cons: Enzotech thinking that this would only be used for their heatsinks if they didn't include locking nuts
Other Thoughts: A quick trip to the hardware store helped me to discover that the locking nuts needed for this cooler were smaller than 4mm, which is the smallest the local big box stores carried. So I guessed 3mm, based on the closeness of the threads and googled it. 3mm locking nuts are commonly used with RC cars, so a trip to the local hobby shop had me good to go with locking nuts. A 5.5mm socket and a 6" socket extender made quick work of mounting the Black Knight to my 790GX mobo. Next stop, my nVidia 980 motherboard...
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Works Great
Reviewed By: FatalSaint on 11/5/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Gave this 5 stars because this is one of the only available options to mounting the aftermarket HSF's vertically on an AM3 system. Xigmatek Dark Knight S1283V mounted fine on an MSI 770-C45 motherboard with all memory slots accessible and blowing air out the rear exhaust. On my case, the airflow wouldn't have mattered as there is exhaust on the top and rear, but I had to have my memory slots accessible as I have some of the biggest RAM ever - see other thoughts.
Cons: I was disappointed by the fact that you literally get *just* what you see in the picture. The bracket/mount, that's it. Oh, and 4 screws for the backplate. No nuts however, to tighten down the LGA775 mounts to the 4 really tiny screws that stick up from the mounting bracket. So it gives you 4 tiny screws, pre-installed into the mounting base, and no way to attach anything to them. Eh? I ended up using the 4 nuts that happen to come with a Thermaltake 120mm FAN that I had mounted on my side window and couldn't use anymore (since my cooler blocked that area).
Other Thoughts: I didn't do it the way Some Guy said, probably would have been easier but I had found a forum that included pictures where someone had used a 4" grinder to remove the small "lip" that is on the LGA775 mounting brackets, so I went over to a neighbors house and did that. It's not that difficult, but it is a pain to have to do. So you remove the lip, mount the LGA775 brackets facing down to the 'top' of the HSF's base, and use tiny nuts to tighten it down to the top of the CPU. Moral of the story here I guess is: There's multiple ways to get this to work for your HSF on an AM3 system...... but all of them require modification of some kind (snipping the springs, or grinding the brackets).
AMD Phenom II X4 945 3.0ghz OC 3.65ghz MSI 770-C45 Motherboard 4GB OCZ Reaper HPC DDR3 1600 (BIG MEMORY) Cooler Master UCP 700W Cooler Master Storm Scout Case SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X 4890 870mhz OC Edition Xigmatek Dark Knight S1283 CPU Cooler
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Model
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Enzotech
Model
Type-X AM2
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Accessories
Features
Features
The advantages of Type-X Retention Modules are to ensure that the Ultra-x/T.Rex is mounted securely on AMD platforms. It has the same 4 mounting points as the Intel socket 775 style, thereby providing better contact with the CPU and cooler. This gives AMD platform users more flexibility to adjust the air flow for achieving the best cooling performance.
Caution: TYPE –X retention modules are designed to be used with Enzotech Products "only"
The Differences between Type-X and Type-S retention modules are the length of the mounting screws.
Reviewed By: hxcnero on 11/13/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: less than 1 day
