Well, it came with a three year warranty, so ill just take it back if it fails.

The ZeroTherm and many other Intel based 3rd party CPU coolers are attached to the motherboard though 4 spring loaded screws into a steel plate underneath the CPU socket. This provides a very solid and secure mounting. It is very shock-absorbing too

Mine was actually hard for me to install because i had to take off the motherboard and put a clamp on the back and one on the front, than put on the heatsink after i screwed the whole thing back to the case

I have a full tower server case and a mini-ATX motherboard. The motherboard is totally accessible and I can easily remove it without taking anything else out, like hard drtives. CPU heatsink and motherboard can be installed in less than 20 minutes

I had to take out the graphics card which was kind of hard because its a huge 8800 GTS. If my CPU fan ever wears out than ill try a ZeroTherm Nirvana

I think ill go to water cooling next and forget about heatsinks

watercooling is a whole different category, with its own problems. I suggest coming back here before sinking money into a watercooling system

Watercooling is much more expensive too... $50 versus $200?

hmmm, I'd be worried about the other problems first: leaks, blocks, space, upkeep, etc.

Ok Ill come back and ask you about watercooling later on

Dell XPS 420 E8500 Overclock

Hi does anyone know how or where or is it possible to overclock the new E8500 Processor on the Dell XPS 420 can it be done the same way as the Q6600? Please Anyone help on this one. i really need to push this processor to higher speeds since it's capable of it.

Thanks