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Casecutter · Nov 29, 2012, 03:06 PM

Weighing in at a whopping 925g while the box is showing 171.34 tall… and they have two screws for attachment? They tested on one of those Cooler Master Test Bench v1.0 so they would'nt have any side load and it performed on the weak side. Wouldn’t appear you’d want it facing rear in a normal tower, those two screws would have it leaning over big time. It better have really stout mounting and backing plate, although sadly/oddly eteknic.com never shows the mounting brackets, so who knows. For AMD I hope they provided something more than the standard 2-point spring clip, for what this probably costs I hope the supply conversion for AMD to the 4-point set-up. While I wasn't impressed with that eteknic.com pic of the base, there looks like little protrusions at the top and doesn't seem all that flat.

Here's pics on the mounting/brackets, look like they convert both Intel/AMD to use their two screws and you can only face to rear exhaust so it will lean over time.
http://hexus.net/tech/news/cooling/4...ooler-vapor-x/

Not impressed...

Nov 29, 2012, 03:06 PM	#13
Casecutter Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: So. Cal. Posts: 743 (0.97/day) Thanks: 52 Thanked 52 Times in 45 Posts	Weighing in at a whopping 925g while the box is showing 171.34 tall… and they have two screws for attachment? They tested on one of those Cooler Master Test Bench v1.0 so they would'nt have any side load and it performed on the weak side. Wouldn’t appear you’d want it facing rear in a normal tower, those two screws would have it leaning over big time. It better have really stout mounting and backing plate, although sadly/oddly eteknic.com never shows the mounting brackets, so who knows. For AMD I hope they provided something more than the standard 2-point spring clip, for what this probably costs I hope the supply conversion for AMD to the 4-point set-up. While I wasn't impressed with that eteknic.com pic of the base, there looks like little protrusions at the top and doesn't seem all that flat. Here's pics on the mounting/brackets, look like they convert both Intel/AMD to use their two screws and you can only face to rear exhaust so it will lean over time. http://hexus.net/tech/news/cooling/4...ooler-vapor-x/ Not impressed... Last edited by Casecutter; Nov 29, 2012 at 03:17 PM.