Thermaltake Mini Typhoon

W1zzard · Feb 15, 2006, 10:13 AM

To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/T...e/MiniTyphoon/

Hugh7 · Oct 27, 2007, 08:55 AM

We are mounting a Mini Typhoon on an Asus Striker Extreme motherboard with a 680I chipset. This includes a rectangular copper radiator surrounding the CPU. The Z-clip provides for mounting the Mini Typhoon rotated 45 degrees, but then the pipes of the Mini Typhoon foul the fins of the radiator. We bent the relevant fins out of the way, and it is possible to seat the four fastenings this way, but not make good contact with the CPU - the temperature shoots up.

With the computer on its side, the Mini-Typhoon makes good contact with the CPU just by its own weight when it's square-on. 23 degrees C - cool! in both senses, but of course we don't want to leave it like this.

Is there such a thing as an "H-clip" or some other way by which the Mini Typhoon can be firmly mounted square-on (or rotated up to about 30 degrees) to the motherboard? It needs to be both durable and strong because the MT is such a chunky little nudger. The socket 939 fastener would do the job if there were only something to clip it to.

Feb 15, 2006, 10:13 AM	#1
W1zzard Benevolent Dictator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 13,758 (4.18/day) Thanks: 184 Thanked 10,207 Times in 3,156 Posts System Specs	Thermaltake Mini Typhoon To read this review go to: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/T...e/MiniTyphoon/ Last edited by W1zzard; Jul 11, 2006 at 09:39 AM.

Processor:	Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.4 GHz
Motherboard:	ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
Memory:	3x 2048 MB Mushkin DDR3
Video Card:	ASUS GeForce GTX 670 Direct CU II TOP
Hard Disk:	Crucial C300 128 GB, WD6400AAKS 640 GB, WD15EADS 1.5 TB
Optical Drive:	BenQ DW1640
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell U3011 30", 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Case:	NZXT H2
Sound Card:	On-board Realtek HD
PSU:	Kingwin Absolute Platinum 550 W
Software:	Windows 7 64-bit

Oct 27, 2007, 08:55 AM	#2
Hugh7 Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Mounting the Mini Typhoon on a Stryker We are mounting a Mini Typhoon on an Asus Striker Extreme motherboard with a 680I chipset. This includes a rectangular copper radiator surrounding the CPU. The Z-clip provides for mounting the Mini Typhoon rotated 45 degrees, but then the pipes of the Mini Typhoon foul the fins of the radiator. We bent the relevant fins out of the way, and it is possible to seat the four fastenings this way, but not make good contact with the CPU - the temperature shoots up. With the computer on its side, the Mini-Typhoon makes good contact with the CPU just by its own weight when it's square-on. 23 degrees C - cool! in both senses, but of course we don't want to leave it like this. Is there such a thing as an "H-clip" or some other way by which the Mini Typhoon can be firmly mounted square-on (or rotated up to about 30 degrees) to the motherboard? It needs to be both durable and strong because the MT is such a chunky little nudger. The socket 939 fastener would do the job if there were only something to clip it to. Last edited by Hugh7; Oct 27, 2007 at 10:12 AM.

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