Ouch. I can't stand Intel's stock coolers. Those plastic mounting
pegs are fragile and like to either not clip through the PCB or jam
when you try to release them. If the case has room for it, there
are some pretty cheap tower coolers that will both outperform
the stock cooler and come with a proper backplate for mounting.

One of my main problems is my preferred shop doesn't have a large selection of choices. :) Everything in here came from the long shop on the side of the road. Wouldn't want to over capitalise.. Still you're probably right a nominal investment will probably keep everything a lot happier for a lot longer.

Spec


--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
* Origin: < Scrawled in blood at The Lower Planes > (21:3/101)

Wheeee back in business... cable ties went with a minimum of fuss, she's got some spiffy silver paste on her, and the temps are back around 56c network speed has a new lease on life, so its been struggling for a while.

The recent restarts and power outs trashed the message base(Hudson), which I've
made a copy of for now, but replaced with a backup. I don't think its going to be fixable, so far as I can see the msghdr file is now empty.

Spec the cooler and comfier.


--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
* Origin: < Scrawled in blood at The Lower Planes > (21:3/101)

Been using this with 2 fans on each side for years on my AMD systems: https://www.newegg.com/cooler-master-hyper-212-evo-rr-212e-20pk- r2/p/N82E168351 03099?Item=N82E16835103099

Got to ask, what do you hold it on with? The existing has the holes in the mobo... but this looks like it only has a tiny plate.... Other downside for mine is she's side on in a tower case.

Spec


--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
* Origin: < Scrawled in blood at The Lower Planes > (21:3/101)

Wheeee back in business... cable ties went with a minimum of fuss, she's got some spiffy silver paste on her, and the temps are back around 56c network speed has a new lease on life, so its been struggling for a while.

The recent restarts and power outs trashed the message base(Hudson), which I've made a copy of for now, but replaced with a backup. I don't think its going to be fixable, so far as I can see the msghdr file is now empty.

Spec the cooler and comfier.


--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
* Origin: < Scrawled in blood at The Lower Planes > (21:3/101)

Been using this with 2 fans on each side for years on my AMD systems: https://www.newegg.com/cooler-master-hyper-212-evo-rr-212e-20pk- r2/p/N82E168351 03099?Item=N82E16835103099

Got to ask, what do you hold it on with? The existing has the holes in the mobo... but this looks like it only has a tiny plate.... Other downside for mine is she's side on in a tower case.

Spec


--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
* Origin: < Scrawled in blood at The Lower Planes > (21:3/101)

Ouch. I can't stand Intel's stock coolers. Those plastic mounting
pegs are fragile and like to either not clip through the PCB or jam
when you try to release them. If the case has room for it, there
are some pretty cheap tower coolers that will both outperform
the stock cooler and come with a proper backplate for mounting.

One of my main problems is my preferred shop doesn't have a large selection of choices. :) Everything in here came from the long shop on the side of the road. Wouldn't want to over capitalise.. Still you're probably right a nominal investment will probably keep everything a lot happier for a lot longer.

Spec


--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
* Origin: < Scrawled in blood at The Lower Planes > (21:3/101)