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Old 02-10-09   #11 (permalink)
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lol, thats the one i bought.

i dont have a preferannce as i dont have much experience. i like the dark knight cause it came with the back plate for mobo stability instead of having to buy one separately. it also had really good reviews for its price

any tips on installing a direct heat pipe HSF? i have heard of people putting some extra thermal compound in the grooves between the heat pipes. and i hope i can rotate the dark knight to blow the hot air to my exhaust fans.
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just installed dark knight with backing plate using AS5 have not heard of putting extra paste in grooves and yes rotated mine so it blows out the exhaust fan in mythermaltake VA8000SWA has really lowered my temps but further testing is needed to give you exact figures ( just finished install hour go)
Idle temps at mo 38,38,39,39
Easy to install to even for a noob like me good luck
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