[SOLVED] Tuniq 120 or Extreme?

Blast · 11-06-2009, 05:00 PM

Ok, so i bought a tuniq tower 120. I took a look and, well, just looks weird when on my motherboard. I have a m4a79 series motherboard from ASUS. I am using a phenom ii x4 (3.2ghz if it matters).

Anyways, none of the plates for the tuniq fit. As in they don't line up with screw holes (where the current plate is, i never took it off being they won't fit because they are to short or not wide enough). So i just slapped the tuniq on there and used the t120 clip. Well, i got it on but, should there be so much empty space around the processor? I goes from the base of the tuniq to nothing until it hits the original am2 (or 3?) processor holder. Basically, i just worries me a bit that it is so open, should it be like that?

Also, when vertical, if i put much pressure on the top it starts to tilt downwards. I could make some copper wire/string/etc to hold that up, but, basically i am wondering if i should have gotten the tower 120 or if i really was supposed to get the tower 120 extreme. If i send the t120 back and get t120 extreme, will those plates fit my board. I am 98% sure this is my board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131361

Dogg · 11-07-2009, 10:00 AM

As long as the cooler is properly touching the top of the cpu, then it shouldn't be an issue. And many of those large coolers place a lot of strain on the motherboard. It's one of the drawbacks of using something that large and heavy.

Blast · 11-07-2009, 10:47 AM

So i did get the right one? And is using just the t120 clip to hold it safe?

11-06-2009, 05:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Blast Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Dakota Posts: 290 OS: Windows XP SP3 My System	[SOLVED] Tuniq 120 or Extreme? Ok, so i bought a tuniq tower 120. I took a look and, well, just looks weird when on my motherboard. I have a m4a79 series motherboard from ASUS. I am using a phenom ii x4 (3.2ghz if it matters). Anyways, none of the plates for the tuniq fit. As in they don't line up with screw holes (where the current plate is, i never took it off being they won't fit because they are to short or not wide enough). So i just slapped the tuniq on there and used the t120 clip. Well, i got it on but, should there be so much empty space around the processor? I goes from the base of the tuniq to nothing until it hits the original am2 (or 3?) processor holder. Basically, i just worries me a bit that it is so open, should it be like that? Also, when vertical, if i put much pressure on the top it starts to tilt downwards. I could make some copper wire/string/etc to hold that up, but, basically i am wondering if i should have gotten the tower 120 or if i really was supposed to get the tower 120 extreme. If i send the t120 back and get t120 extreme, will those plates fit my board. I am 98% sure this is my board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131361

11-07-2009, 10:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 2,084 OS: XP sp3	Re: Tuniq 120 or Extreme? As long as the cooler is properly touching the top of the cpu, then it shouldn't be an issue. And many of those large coolers place a lot of strain on the motherboard. It's one of the drawbacks of using something that large and heavy. __________________ Google is your friend !

11-07-2009, 10:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
Blast Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: North Dakota Posts: 290 OS: Windows XP SP3 My System	Re: Tuniq 120 or Extreme? So i did get the right one? And is using just the t120 clip to hold it safe?