Illustrative Guide: Modify your Scythe Infinity mounting system...

[GAM]

Australia:
http://www.smallparts.com.au/cgi-bin...ncat=EX19#EX19 (This place is incredible. They have everything in this category!!!)

http://www.rsaustralia.com/cgi-bin/b...eturningUser=N (Also for Aussies)

US:
http://www.shear-loc.com/knurled.htm

[NO1B4ME]

excellent guide... one reason i didn't look at this heatsink is the crappy peg mounting system... so i decided on Tuniq Tower 120 (on preorder).

HEHE,, I have a tower120 on preorder as well. Butfor now I ordered one of these to keep me busy .

[agenda2005]

Nice guide and very timely.

Shame though as I had to order a Big typhoon after having several problem with the F**K mounting on my Infinity.

Imagine, my A64 3700+ system got an Infinity goodness, which was absolutely unnecessary if not for the lousy mounting on the infinity for Socket 775.

[Sparky]

Nice! Couple questions though....

I thought that the liquid metal stuff was dangerous, like it tended to harden and fuse your heatsink to your CPU? Yeah great thermal contact but....

The infinity is what, 900-something grams - doesn't there need to be a backplate on the mobo for support? Just seems like an aweful lot of weight for plain PCB to handle

Overall though that is great! I don't think I'll be getting an infinity (probably go WC before changing my heatsink) but still really good guide nonetheless

[t1no]

The mounting system for the 939 is pretty good.

[GAM]

I had a thought (don't be scared ), which will vary for each mounting system/heatsink. If you can work out exactly at what distance a knob/nut needs to be above the MB/mounting bracket, you could slip some appropriately sized internal diameter and cut to length stiff (Aluminium/hard plastic) tubing over the springs to create a 'stop' for each nut/knob, thereby ensuring the correct pressure everytime you tighten the nuts.

[iSlash]

10x! Really usefull! Some steps will be good for TT BT & AC Freezers too

[quicksilverXP]

Can this mounting system be used for other Scythe coolers... such as the Mine and Ninja? Sorry... I dunno if the mounting mechanisms differ.

[Vapor]

Found a place to get everything 'special' you need for this (except the screws and metal washers [though this kit has plastic washers that may suffice])....at, guess where....Petra's

http://www.petrastechshop.com/dadencpuwamo.html

[CPLB]

Found a place to get everything 'special' you need for this (except the screws and metal washers [though this kit has plastic washers that may suffice])....at, guess where....Petra's

http://www.petrastechshop.com/dadencpuwamo.html

Awesome, thanks Vapor.

[ssabripo]

WOW!!! great thread

[TheDro]

How did I miss this thread? I'm gonna have to try this some day, pretty sweet FCG

[pissboy]

I was just going to head out to the hardware store to pick up supplies to do this when I saw Vapor's post and remembered I had the dangerden kit lying around from a while back. Then I was thinking about how I want a backplate, because my motherboard seems to bend a lot just when I clip the cpu into the socket, and more so when I put the heatsink on. I remembered I had a zalman 775 backplate from my brother's 9500, so I took it out, knocked out the nuts in it, and opened up the holes to 3/32"" (2.5mm) and put things together pretty much as you had.




(sorry for that out of focus image..)

[Natalia]

Found a place to get everything 'special' you need for this (except the screws and metal washers [though this kit has plastic washers that may suffice])....at, guess where....Petra's

http://www.petrastechshop.com/dadencpuwamo.html

Looks like I have myself a project for the holidays

[phi|os]

O, but what a project it is. I shed blood in this one. It took awhile for me to complete this, because on the p5b board i have, there is like no room to fiddle with the the screws and springs and twisting the knobs. I should have filmed this project, because it must have looked like I was performing kama sutra acts upon my poor hapless p5b. It works great though, and I'm getting great temps.

I had to use rubber washers instead of insulators cause they are no where to be found in the hardware stores around my side of LA. And the springs I got look like they don't compare to the sturdyness of yours(forgot physics term for stronger springs...), but it worked out...it wasn't fun, but worth it.

[TheGooch]

id be real careful with that liquid metal stuff
http://frostytech.com/permalink.cfm?NewsID=46586
but nice guide

[Fixt00l]

FCG,excellent work,as usual Now all that is left to do is grab a Tuniq Tower and compare it to the modded SI

[enz660]

FCG,excellent work,as usual Now all that is left to do is grab a Tuniq Tower and compare it to the modded SI

yes, I too am wondering if THIS will improve it to at least the same level as the tuniq...maybe add another fan for a push/pull config?

edit: I did this to my ac freezer 7 pro, but then again....I did some other mods to the cooling as well so I couldnt test exactly how much the temps improved. It feels more stable & solid than before thats for sure. I used rubber washers & shorter screws than you, just 4 1-1.5cm bolts, 4 small nuts, 8 rubber washers and thats it! It might be helpful to mount a backplate for anything heavier though...

[eva2000]

thanks FCG, got my Asus 680i Striker board today and realised it's pain in the back side to use infinity's peg mount with heatpipes in the way soooo....

Scythe Infinity mounting mod pictures

With heatpipes around the area I suspect it will be hard to remove heatsinks which use intels plastic white peg mechanisms, so I plucked out the pegs and used bolts and nuts and plastic washers on back side etc

Here you see before and after plucking the pegs out and the short bolts I grabbed off 3x Swiftech MCP650/655 pump kits which were used to mount the pumps. I used the black rubber washers to secure the bolts top side too



Final mounting mechanism with tall white spacers + flat round spacer on top with the nut to secure it. Tightened a bit too tight first time as the motherboard didn't boot up, so loosened it a bit and booted fine



For folks asking, does the Scythe Infinity fit on Asus 680i Striker Extreme ? Answer is yes it clears the heatpiped heatsinks easily as the heatpiped heatsinks are ~4cm tall and Scythe Infinity has a clearance height of ~4.5cm

[ragedriven]

I was having difficulties mounting my scythe infinity with the standard peg mount, even by mounting it before insertion or taking the psu out. the pegs when locked in, might still pull out after twist to lock

this mod is great, i was getting 43-45°C at idle with pegs, and 53°C load

after lapping cpu and scythe to 800 grit, and this mod(no liquid metal, just arctic silver) i am now getting 33-35°C idle with 43-45°C under p95/3dmark06 cpu test. (no overclock yet)Not to mention i no longer worry about a peg coming undone while installing.

2x8800gtx, thermaltakes toughpowerr 850w, lots of heat. 6 - 80mm case fans front to back flow, I put two 120mm fans on scythe blowing up to the psu 120mm fan.

I found all supplies at home depot, compression springs that i trimmed to correct lenth, 1 1/2 in. brass bolt(2in extends too far if you are using a case) , neoprene washers, no curled knobs so i used verticle wing nuts worked better than kurled knobs would.

The whole thing about hovering the infinity while you insert side clamps is an impossible feat, you MUST have side clamps on first with TIM, and guide through bolts, THEN put on knobs.

This mod gave me the additional head room i needed to overclock my e6700 to 3.75, resulting in a 3.5 minute improvement to 32M super pi time and another 3500 to 3dmark06, currently 40-42°C idle and 50-52°C under p95/3dmark06 with overclock.

[ragedriven]

and oh yeah 'pissboy? there shouldn't be anything inbetween the side clamps and the motherboard, it hovers....

[enz660]

I was having difficulties mounting my scythe infinity with the standard peg mount, even by mounting it before insertion or taking the psu out. the pegs when locked in, might still pull out after twist to lock

this mod is great, i was getting 43-45°C at idle with pegs, and 53°C load

after lapping cpu and scythe to 800 grit, and this mod(no liquid metal, just arctic silver) i am now getting 33-35°C idle with 43-45°C under p95/3dmark06 cpu test. (no overclock yet)Not to mention i no longer worry about a peg coming undone while installing.

2x8800gtx, thermaltakes toughpowerr 850w, lots of heat. 6 - 80mm case fans front to back flow, I put two 120mm fans on scythe blowing up to the psu 120mm fan.

I found all supplies at home depot, compression springs that i trimmed to correct lenth, 1 1/2 in. brass bolt(2in extends too far if you are using a case) , neoprene washers, no curled knobs so i used verticle wing nuts worked better than kurled knobs would.

The whole thing about hovering the infinity while you insert side clamps is an impossible feat, you MUST have side clamps on first with TIM, and guide through bolts, THEN put on knobs.

This mod gave me the additional head room i needed to overclock my e6700 to 3.75, resulting in a 3.5 minute improvement to 32M super pi time and another 3500 to 3dmark06, currently 40-42°C idle and 50-52°C under p95/3dmark06 with overclock.

OOOHH SNAPP!!! I Cant wait till I get mine!!! Surely this is a low noise solution that could be better than the tuniq! Nice mod guys :thumbsup:

edit: btw...those ARE watercooling temps For 50 bucks, WOW..

[enz660]

will this work for the mod?

[ragedriven]

yeah, thats pretty much this mod streamlined, i used the back plate that came with the scythe, just purchased the bolts, springs and nuts, came out to like $2.00, this looks like a good product though

[Sen5es]

so we can use the thermalright bolt-thru set to help mount the scythe infinity?

also for this guide, what is the use of the insulator? because i can't find any and was just wondering.