Got my coolers installed. Fit pretty well, noticed one of the mounts was sitting on a cap so I had to use my dremel to cut it out a bit. I hadn't tested that socket with the other heatsink. It ended up OK though.
Yep, I got a matched set of x5670's for $80, so spending that much on coolers didn't make much sense. If I could overclock without having to spend $500 on a board I would. :)
Yep, that was my thought. They would probably be plenty to cool a stock CPU with just the case fans.. In the end I decided to go for the smaller ones because of the price ($40 vs $85).
If I was overclocking there would be no question. :)
Any of the Raijintek coolers with their blackplate mounting system (of course, you don't use their backplate) seem to fit without modification, the included screws are the same thread and the spacers have a cutout for the portion of the back plate that protrudes on the top of the board.
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