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Installation
Recently I had tested a different Vantec Heat sink, the 62540D aluminum design, and I fell in love with it, despite the fact it wasn't the best cooler I own. Why you ask? Simple, it was SO damned easy to put on the CPU. The clip on it was so nice and I felt extremely comfortable using it on my CPU, I didn't feel my CPU was in danger at all. The clip was just that incredibly comfortable for me to use. So because of that I was looking forward to the 6035 having the same clip. It doesn't have the same one.
However, not to be let down by something trivial like that, I pressed onwards. The first thing I really noticed about the heat sink, is that is freaking heavy. It's the second heaviest one I've ever tested, and it's notably heavier than a Thermoengine. It comes in at a weight of about 13.5 ounces with the delta fan installed on it. So for some of you, a shim may be in order to help support the weight some. I did not use one during testing, but for something of this mass I wouldn't be ashamed to use one. But, since I'm generally certifiable and the like, I went ahead and put it on. For the install directly, I wasn't enthused, or seriously irked by it either way. The install was pretty easy based on some heat sinks I've tested (*cough*Thermoengine*cough*), but it was nowhere near as friendly as the older Vantec. There were only 2 things that really bugged me about this thing during install; the first one I ran into was the clip falling inside the heat sink housing. If you're not careful the top half of it will go inside the housing and can sometimes be a pest to get back out. The second being the 'locking' portion of the clip, after you get the clip onto the lug, you're supposed to push it into the sink, folding it down locking it in place better. It's all well and good, unless when you're trying to attach it and you accidentally push it in (which it isn't that hard to mistakenly do.) So those were some downfalls to the new clip.
Installation: 1.5/3
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