Quote Originally Posted by Bloodwych View Post
Screws in general, especially on PCs, really don't need to be that tight. Most people over tighten screws way too much!
Yep, I certainly did when I first built the PC

The new heatsink is hot to the touch, so it must be working. Not sure I'd like to leave the chip with nothing on.

Then again, the fan on it was rubbish. It was just a fan thermal-pasted onto the chip. No proper heatsink part - just a fan blowing on a flat bit of metal. Very crude.

If I get a new motherboard in future I'll definitely look for one of the fancy pre-fitted heatpipe dealies.

Now thinking about replacing the GFX card fan as that is now the noisiest. Compared to how it was, however, it's bliss.