CPU Fan Retainer Clips, Intel P4/478 Retainer
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Customer Review: Top is plastic, bottom is metal.
Summary: 2 Stars
This item for holding the Intel P4 processor cooling fan and heat sink in place is nothing more that just buying the plastic top. The 4 corner loops on the top plastic clips are what usually break from pressure and heat. This CPU fan retainer clip is nothing more than what comes with most motherboards, and the plastic loops will not last long in most instances. The bottom (X look with the circle in the center) is metal and goes on the backside of the motherboard. I have a Asus MB that attaches all this with 4 screws, and it is not the problem. The problem is in the top with the cheap plastic corner loops where you connect the fan and heatsink, and the snap-on hold down brackets that come with the fan. A combination of the pressure and the heat around the processor causes the loops that hold the retaining clips on the top upper plastic bracket to break and fail. This upper bracket needs to be made of METAL to withstand the heat and stress when all is joined properly. This product comes with no instructions, and the seller (Cyberguys) in a phone discussion did not have a clue as to the install process. On the Asus motherboard screws are used instead of push-pins and really all that is needed is the upper bracket with the loops, but not made out of plastic, but METAL. There is another bracket available (NO. 161-0064)and it may be all metal, but after ordering the model I am reviewing, I thought it was all metal. I will be ordering a 161-0064 and hopefully the top portion will be metal and I can use it by itself to attach the metal hold down retainer clips that are supplied with the heat sink and cooling fan without using the X looking part that goes on the back of the motherboard. If you do use the X looking bracket that goes on the back side of the motherboard make sure it is not making contact with any solder joint on the back of the motherboard, as you may be buying a new computer.
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