Reply to post: Re: why would you have a massive 50lb heatsink

Alert after Intel Skylake chips, mobo sockets 'warp under coolers'

Zmodem

Re: why would you have a massive 50lb heatsink

if you drop your box you would be expecting everything to be broke, so a bent socket means nothing, most cases would be broke, and half of your PC would fall out, you have to buy a rack mount case or spend £200 on a sturdy ATX

if a socket could handle 24kg, the motherboard would need case mounts on all 4 corners first

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