Plycon Computers heeft een aantal Athlon heatsinks van Alpha en GlobalWin getest op de Asus K7M moederplank. De resultaten waren teleurstellend, want door de bijzonder onhandige plaatsing van de voedingsconnector en DIMM sockets op het Asus bord is het vrijwel onmogelijk om een fatsoenlijke heatsink aan te leggen:
So, we have these very impressive heatsinks designed for an overclocker, with no Athlon motherboards designed for overclocking to use them on! Asus then releases the K7M and our dreams are answered. But a snag is noticed by the overclocking community of North America. Our Asus K7M's don't look the same as the ones we've seen available in Europe... The ATX power connector is placed too close to the CPU slot. This presents a problem when using these large heatsinks. They will not fit without modifications or only going with the single fan version.
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