what lolhalol said is correct.. dont have to worry that much about the weight unless it is 1kg above or you love to shake your casing violently 3rd party heatsink nowadays is perfectly safe to use..

for your case, i think it is better for you to go for Air Cooling. Water Cooling need regular maintainance and it is expensive. Cheap water cooling dont do much for your cpu, alot of high end air cooling can easily beat them as said by other forummer.

High End Air Cooling Brand (proven effective): Thermalright Ultra/XP Series, Scythe Infinity/Ninja, Noctua NH-U12, Tuniq120 and etc

if u worry about the height of the heat sink, go for something smaller lo. i just bought myself a Scythe Andy Samurai Master from sg.. it is 120mm in height and weight around 600g+++ about the performance, i havent test it... but should be ok lo since it is from Scythe. haha..

thx for your support

haha... i forgot which brand is that already.. but i saw a heatsink on review in MadShirmp. it is 1kg++

haha.. if that is the case, i dont think that it can sell well. fully copper ultra or noctua going to break your mobo for sure.

ya measure it nicely before deciding. most important is the maximum height your casing can support.

go get a shorter heatsink like my andy samurai

i am using ICute casing too, it is too small for those high end heatsink.

errr... i dont think anyone will recommend you a zalman CPU cooler here. personally i dont think zalman CPU cooler will perform as well as other brand that same price with it.

noone is preventing you from buying that. we just voicing our opinion on zalman cpu cooler. no point get offensive here. if u want to buy it, pls do so and do inform us about the performance compare to those cooler from other company.

TS, probably you can sell off your WC and buy other stuff.. else you will regret later on. sell it while it can salvage back some cash.

Gigabyte Liqiud Cooling System

i think they are refering to 3D Galaxy. i saw it during PC fair. looks very nice on 3D Aurora casing