[SOLVED] How much weight can a motherboard support?

[Razvan_aga]

Hi guys, im looking to change my old stock cooler and i was wondering how much weight can my motherboard take. I am currently looking at some coolers with net weight 440 grams.

MB: AsRock hm61-vg3 (https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H61M-VG3/index.asp )
CPU: i5-3350p (no overclocking)
Case: Middletower with upper PSU

 

[Phaaze88]

That air cooler weight thing was debunked some time ago.
The mounting hardware of today's coolers - at least the well known ones - leverage their weight over the entire mobo, which is secured to the chassis, thus leveraging the weight even further.
Cooler > motherboard > chassis

Also, there's coolers that weigh in at 1400g without issue, so what's a 440g one...

 

[Razvan_aga]

That air cooler weight thing was debunked some time ago.
The mounting hardware of today's coolers - at least the well known ones - leverage their weight over the entire mobo, which is secured to the chassis, thus leveraging the weight even further.
Cooler > motherboard > chassis

Also, there's coolers that weigh in at 1400g without issue, so what's a 440g one...

Thank you