This is what you end up with once you put the fan cover back on. Don't forget to mount the cover onto the new holes. The fans on the Alpha were designed to be mounted sucking air out. I mounted the fans blowing air into the heatsink. I notice a slightly better performance this way. You should experiment to find out which way works best for your system.

One of the problem with the Alpha P125 is that it's heavy. It exceeds Intel recommended weight for a heatsink by over 200%. This mean you'll have to think of some good ways to mount it securely. What I did was use the same setup I used for the Global Win VEK 12 conversion. I zip tied the unit to the Slot 1 rails of the motherboard. If you look closely  inside the red circle you can see the zip tie. Put another zip tie on the other rail and that sucker is going nowhere! 

I'm very happy with the final results. The performance of the Alpha P125 is truly out of this world, as is the impression it makes on your friends. The total cost of this conversion was just $10. If you already have a tap set, then your cost is just the 4-40 bolts and washers. About 50 cents. 

BTW - Anyone want to buy some hard drive cage L2 spacers? :-)

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