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Originally Posted by Daedalus
Personally I used two lines of thin nylon cord to tie the heatsink down with normal paste and tensioned the lines with a cable tie, but I'm sure others have more elegant solutions.
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Some (even companies like Asus) use bi-adhesive thermal pads between heatsink and IC.
Pro: the adhesive is enough to keep the heatsink fixed
Con: in time (some years), the pads become fragile and may crumble