HardwaterH4ck3r

I'm sure many of you opt for air cooling, simply because you don't have the time, money, or patience needed to make your own watercooling setup. I know how you feel; I was there once, but let me assure you that all is not lost.

My brother recently purchased a new ThermalTake Big Typhoon for his overclocked Athlon X2 4400+. He pushes 1.5 volts vcore and has a 2.65 GHz stable overclock. His major problem was temperature. His temps would still creep up there to the 50°C range while running two instances of Prime95. This got me thinking, if there was immediate heat dissipation from the processor, would it result in lower temps? I set out to find an answer to the question.

I purchased a pack of 8 copper RAMsinks distributed by ThermalTake. They have included thermal adhesive on the reverse side for easy application.

Arrange the RAMsinks in such a way that you can have the most amount of contact with the HSF was possible, without any dead spots where the HSF does not connect to anything.

If you are familiar with the Big Typhoon's design (which I assume, that if you are reading this FAQ, you are) you know that the six heatpipes are staggered, with three coming out of each side. Arrange 2 RAMsinks on either side of the mounting bracket, covering the heatpipes, and one directly above them, on the ledge that supports the bracket. It may become clearer once you look at the pictures that I have included.

After making this slight, and relatively cheap modification, I saw a dramatic change in the processor load temps. From the toasty 50°C mark, it was now reduced to a mere 43°C. That is a full 7 degree change in temperature, which is rather astounding for a 10 USD modification. I may also mention that I am using a 100 cfm fan for these tests and not the stock fan, however, I assume that these RAMsinks would bestow the benefit of greater cooling capacity even with the stock fan.

Good luck, and happy overclocking!

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Dopin_Nuts

Wow...I would never have thought of that. I don't have air cooling but one of my good friends has a typhoon. I'll be sure to have him do this. Reps 4 you!

EDIT: Oh yeah, the pics are pretty crappy they're really blurry when you enlarge them.

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fiendofmine

awesome plus rep for joo

Xeijin

The pictures are way too blurry, I am having a bit of trouble seeing how this works IMO. If you don't have a steady hand then ask someone who does to take the pictures or use a tripod.

Otherwise, the FAQ is well written, just sort the pics.

HardwaterH4ck3r

I'm really sorry about the pics...the camera just sucks major....not good with ny sort of detail....i should use my nice kinolata 35 mm and get kodak to gomme a pic cd.

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Fishie36

You should enable macro mode on your camera if it has it.

gill

I know its an old thread but do u think that would work with the GigaByte g-power pro?

OverclockedUndervolted

I'd say it should

nightdagger

Wow, I just saw this and if I could figure out what the hell was in the pictures, I'll do it to my Big Typhoon.

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Hardwaterh4ck3r - Are these the heatsinks that you bought?
http://store.yahoo.com/directron/clc0025.html

nightdagger - I circled the heatsinks in red for you.