Modding Gigabyte's "Crazy Cool"

[simple_inhibition]

holy shyte thats one massive cooler! nice job on the mod blake! gotta share some temps and overclocking results! i bet thats one happy northbridge too with the heatpipe cooler sitting behind that 120mm heatsink!

[[Dr. V]]

Originally Posted by simple_inhibition

holy shyte thats one massive cooler! nice job on the mod blake! gotta share some temps and overclocking results! i bet thats one happy northbridge too with the heatpipe cooler sitting behind that 120mm heatsink!

Ooooo +1 to that. I definitely want some results!!!

BTW S_I, I can't see your sig!

[Capper]

Gigabyte's new boards allow for you to remove the back plate. they include directions for removal in the user manual, and the screws to secure the chipset cooler.

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by halutzparilla

question, how bout people like me without a a Power Scroll Saw???

You could use a hack saw or hand-held jig saw but you would have to figure out how to hold the heatsink without marring up the thermal pad too much. Although I guess there really isn't much reason to ever bother using the larger piece of the heatsink under the processor ever again, so you could easily put that side in a vise and saw off the little side that goes under the NB.

Originally Posted by Capper

Gigabyte's new boards allow for you to remove the back plate. they include directions for removal in the user manual, and the screws to secure the chipset cooler.

Yeah, I noticed that in your Gigabyte article, definitely good news!

As for temps, they are definitely better than that crap stock aluminum Intel heatsink! The stock heatsink would idle in the 50ºC range and shoot up into the 60ºC range under load at stock speeds for my E2140 (1.6GHz). The ambient temperatures here are all over the place and since I have no air conditioning I can't give you a good measurement. But at night when the temperature drops back down to where you aren't sweating just sitting there (below 80ºF) I get like 38ºC idle and about 48º - 50ºC load at speeds between 2.0GHz and 2.2GHz. I've gone up to 2.56HHz (320x8) and load temps were in the mid to upper 50ºC range. But remember, this is still with an average ambient temperature of like 80ºF. I'm still trying to figure out how to get it stable to 400MHz FSB, so far I seem to hit the wall at about 385 or so. Still much tweaking to be done though!