TPU's Nostalgic Hardware Club

[biffzinker]

Broke the 4.8GHz barrier

You’re only 200 MHz away from 5.

 

[hat]

Anybody remember this cooler?

It's a Thermaltake Big Typhoon. I have one running in my secondary machine right now, but if possible, I'd like to use it in my main rig instead. But I only have the AMD mounting hardware. I would need to get it on to 1155 somehow, which if I'm not mistaken uses the same spacing as 1156, and every mainstream socket thereafter. Any ideas?

 

[Ruru]

I would need to get it on to 1155 somehow, which if I'm not mistaken uses the same spacing as 1156, and every mainstream socket thereafter.?

Yeah, 115x and 1200 has the same mounting system. A 1156 compatible cooler from 2009 is fine with a 1200 board bought today.

 

[hat]

But, I've only got the AMD hardware for the Big Typhoon. That's the main problem.

 

[Ruru]

But, I've only got the AMD hardware for the Big Typhoon. That's the main problem.

The weird Chinese Frankenstein boards have adapters for that use, could something like that be a solution?

 

[MaxiPro800]

Finished rebuilding one of the nicest Arrandale 1st gen i3 machines - an Acer Aspire 5740G.

Specs:
Intel Core i3-380M 2.53GHz
ATI Mobility Radeon HD5470 512MB
4GB DDR3 (2x2GB)
500GB HGST HDD
Lite-On DVDRW
15.6" Samsung LED display
Nordic keyboard (love these ones)
various stickers for CPU, GPU, WiFi and original OS
(CPU sticker is from a gen 2 laptop, GPU from a Turion II machine, Wi-Fi from an older Acer, and Win7 logo is printed at a shop)

 

[Ruru]

Damn, feels like we've hit the wall at 4.8GHz, CB15 just isn't stable even with 4815MHz. I'm about on 1.69Vcore now..

(CPU sticker is from a gen 2 laptop, GPU from a Turion II machine, Wi-Fi from an older Acer, and Win7 logo is printed at a shop)

Would be an interesting one if it would have all those things which the stickers say it has

 

[QuietBob]

Anybody remember this cooler? It's a Thermaltake Big Typhoon. I have one running in my secondary machine right now, but if possible, I'd like to use it in my main rig instead.

Sure do, I used it to cool my OCd Barton and then some dual cores. You can see it in this post. It wasn't enough to keep the Phenom II X4 in check, since it had very low thermal ceiling. Your Big Typhoon appears to be the updated VX revision (black grille and fan controller). It includes a more powerful fan (86.5 vs. 54.4 CFM), but the heatsink design is exactly the same. I wouldn't expect it to be able to cool your OCd 2600K. What temps do you get on that Athlon II X4 with synthetic loads?

Finished rebuilding one of the nicest Arrandale 1st gen i3 machines - an Acer Aspire 5740G.

I remember renovating a similarly spec'd HP G62, with an i3-350M and only integrated graphics. It wouldn't take 8 GB of RAM, even though HP states otherwise. With an added 256GB SSD the owner is still using it for everyday tasks and even some light Photoshop.

 

[Ruru]

Christmas came early


GF 7800 GS:

Radeon 9550:

Radeon X1950 GT:

A freebie USB2.0 card with the 7800 GS:

Asus P5B-VM & C2D E4300:

3x1GB + 512MB DDR2 and the good ol' THICC Intel LGA775 stock cooler:

MSI K9N Neo V2 & A64 X2 3800+ & 512MB DDR2:

Got also few HDDs and PSUs but IMO they aren't worth of a pic.

 

[MaxiPro800]

Would be an interesting one if it would have all those things which the stickers say it has

Well, it technically has the stuff there. i3 380M matches the i3 sticker (after all, it doesn't state the generation ), VISION should be the HD5470 (since I didn't have any HD5470 sticker on hand), Windows 7 is what it came with, and the Centrino sticker matches the Centrino N-1030 WLAN I have inside.

I remember renovating a similarly spec'd HP G62, with an i3-350M and only integrated graphics. It wouldn't take 8 GB of RAM, even though HP states otherwise. With an added 256GB SSD the owner is still using it for everyday tasks and even some light Photoshop.

I have a CQ57 w/ a 350M (in fact, the 380M actually originates from that CQ57, I just had a i3-350M on hand to replace in the CQ57) though I recall that one did accept 8GB. What I'd like to find is a PM55 board for my DV7-3165el tho, I've seen one on google and these are much better cooled than the S1G3 AMD Turion II versions, as well as have RAID support (due to PM55 chipset)

 

[Apocalypsee]

Bah I have very bad luck making retro gaming PC. Just this week the board cough up code 00 error means CPU is not detected. Buy a new CPU and still the same which means the socket is dead. Just when I thought playing GTA Vice City again

 

[Ruru]

Bah I have very bad luck making retro gaming PC. Just this week the board cough up code 00 error means CPU is not detected. Buy a new CPU and still the same which means the socket is dead. Just when I thought playing GTA Vice City again

Spent the whole night OC'ing Pentium D 925 myself. Seems just that it won't go over 4.8GHz, but I can't complain as the stock speed is 3GHz.

 

[Caring1]

Bah I have very bad luck making retro gaming PC. Just this week the board cough up code 00 error means CPU is not detected. Buy a new CPU and still the same which means the socket is dead. Just when I thought playing GTA Vice City again

Clean the socket with contact cleaner or IPA.

 

[madness777]

 

[hat]

Sure do, I used it to cool my OCd Barton and then some dual cores. You can see it in this post. It wasn't enough to keep the Phenom II X4 in check, since it had very low thermal ceiling. Your Big Typhoon appears to be the updated VX revision (black grille and fan controller). It includes a more powerful fan (86.5 vs. 54.4 CFM), but the heatsink design is exactly the same. I wouldn't expect it to be able to cool your OCd 2600K. What temps do you get on that Athlon II X4 with synthetic loads?

No idea what temps I get on that to be honest. Might be in the high 50s at most. You don't think it could handle the 2600k? I figured it would have to be better than the Cryorig M9 that's on it now. I can see temps in the high 80 s under heavy load at 4.4

 

[Ruru]

BTW that HD 4890 Crossfire of mine generates HELLA LOT of heat even when just benching Cine R15, it's just that I have love for 4890 and Crossfire is perfect for LGA 775 build

 

[stinger608]

No idea what temps I get on that to be honest. Might be in the high 50s at most. You don't think it could handle the 2600k? I figured it would have to be better than the Cryorig M9 that's on it now. I can see temps in the high 80 s under heavy load at 4.4

Hard to say if it would be any better than the M9. I know them Thermatake's were a pretty hot item back in the day, but time moved on and much better coolers were made. I'd be more inclined to find a Hyper 212 than to try and find hardware for that old of a cooler.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Nothing critical, cooled by custom loop h2o.

Wait, you're using water cooling for a Pentium D? LOL! That is all sorts of funny!

 

[Ruru]

Wait, you're using water dooling for a Pentium D? LOL! That is all sorts of funny!

Bro, I'll test all of my LGA775 CPUs* on the P5Q Pro and with custom loop and in fact I don't have anything better as an air cooler than a stock cooler. Pretty many tested already, that D925 has been the best this far, even though I got a P4 631 to Windows at 5GHz, that was everything but stable.. CB stable only at about 4.6GHz which was hella lower than I thought...


*except Celeron D 341 and Pentium 4 524 as the board doesn't support 533FSB CPUs

 

[QuietBob]

No idea what temps I get on that to be honest. Might be in the high 50s at most. You don't think it could handle the 2600k? I figured it would have to be better than the Cryorig M9 that's on it now. I can see temps in the high 80 s under heavy load at 4.4

Isn't your CPU thermal throttling at this point? I'm sure you'd see even higher temperatures with the Typhoon. It's a 2005 design which wasn't meant for quads, for the simple fact they didn't exist at the time. And to be honest, that M9 wasn't meant for OCing either. I'd look elsewhere if you're trying to rein the temps.

BTW that HD 4890 Crossfire of mine generates HELLA LOT of heat even when just benching Cine R15, it's just that I have love for 4890 and Crossfire is perfect for LGA 775 build

3D benchmarks? When?

 

[Ruru]

3D benchmarks? When?

Tomorrow probably, when I get to the Core2 CPUs

 

[TheKingGamerBr]

Damn that Pentium D 925 overclocks like mad

Have you tried Celeron 420?

Anybody remember this cooler?

It's a Thermaltake Big Typhoon. I have one running in my secondary machine right now, but if possible, I'd like to use it in my main rig instead. But I only have the AMD mounting hardware. I would need to get it on to 1155 somehow, which if I'm not mistaken uses the same spacing as 1156, and every mainstream socket thereafter. Any ideas?

Use this :

 

[Ruru]

Have you tried Celeron 420?

I had one back in 2008, haven't had one since then. My slowest C2D family CPU is E4300 and I have two of them. Though I haven't tested the other yet That one which I tested, I delidded it and it OC'd to 3.48GHz CB-stable, no 100% OC on that one..

 

[Apocalypsee]

Clean the socket with contact cleaner or IPA.

I'll try but there are few bend pins on the socket. Its a pain to straighten, or should I say, angled it back

 

[Ruru]

I'll try but there are few bend pins on the socket. Its a pain to straighten, or should I say, angled it back

Oh crap, been there & done that. Not a nice job.