E6600 LGA775 - Hydrocool 200EX lives on!

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E6600 LGA775 - Hydrocool 200EX lives on!

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The Thermaltake Big Typhoon was the best investment I made. Why ? Because it's LGA775 mounting gear is perfect for my old and trusty Corsair Hydrocool 200EX unit which uses puny 1/4" OD tubing but still packs the cooling power to beat the Big Typhoon heatsink :D

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First, a pic of the Hydrocool 200EX stock waterblock with 1/4" OD tubing and what I intend to do with Big Typhoon mounting gear for LGA775 socket. Yes 6mm inner diameter tubing .. puny but still effective for this :D

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Problem though is the waterblock has a thermal probe for displaying temps on Hydrocool 200EX and it's soldered to the top of the block making mounting uneven. So what to do ? Yup, Thermaltake again to the rescue with copper BGA ramsinks :D

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Much more even mounting surface now:

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Corsair Hydrocool 200EX lives on thanks to Thermaltake Big Typhoon and BGA copper ramsinks

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Full pics at http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/coolin ... A775/html/

How's it performing ?

Corsair Hydrocool 200EX with TT Big Typhoon LGA775 mount
CPU bios idle = 31-32C idle in bios (that's 5-8C cooler than Big Typhoon)
CPU windows idle = 24-25C (that's 7-8C cooler than Big Typhoon)
CPU load = 36-39C (that's a full 8-11C cooler than Big Typhoon) 8)
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finally a way to get rid of those crappy plastic feet... Great post, but I need a Thermaltake Big Typhoon mounting plate... LOL

As for the temperature sensor I'm shocked you left it on there.. It doesn't read well since it's located above the block!
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Yeah much easier than plastic pegs hehe. Temp sensor there to show ambient temps i guess not cpu temps :)

So far nice improvement.. managed to increase my clock from Big Typhoon @3865mhz to Hydrocool 200EX @3878mhz and cut 2.703 seconds of my personal best 32M time :D

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ever get that chip to hit 4GHz?
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this Intel D975XBX badaxe fsb max is 430-433fsb... i'm sure cpu has more in her just need a board with higher fsb limit heh

if i can figure out how to mount my other hydrocool 200 unit on MCH/NB maybe get more fsb :mrgreen:
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