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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

The pictures:

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



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



Much more even mounting surface now:



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



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)

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!

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

ever get that chip to hit 4GHz?

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