Gaffer,
Thanks. I accept some confusion. I've seen P3's that are small pucks in
the center of the cpu pwb. I used many of these also. My P3's have much
larger (stainless?) metal covers(s) that allow for more
paste/ArcticSilver5. I think mine are maybe commercial product.
I have found a couple of links so far. If I can not find acceptable
replacements, I still have some old RShack squirrel-cage blower fans
that move much air! Lopaka turned me on to these many years ago when we
all were doing video card oc'g. So many good memories!
Best,
Duncan
On 01/22/2011 11:21, Gaffer wrote:
Hi Guys,
On Saturday 22 January 2011 02:30:12 DSinc wrote:
Winterlight,
Very nice idea. Understand the plastic getting brittle over time. I
will search. And, I may still have some small monitored 12v fans I
can "retrofit" here. Agree on the cooling load. The heat sinks are
really large based on my past P3 experience. I have never "felt" them
much above "warm" even years ago when I did sorta manage to drive
both cpus to 100% (per task mgr) for ~30 minutes.
Gotz to love the collective!
Best,
Duncan
I've just junked half a dozen old P3 machines 1.3Ghz CPU, not a fan in
sight ! Large U shaped heatsinks though. I don't recall them getting
more than warm.
