ThermalTake Super Typhoon

Didnt feel like working on my P5K Deluxe today so I worked on another project that i've been meaning to get to for a few months... :rolleyes:

Still not done yet... may be able to finish tomorrow if I can find all the stuff I need. Fan placement isnt finalized. These heatsinks sure soak up the heat. I had a hard time soldering/unsoldering with a big butane torch... :eek:

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Also if you're looking at these pics and thinking you'll realize a TT-BT would make a great video card heatsink just by changing all the heatpipes onto one side then bending them ;)

That's freakin' sweet. And kinda ghetto.

looks kinda cool.

does it work though?
will it fit in a case as well?
and how will you mount it?

Hope you got before temps for a comparison :D

Innovative and CRAZY!

That must be very heavy. Looks like it will work quite well. Not pretty but it's performance that matters.

Lunchbox - Stock mounting should work for 775 still, which is what i'll be using it for. I'll measure to be sure later. If not i'll just get longer bolts than what it came with.

Vapor - Havent used the one since I got rid of my old Opteron 165 last xmas.. other has been in a box new since then as well lol...

Grips - If I have what I need tomorrow it will look a lot better and should pick up some more performance as well. A stock TT-BT would benefit from what i've got planned.

there's something about all those pipes and fins, all that cooling power, man that is a MAN's cooler :yepp:

Nice!!!!

Nice air coolers :up:

Can't wait to find out what temps you get.

Can't wait to see what you come up with in terms of mounting. Truly excellent so far STEvil, well done.

Awesome idea man.

PS:why are you drinking such crappy beer? Especially in Canda? :p:

looks cool. hope it doesnt break the board

That looks extremely heavy. I wonder how it will perform.

That makes about one square mile of dissipating surface :rofl:

don't think the sandwiching will help any, but it sure will look awesome ;)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...1&d=1161242305

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=119747

Nice, the termps should be good.I did that once with 2 xp120s giving 10 heatpipes. you did a mudh cleaner job. I still use it with a 940 oced to 5G.

http://entertainment.webshots.com/ph...67863468sXjclI

http://entertainment.webshots.com/ph...67863468QDBbXK

STEvil that thing is freaking awesome and innovative.. :toast:
what sort of temps are you getting with that cpu cooler ???

Best mod I have seen in quite some time! Know get that beast mounted, and tested! Lots of pic´s would be nice to. Great work!

wow, cant wait to see some temps

Dont have the stuff on hand to finish it off today...

Fujimtsu - Those would be my brothers' cans.. that shop is party central every weekend.. lol.

Bad news, cant get what I need fast so its going to be a while unless I choose to lower my standards..... :(

ouch!!! 1500gr of massive cooling

Great start, thread subscribed !

i have a bigtyphoon not used here, i might bend it the way shown in thread #17 and use it on my 8800GT,

any tips about how to bend the heatpipes without breaking them ?

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i have a bigtyphoon not used here, i might bend it the way shown in thread #17 and use it on my 8800GT,

any tips about how to bend the heatpipes without breaking them ?

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they're easy to bend, trust me, but you could use some springs around them for bending. iirc that's how Revv did it; you'd need to detach all the heatpipes from the base.

I just grabbed them and bent. Dont do it fast and you'll be fine.

thanks for the tips

what about how to remove the pipes from the copper base ? using heat gun ?

Heatgun lol....

I used a large butane torch and it was barely enough.

A propane torch might get you farther but I ended up using an Acetylene powered one to resolder properly.

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Heatgun lol....

I used a large butane torch and it was barely enough.

A propane torch might get you farther but I ended up using an Acetylene powered one to resolder properly.

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sorry for my bad english :)

can you please show me a picture of what u used to remove the pipes from the base ?

also should it be aimed @ the pipes or on the base ?

How bout some passive temps? I'm sure that thing can take a beating even without fans.

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Originally Posted by SaFrOuT

sorry for my bad english :)

can you please show me a picture of what u used to remove the pipes from the base ?

also should it be aimed @ the pipes or on the base ?

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Its the blue thing on the left side of pictures numbers 3 and 4... i'll upload another pic when I get back home.

One of these basically. http://www.bernzomatic.com/bernzomat...rnzoProd100026

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aim at the base.

:)

is the heatpipe holder soldered to them also ? i am trying to remove it now with force but i can't

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well from the pictures seems that it is indeed soldered

so tomorrow i will try to find a suitable thing to use like the torch you used

is using extra heat to remove the soldering can damage the pipes ???

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is the heatpipe holder soldered to them also ? i am trying to remove it now with force but i can't

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isn't that thing attached with 4 tiny screws? i have one here like that anyway.

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Its the blue thing on the left side of pictures numbers 3 and 4... i'll upload another pic when I get back home.

One of these basically. http://www.bernzomatic.com/bernzomat...rnzoProd100026

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aim at the base.

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weren't you concerned about bursting the pipes??? :eek:


EBL

Yes there are 4 tiny screws plus solder.

EvilBellyLint - Not really, not much liquid in a heatpipe usually.

I have a new-in-the-box GeminII that I got free after rebate
from Newegg just sitting here, and have been thinking of
modding it... hmm...

:cool:


EBL

Why not make both of them so that they stand up, like the VGA idea. Then they would essentially be like other tower coolers like the TRUE. Then you could mount a 120cfm fan to each one and blow through out the rear exhaust. I think it would be more efficient than 2 different direction fans.

I thought about it but the real problem is that when your heatsink gets powerful enough you have a hard time producing enough heat without causing electromigration inside the CPU... if you want to keep the CPU for a meaningful amount of time that is ;)

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I thought about it but the real problem is that when your heatsink gets powerful enough you have a hard time producing enough heat without causing electromigration inside the CPU... if you want to keep the CPU for a meaningful amount of time that is ;)

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can you please explain more ????

also any info about the type of the material used in soldering the bigtyphoon's pipes to the base ?

Basically hes saying that the heatsink is so powerful, he needs to figure out a away to heat the thing up, with out cranking the CPU to 18 volts vCore :D

It's better than watercooling? :confused:

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It's better than watercooling? :confused:

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what about a PA radiator-like heatsink connected with heatpipes instead of tubes with water? :owned:

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Basically hes saying that the heatsink is so powerful, he needs to figure out a away to heat the thing up, with out cranking the CPU to 18 volts vCore :D

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thanks a lot :)

Water has the same problem once you get a good enough setup. Getting the heat from the core to the heatsink/waterblock is also an issue.

think that thing can cool as much as an IFX-14? id like to get a tec under that thing for some serious cooling.

any test runs with this beast anytime soon?

Working on getting the P5K-DLX its going to go on finished... gluing heatsinks all over the darn thing to fix Asus's bling lol..

Awesoem Mod STEvil when we will see results?

Gotta finish the IHS for my E4300 then make and glue a few more heatsinks (10) onto the motherboard..

Mann i love your creativety and having the guts to take the initiative to do this mod. I've been thinking of recycling my old BT in the same way. (The tt store sells these for ten bucks btw)

Did you use any kind of brazing material?
If not, how did you keep the heatpipes from melting?

soldered, no brazing involved.

very nice. but you know what would be better.. putting 4 of those guys together
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3733/typhoonsol4.png
haha, i'd be a 7lb beast :D

btw: subscribed :)

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soldered, no brazing involved.

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What stopped me from doing the mod was that i thought that the tubes would rupture and depressurize, ruining them in the process. So to remedy that i was thinking copper and phosphorous brazing rods would work well, but space is a bit limited at my apt. (another abd excuse on my part.) Does anyone know the adverse health affects associated with phosphorous? What kind of solder did you use?
Aleki- I like how you think!
check this out

I seriously doubt you have to worry about not enough heat. It is simply not possible to cool below ambient with just air, so I don't see how it could cause any problems.

nice mod =D

fragmastermax - Rosen core lead based. Pretty generic stuff found at most electronics repair shops and also available in most anywhere that has plumbing supplies.

Phosphorous will produce a toxic gas which could make you sick. You will also be limited to only brazing two sides as the pipes will likely rupture with the heat required to braze the heatsink internally (where the heatsinks meet).

Power5 - ?

I all Hear is blah blah blah common lets see this thing in action :yepp:

Yeah whats up STEvil? Got that sucker mounted yet?

Sorry i'm being slow on it, just trying to do everything right ;)

STEvil
Nice mod!

PS:
http://images.people.overclockers.ru/81995.jpg
http://people.overclockers.ru/n00b/record17

I'd hate to mount that thing, wow.

Anyways i've decided to let my standards stop.

I was going to electroplate the fins to the heatpipes using silver (the fins are only pressed on which sucks) but i've decided to just use copper..

you had way to many beers to think this up.

And I thought Coolermaster went heatpipe crazy. Can't wait to see the results though.

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STEvil
Nice mod!

PS:
http://images.people.overclockers.ru/81995.jpg
http://people.overclockers.ru/n00b/record17

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HAHAHHAAH :rofl: :ROTF:

I can't read russian, any temp results?

difference between "megaBT"/2x1300rpm/ and zalm9500/max rpm/ is equal only 5*C. But CPU is just A64 3000+ 2500mhz/1.7v.
So it will be interestingly to look results of "SuperBT" by STEvil.

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difference between "megaBT"/2x1300rpm/ and zalm9500/max rpm/ is equal only 5*C. But CPU is just A64 3000+ 2500mhz/1.7v.
So it will be interestingly to look results of "SuperBT" by STEvil.

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it's a matter of capacity utilization. perhaps with an E6600 you won't really notice a difference. with a screaming quad, however, it will be able to actually utilize the huge bulk of metal; then you'll notice a difference.

Wow. . . You could KILL someone with that thing!

thanks for linking my thread biohead! I cant believe two years after i did it someone else finally has!

Also, awesome project stevil! Looks like a hot setup. I think if i were to do it i would switch the orientation so that the sink that wasn't desoldered/re-soldered. was on the bottom. I always have had the fear that my re-attachment of the pipes wasnt as good as the factory job. Not trying to knock what you did; this is awesome - seeing this and that now i can get big typhoons for $10 might get me back into modding mode. :)

Motherboard topside is complete... glued about 24 heatsinks to numerous mosfets and driver ic's...

Just gotta do the CPU tomorrow and hopefully the motherboard is dry enough I can flip it and do the mosfets on the back.

Board is complete enough to run (27 custom made heatsinks if you include the northbridge sink, 30 heatsinks total) and the E4300's IHS is being re-attached as seen by the clamp holding it to the cpu in the picture ;)

PSU should be here tomorrow I hope.

Results!! This just looks to cool.:D I wish you had a Quad Core to test.

I have good news and bad news.

The good news is I got it mounted last night.

The bad news is the mount was bad and I need to modify the bracket or get longer screws.

So, by mounting using only two of the screws (twisted the bracket pretty good lol) at stock settings I was doing 25c in the bios at idle with 18c ambient. Took the fan off and it idled at 36c after 2 hours...

Tossed 1.6v and 3.1ghz at the cpu, 71c idle!!!!! (1.35v 1.8ghz stock)

All temps read from the bios, i'm not going to bother being accurate with that poor of a mount lol.

Tossed on a heatsink I found in the corner....

65c idle in bios 1.65v 3ghz.... something doesnt seem right.

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Tossed on a heatsink I found in the corner....

65c idle in bios 1.65v 3ghz.... something doesnt seem right.

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Don't you think it could be the fact that you have reattached the IHS to the CPU ? What did you use to make the contact between the cores and the IHS ?

You should try with a CPU having its stock IHS or you won't be able to tell if it is the IHS remount or something else which is wrong.

Done quite a few IHS replacements, never had a problem before.

I'm going to try and pull it off tomorrow maybe though if I get time.

So, how did this end.

Not well at the moment, I need to find a way to solder the fins to the heatpipes because the compression method TT uses isnt very reliable and just electroplating wont fix it... I'll be running tests before fixing it as I dont know whether it might break or not while being "fixed"...

On a positive note if you drill a small hole in the center of the top mount retention bracket and break off the retention wings the TRUE-1366 retention mechanism will hold it on an i7 ;)

Still working on this even after a whole year :up: