E6600 LGA775 - Hydrocool 200EX lives on!

[eva2000]

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

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



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



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/coo...X_LGA775/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)

@3750Mhz at 1.5v
Big Typhoon idle = 45-48C room temp = 24.5C
Big Typhoon load = 82-83C room temp = 24.5C
vs
Hydrocool 200EX idle = 34-36C room temp = 21.5C
Hydrocool 200EX load = 65-66C room temp = 21.5C



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