"402 XTREME" in action! Take One: Breaking 3GHz barrier!

[GoodOmens]

Yea nice write up!

[G H Z]

The very first pic is great, especially after all the damaged unit's we've seen lately.

[bachus_anonym]

@ k|ngp|n, GoodOmens and G H Z

Thanks a lot guys I'm really glad you like that cooler.

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You all probably thought that would be all about the cooler, right? WROOOONG!!!

Chilly1 asked me If I could perform a test, measuring temperatures using temp probes instead of software (MBM, in that case). After some brainstorming (mostly Chilly1 threw in ideas ) I tried to do my best mounting two additional temp probes that I had, totaling three measuring points:

(a) first probe, that Chilly1 put inside the block, about 1/2 inch up from the bottom of the block (that is where he puts temp probe as a standard),

(b) second probe, I mounted on IHS of my Winchester,

(c) third one, was attached to the side of the block, just below "O ring" as far on the bottom as I could safely do it.

Then I measured IDLE temps and LOAD temps, running Prime95 SmallFFT (for maximum heat) for slightly longer than 60mins @ my max Prime95 stable clocks/volts - 2860MHz / 1.84v. The results are as follows

Legend, going in ascending order of photos attached

1. This is how I managed to attach temp probe to the IHS. As I know this is not perfect placement, this is the best I could do, as block doesn't leave much space on the IHS after it's mounted. So placing it in the corner was as good as it gets, without any problems leveling the block during mounting.

2. Here's how I did temp probe for bottom of the block. Same as above, If I could I would have mounted it directly to the bottom of the block (not it's side) but it's impossible. So this is how I did it

3. This is the photo showing how I punctured the gasket to allow the "Block" probe inside.

4. And that shows same, but for "CPU" probe

Probes were mounted on oposite sides.

5. This photo shows IDLE temps: TEMP1 is CPU and TEMP2 is BLOCK.