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Ghetoo Air cooling on old xeon processor

rmxhaha
By rmxhaha
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So I have an old LGA775 system which around 6 months ago I swap the processor with xeon E5450.

The system is currently using intel lga 775 stock cooler.

The TDP rating on this CPU is 80w.

At Idle the CPU is at around 55~65c quite high I thought.

A little less than 1 minute into a stress test it reach 87c then I stop the test because well I don't want to risk breaking anything because I am running a stress test.

This PC doesnt have this kind of load often maybe only when I am compiling big source codes like opencv or mysql.

I can of coarse solve the temp problem by not utilizing all core in CPU.. 

 

I am not going to buy fancy CPU Cooler like the 212 EVO for this it's too expensive for something this old...

 

Then I found these server heat sinks on sale. This was sold very cheap around 3~4$ might be worth looking at..

There is 2 option here 9cm x 7cm x 10cm and 12.7cm x 4.5cm x 5cm

How can mount this giant heat on consumer motherboard?
Should I mount a 10cm fan maybe 2 ? or no fan would be required for something this big ? 

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For something of that size and the cpu hitting such high temps I would initially put a fan on it and see the temps. If the temps are low you can try an remove the fan only if the temperatures are good. This is only if you can mount the heat sink to the mobo otherwise your out of luck. To mount it I may recommend making a custom bracket to fit the heat sink and the board as you can't drill into mobo's.

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Cooler master makes other very cheap options, some well under $20 like this:

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/FNXfrH/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rrht228pkr1 there are plenty of other $10 ish CPU cooler you can buy that come with fans. I would recommend getting one with a fan, having no fan will seriously limit cooling potential

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My thoughts on 10$ CPU cooler are they are not that much better than stock cooler ... 

Maybe 5c better ? cmiiw

 

They are available but if it helps only 5c why bother ?

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