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So, what is the progress, does it kick butt, it sounds as if it should.
We need to know, we need hardware food !!!

Any problems with Vista 64 drivers for printers etc.

Stu

Wow, this thing is quick & quiet!
It installed Vista x64, booting from the DVD to sitting at the desktop in under 15 minutes!
Installing SP1 took longer, 30 minutes and 3 restarts.

During the next few hours of playing with it (sorry, no benchmarks yet), the system temp never exceeded 100F (CPU temp was reported as 31C/88F which is odd).

I'm going to try using the M$ WAIK to integrate SP1 into a secondary build, to create my own SP1 integrated DVD.

Last edited by mr_smartepants (2008-03-05 17:15:32)

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88F.. approx 30C

Newposter, these huge monsters include a support backing plate which is put under the motherboard (because the mobo would flex too much if one did not stiffen it), and a mounting frame is bolted to this. Then fix the heatsink to the mounting frame. These things are close to one Kilogram.

thanks for the correct words

Last edited by Jaak (2008-03-06 00:42:40)

I've seen them get unfixed during transport. All was fine when machine was built and during burnin tests.
Ran hot when they got it running at home. Some people don't follow advice on how to transport and the machine was left wedged upright and then got shaken pretty hard. The pushpins wear.
I believe the design specs mention max weight. I know they specify maximum stress to mobo, and the mobo itself has to follow the design too.. It HAS to bend.
I would not use these tall and heavy monsters with pushpins. The stress to mobo during transport is directly related to the weight and tallness, and inertia in transport can cause extreme forces to the fixing points.
The manufactors of heatsinks mention this in their manuals..
Most people don't RTFM, tho. Thank goodness this no longer kills the CPU.

Yes, I believe the Intel Design Guide specifies around 460g of max weight for the cooler.

Part of the reason why I didn't get the full-copper model but the copper/aluminium one (it's a Zalman and not nearly as spectacular as Erik's, hence no pics ).
Anyway, I didn't move my case that often afterwards so I really could have got the heavier one.
Really only matters during transportation (LAN party anyone), and then you best lay it flat on the right side (some folks apparently dismount their coolers - well I certainly don't feel like reappling thermal paste each and every time).

Anyway, the problem with the specification is that it only mentions the weight but does not specify how far it may extend from the ZIF socket.
Obviously it does matter wheter it is close to the center or extended by some 30 cm...

That thing portraited in the pic is so huge I'd probably try to fix it to the opposing case side just to be sure

Anyway, I believe I saw its bigger borther at CeBIT (need to go through my pics, maybe it did take one of it...)

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Well, it sort of is, already.

Unless you go for one of these butt-ugly (did I mention they almost had a full hall of those at CeBIT? At least they got cut down from two and a half halls last year...) cheapo plastic cases that look closer to a kid's Transformers toy than a serious PC part, a nice metal case (aluminium preferred but even steel will do its job) does help cooling down the "environment" (air) temperature inside the case.
Which is precisely why putting noise dampening mats on the inside of your case is a bad idea.
Firstly, you are using them to silence your fans, and secondly, you will need even more fan power because they insulate the case so well that heat builds up...

Anyway, yes, it would be a great idea of those heat pipes were directly leading to the case where they would be provided perfect contact with the surface.
Of course, the case temp would rise a bit then (you could then attach some nice "Only touch with gloves" sticker on it ).
I think, this is how it's done with these fan-less industrial PCs that have cooling fins on the sides of the case.
Also tend to get a little hot there (maybe 40-50°C), but nothing that really burns your fingers immideatly.

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