- Joined
- Nov 16, 2001
- Location
- U.S. East Coast
I rigged this up earlier instead of waiting for delivery of a new Freezer 7 Pro HSF. A plastic part of the Intel HSF broke when taking it off. And so with only 3 of the 4 corners held tight, the HSF lost contact with the processor and the temps shot up over 80C. Almost threw this broken HSF away, but then thought I'd try this for fun.
Twisted the 4 plastic plungers off the Intel HSF with pliers. Put a little Colgate toothpaste (looks like gel) on the processor. Put a small honey container on top of the fan (upside down) for weight. Put a pound container of peanut butter on top of the honey container (upside down) for more weight. And strapped it all secure with cut strips of aluminum tape.
Temps are essentially the same as before the HSF broke. Not bad for stock quad core: 33C idle, 52C load. This Intel HSF has a round copper base that doesn't even cover all of the square Q6600 processor. And I easily overclocked this rig with the unbroken Intel HSF to 3.0 GHz. I don't remember the temps. So now I'm wondering whether to use the toothpaste again with the new F7Pro, just to see how well toothpaste actually does work for overclocking a quad core.
Twisted the 4 plastic plungers off the Intel HSF with pliers. Put a little Colgate toothpaste (looks like gel) on the processor. Put a small honey container on top of the fan (upside down) for weight. Put a pound container of peanut butter on top of the honey container (upside down) for more weight. And strapped it all secure with cut strips of aluminum tape.
Temps are essentially the same as before the HSF broke. Not bad for stock quad core: 33C idle, 52C load. This Intel HSF has a round copper base that doesn't even cover all of the square Q6600 processor. And I easily overclocked this rig with the unbroken Intel HSF to 3.0 GHz. I don't remember the temps. So now I'm wondering whether to use the toothpaste again with the new F7Pro, just to see how well toothpaste actually does work for overclocking a quad core.