Microcool Chipsinks

Sidney · 29th July 2004, 07:24

Well, I'm cheap. I've been using some home made heatsink cut from beer cans - a bit of AS3 and a pin drop of super glue. While this works fine, it's kind of screwing up the look of the board. And, when I replace the board this home made sh_t is hard to get off.

Then, this came along from www.sidewindercomputers.com

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/michcokit.html

Now, my board looks hell a lot better. My system temp drops a solid 4 C. While it doesn't help my OCing because I use CV, it sure cools the MOSFETS and PLL Chips to a bit comfort level. This is from the NF7-S. I will do a few more boards to see if the result is consistent.

Bear in mind that system temp is not really the CPU air intake temp (ideally it would be nice); it is merely a temp taken at certain spot of the board depending on the sensor location. If you could mount 10 temp sensors on different spots of the board, you'll be surprised to find 10 different temps with more than 10C in delta. Certainly, the chipsinks help reducing the temp from the "hot spots".

Since I have beer can parts in all my systems (8 of them), I'll have to do some fine "sanding" work before I could make further reporting.

By the way, Gary (owner) from Sidewindercomputers is an enthusiast, and I trust that he would love to ship to BE.

2nd August 2004, 19:15

beercans? :s
we want pics

Sidney · 2nd August 2004, 19:30

Look closely at the picture - enlarge it and you would see the right and left hand upper corner of the heatsink where two funny looking "angled things" - the setup in Lian_Li photo.

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=172

3rd August 2004, 23:34

perhaps if more people here would be interested but for just 1 or 2 sets the shipping costs will not be worth it...

Sidney · 3rd August 2004, 23:54

Shipping cost should not be high as the product does not weight anything and small.

For the price; it doesn't pay to make them yourself. I got some copper bar stock 1/2" square; cutting, sanding, slotting. For a buck each, I just buy them instead.

3rd August 2004, 23:59

oh that's no problem, I bought a couple of older P3 and P2 heatsinks (I think, wasn't looking inside pc's when those things were the standard

) at a "stock exchange" (beurs) just for these purposes.

Sidney · 24th August 2004, 06:14

They are not miracle workers, mind you. They do narrow CPU voltage swing a bit in OC'ed system. I like them.

Getting some 1/2" square copper bar stock to make several dozens for my own use.

29th July 2004, 07:24	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Microcool Chipsinks Well, I'm cheap. I've been using some home made heatsink cut from beer cans - a bit of AS3 and a pin drop of super glue. While this works fine, it's kind of screwing up the look of the board. And, when I replace the board this home made sh_t is hard to get off. Then, this came along from www.sidewindercomputers.com http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/michcokit.html Now, my board looks hell a lot better. My system temp drops a solid 4 C. While it doesn't help my OCing because I use CV, it sure cools the MOSFETS and PLL Chips to a bit comfort level. This is from the NF7-S. I will do a few more boards to see if the result is consistent. Bear in mind that system temp is not really the CPU air intake temp (ideally it would be nice); it is merely a temp taken at certain spot of the board depending on the sensor location. If you could mount 10 temp sensors on different spots of the board, you'll be surprised to find 10 different temps with more than 10C in delta. Certainly, the chipsinks help reducing the temp from the "hot spots". Since I have beer can parts in all my systems (8 of them), I'll have to do some fine "sanding" work before I could make further reporting. By the way, Gary (owner) from Sidewindercomputers is an enthusiast, and I trust that he would love to ship to BE. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

2nd August 2004, 19:30	#3
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Look closely at the picture - enlarge it and you would see the right and left hand upper corner of the heatsink where two funny looking "angled things" - the setup in Lian_Li photo. http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=172 __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

3rd August 2004, 23:54	#5
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Shipping cost should not be high as the product does not weight anything and small. For the price; it doesn't pay to make them yourself. I got some copper bar stock 1/2" square; cutting, sanding, slotting. For a buck each, I just buy them instead. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

24th August 2004, 06:14	#7
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	They are not miracle workers, mind you. They do narrow CPU voltage swing a bit in OC'ed system. I like them. Getting some 1/2" square copper bar stock to make several dozens for my own use. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

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2nd August 2004, 19:15	#2
RazoR Posts: n/a	beercans? :s we want pics

3rd August 2004, 23:34	#4
kristos Posts: n/a	perhaps if more people here would be interested but for just 1 or 2 sets the shipping costs will not be worth it...

3rd August 2004, 23:59	#6
kristos Posts: n/a	oh that's no problem, I bought a couple of older P3 and P2 heatsinks (I think, wasn't looking inside pc's when those things were the standard ) at a "stock exchange" (beurs) just for these purposes.