Cooling in a very small space...

[RyanGreener]

Hello everyone. I recently bought a Small Form Factor LGA775 computer for my little brother and I'm interested in overclocking it. The CPU runs hot right now during stress tests at stock voltage (around 62C. I know the crit temp is 62C). I'm pretty sure most average air coolers just won't fit, so I was wondering if I could buy one of those small "all in one" sealed water cooling setups. I hear bad things about Coolit, and Corsair uses "dissimilar metals" which can cause galvanic corrosion. I think Xigmatek does too. So, I'm not really sure what to do about this now. But yeah, if I'm looking at the wrong solution, someone suggest me a very small CPU cooler for air?

 

[llee]

I've been using the Silverstone NT-07. It works great and has a high speed and low speed manual control as well as an automated mode. The cooler and HSF resembles a stock Intel cooler that has half of its height. The cooler is able to outperform the stock cooler while running quieter.

 

[RyanGreener]

I've been using the Silverstone NT-07. It works great and has a high speed and low speed manual control as well as an automated mode. The cooler and HSF resembles a stock Intel cooler that has half of its height. The cooler is able to outperform the stock cooler while running quieter.

Impressive....how much better does it perform?

 

[Zap]

There's nothing wrong with the current CoolIt units and the "dissimilar" metals are no problem with either CoolIt or Corsair due to additives in their coolant. Just don't ever take them apart - they are sealed systems.

 

[RyanGreener]

There's nothing wrong with the current CoolIt units and the "dissimilar" metals are no problem with either CoolIt or Corsair due to additives in their coolant. Just don't ever take them apart - they are sealed systems.

Oh okay. I have a tendancy to do that, but now I know not to

I'll look into that!

 

[Binky]

Leave the stock cooler and just tell your bro that you overclocked it. Problem solved.

Your temps sound fine at stock. SFF and overclocking are not the best match.

 

[RyanGreener]

Leave the stock cooler and just tell your bro that you overclocked it. Problem solved.

Your temps sound fine at stock. SFF and overclocking are not the best match.

Haha, actually, at 1.25 V, I managed to get 4.0 GHZ out of it with a maximum of 62C, so I think I'm done for now