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Socket 775 HSF bracket?

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Peter Trend

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Hi,

I just put together a system using a Q6600 with the stock cooler from a Q9650, which obviously is inadequate for overclocking as I'm getting 66C load already. I already own a spare Thermaltake 103 http://www.thetechlounge.com/article/174-2/Thermaltake-Fanless103-Heatpipe-CPU-Cooler/ which only comes with socket 754 and 939 fixings.

How would I go about finding/making a 775 bracket for it and are there any alternatives I could use? Does anyone have the (now discontinued) conversion kit for the 103?

I want to cool this thing for £5 and not buy another £30 heatsink if I don't need to!

I know as a last resort I could use a 3mm thick strip of steel with holes in the correct places; this worked with this heatsink on an AM2 socket, but is messy and I also don't have a backplate to screw into for this motherboard.
 
Even if you manage to find a bracket for that thing it's not gonna be all that much better than the stock heatsink. If you run is passive as intended it may even be worse...

I would get a Cooler Master Hyper TX3, it's dirt cheap and performance and noise are really impressive for a cooler this size/price.

Also, you won't find a bracket that's intended for this heatsink, you might be able to tinker something else as a workable mounting bracket, but Thermaltake isn't exactly the brand that offers upgrade kits for its old heatsinks.
 
I don't think you realise how bad the stock heatsink is! It doesn't even cover the CPU; the base of the heatsink is circular instead of rectangular.

I'm not planning to use it passively either, because it isn't that good, you are correct it needs a fan really.

I have seen a 775 bracket for this thing with my own eyes, I know they existed when this thing came out (whether they were official I do not know), but both the brackets and heatsink appear to have been discontinued.

I don't really want to spend more money than is necessary on this thing. However, that Hyper TX3 is only about £13 so I may go that route, thanks for the tip.
 
I fully realize how "bad" the Intel stock heatsinks are, I have lots of them. The Hyper TX3 is way better though (I have one in my "collection" as well, I was quite impressed with it).

There probably were brackets back in the day, but as I said, Thermaltake isn't the kind of brand that offers brackets for 5 year old heatsinks.
 
On second thoughts, I don't think the temperatures I will be able to achieve with the Hyper TX3 are very good and my OC headroom will not increase very much. I have actually found the 103 to be quite a decent heatsink but I think if I am going to have to get a new heatsink I may as well get a high performance one or I won't get the full potential from my CPU.

I am probably going to buy a Thermolab Baram as I already have several 120mm fans. If anyone could suggest any better alternatives under £40 that would be helpful, but I have been quite impressed with what I read about the Baram so far.

Spikesoldier said:
the q9650 stock heatsink although dinky iirc outperforms the larger stock heatsink from a q6600
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Interesting! Good to see design gurus get by using less material. I wonder if we shouldn't be recycling our heatsinks too, would probably save a whole lot of copper/aluminium ore from having to be dug up...

I would still like to tinker a working bracket for the 103 as I have 2 more folding machines to build this year. I will probably just get a 775 backplate and bolt a strip of steel across the top of the heatsink base. That worked fine on my AM2 socket, rough and ready!
 
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