The Chrome Orb from ThermalTake says "Socket 462 Only) on it. However, it seems to fit a socket 370. Is it compatiable?

[Wedesdo]

The Chrome Orb from ThermalTake says "Socket 462 Only) on it. However, it seems to fit a socket 370. Is it compatiable?

I would like to use it on my FCPGA Celeron

 

[Dark4ng3l]

Hmmm i wouldnt try(unless you want to risk buying another celeron) just get a socket 370 ord(golden orb i think) and use that.

 

[thermite88]

I compared the Golden Orb, Chrome Orb and Alpha FCPGA-35t on a P3-700 overclocked to 933 MHz @ 133 FSB at 1.75 volts vcore. The limit of my CPU is 1.0 GHz @ 143 FSB at 1.9 volts vcore. The Coppermine is such an efficient design, all of them provide sufficient cooling with a large margin to the Intel ultimate spec. Using the Alpha FCPGA-35t and ArticSilver, the CPU never went more than 10C (18F) above case/MB temperature running Prime95 loop. All HSF are completely stable running Prime95 loop.

There is some appeal for the Chrome Orb. It cools just a hair better than the Golden using slightly more space and cools almost as well as the Alpha using much less space. The Alpha cools 10F better than the Golden Orb at full load, and 3F better at idle, but it blocks off two of the four memory slots in the Asus P3B-F. The Chrome Orb with Arctic Silver cools as well as the Alpha and blocks only one memory slot. The Golden Orb is good enough for the overclocked P3-933 with absolutely no stability problem. Mechanically speaking, it is the most stable of the three.

For the same price, the Thermaltake Chrome Orb has a faster fan, but a conventional spring clip latch. It will cool a little better than the Golden Orb, but it is too big (interfer with the capacitors) to mount in some motherboards, such as Asus CUSL2.

There is one warning about using the Chrome Orb on Coppermine CPU. The Chrome Orb comes with the Chomerics T-725 phase change thermal interface material when shipped from Thermaltake. The Chomerics T-725 is designed for the Duron/Thunderbird which generate a lot of heat. It will not become effective until high heat is applied to it. Since the Coppermine runs a lot cooler than AMD CPU's, it is not hot enough to cause the phase change. The Chomerics T-725 is a very poor thermal interface for the Intel CPU. Scrap the Chomerics T-725 (relatively thick light brown sticky stuff) off the heat sink and clean it with paint thinner before using it on coppermine.