socket 370 waterblock ideas

[p01s0n_p1e]

rightie ho
i got me a radiator-tubing-and a pump by the end of 3 weeks

now- i also have a celeron 1.3ghz (it pwns your one BKhaydenNz :D ) and so i need a waterblock.

does anyone have any ideas for this- also retention system ideas would be helpful aswell.

size aint really a problem- but withen reason- ie i still wanna be able to use the closest ram slots :D

cheers for any ideas at all

[mird-OC]

keep it simple. a neat cross drilled block with a lug based screw down mechanism will do you as good as anything else. there are a number of articles on making such blocks in the overclockers.com watercooling section.

assuming you're wanting to make one... ?

[p01s0n_p1e]

yea, im wanting to make one- the problem being i dont have any holes to screw stuff onto the mobo with, im fairly watercooling illieterite- so im assuming a lug is a mechanism which holds the block down onto the cpu, and clips onto the socket?

[HaydenNZ]

Oh it does beat my ol celery huh?

Lets see your celeron 1.3 beat these scores, best you'll get with a 1.3 might be 1.5-1.6 if your lucky, and at a low fsb, so 1.0A better bang for ur buck if your overclocking.

what chokes a celeron? memory bandwidth, important to have 150fsb (max my mobo supports, possibly a tusl2 is in order)

[HaydenNZ]

this is on a $150 motherboard, I too need a clip to hold down a waterblock on my cpu, i have a dangerden block and clip, but the danger den clips brake lugs far to easily, looking for a better way to mount, all around the socket there is free space, eg, no tracks, so i may drill some holes through it so i can mount a block properly.

[Tojja]

take pictures please, after drilling (of the look on your face that is :)) - good luck, pretty risky business......

[_N_]

yep, chances are that you will crack the PCB.

Grab an old 386 mobo and try drilling that and tell us how you go, ;)

[Tojja]

Craking the PCB would be the least of my worries - maintaining seperation of copper PCB layers - now there is the challenge.

[HaydenNZ]

I did it with my old Slot 1 mobo, the convertor card was a double sided pcb, no problems..the only problem, is not destroying tracks on either side..

[p01s0n_p1e]

yea- i got a tusl2-c in my machine- its a very nice steady board and is pretty good for ocing. but anyway

mird mentioned a lug type system- does anyone have any ideas at all for how i could make one?

[mird-OC]

the best way would probably be to drill the socket itself (horizontally) and lay down some solid metal bars to clip to instead of the lugs. easier said than done tho and lots of luck trying to avoid the processor pins :D

i did see a phase change cooled dual socket370 setup a while back which incorporated clamps into the case - probably the easiest approach.

[p01s0n_p1e]

oh and one more thing hayden- my 1.0a choked at 1.3-1.35 range when oced- with stock cooling. :)