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thanks stev... yeah hydrocool is one useful unit.... would be nice to have a vertical version which would have a smaller foot print - you can have 2 or 3 units side by side hehe

Hydroocool 200EX still kicking on DFI ICFX3200 RD600 Brisbane is just too hot for even Tuniq 120 Tower air cooling, so swapped in my trusty Corsair Hydrocool 200EX water cooling unit (1/4" OD tubed). The Hydrocool 200EX doesn't have LGA775 mount kit as it's a s478 era cooler. But thanks to Tuniq 120 Tower backplate and mounting screws and Thermaltake Big Typhoon mount bracket and ramsinks I can continue to use Corsair Hydrocool 200EX :) As you can see room temp today was currently 29.5C with a peak of 37.6C and that is with 1HP portable air con turned on :eek: http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/dfi/icfx3200_rd600/hydrocool200ex/thumbnails/thumb_icfx3200_hydrocool200_001.jpghttp://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/dfi/icfx3200_rd600/hydrocool200ex/thumbnails/thumb_icfx3200_hydrocool200_002.jpghttp://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/dfi/icfx3200_rd600/hydrocool200ex/thumbnails/thumb_icfx3200_hydrocool200_004.jpghttp://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/dfi/icfx3200_rd600/hydrocool200ex/thumbnails/thumb_icfx3200_hydrocool200_006.jpg http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/dfi/icfx3200_rd600/hydrocool200ex/thumbnails/thumb_icfx3200_hydrocool200_007.jpghttp://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/dfi/icfx3200_rd600/hydrocool200ex/thumbnails/thumb_icfx3200_hydrocool200_008.jpghttp://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/dfi/icfx3200_rd600/hydrocool200ex/thumbnails/thumb_icfx3200_hydrocool200_009.jpghttp://i4memory.com/reviewimages/motherboards/dfi/icfx3200_rd600/hydrocool200ex/thumbnails/thumb_icfx3200_hydrocool200_012.jpg So far looks like 4-6C cooler idle temps and 6-9C cooler load temps compared to Tuniq 120 Tower stock fan air cooling :)

thanks Stev! Hydrocool rocks :D:

Yeah i have 2x hydrocools love units they are now that i have s939 to s478 adaptor for s939 use and now LGA775 support :D So far nice improvement.. managed to increase my clock from Big Typhoon @3865mhz to Hydrocool 200EX @3878mhz and cut 2.703 seconds of my personal best 32M time :D Yeah if they turned the nautilus on it's head and made the unit vertical would look better and more space saving :)

The Thermaltake Big Typhoon was the best investment I made. Why ? Because it's LGA775 mounting gear is perfect for my old and trusty Corsair Hydrocool 200EX unit which uses puny 1/4" OD tubing but still packs the cooling power to beat the Big Typhoon heatsink :biggrin: The pictures: First, a pic of the Hydrocool 200EX stock waterblock with 1/4" OD tubing and what I intend to do with Big Typhoon mounting gear for LGA775 socket. Yes 6mm inner diameter tubing .. puny but still effective for this :): http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/thumbnails/thumb_Hydrocool_002.jpg http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/thumbnails/thumb_Hydrocool_004.jpg Problem though is the waterblock has a thermal probe for displaying temps on Hydrocool 200EX and it's soldered to the top of the block making mounting uneven. So what to do ? Yup, Thermaltake again to the rescue with copper BGA ramsinks :laughing: http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/thumbnails/thumb_Hydrocool_006.jpg http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/thumbnails/thumb_Hydrocool_007.jpg http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/thumbnails/thumb_Hydrocool_008.jpg Much more even mounting surface now: http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/thumbnails/thumb_Hydrocool_010.jpg http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/thumbnails/thumb_Hydrocool_012.jpg http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/thumbnails/thumb_Hydrocool_014.jpg http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/thumbnails/thumb_Hydrocool_019.jpg Corsair Hydrocool 200EX lives on thanks to Thermaltake Big Typhoon and BGA copper ramsinks :cool: http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/thumbnails/thumb_Hydrocool_022.jpg http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/thumbnails/thumb_Hydrocool_026.jpg http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/thumbnails/thumb_Hydrocool_028.jpg http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/thumbnails/thumb_Hydrocool_030.jpg Full pics at http://i4memory.com/reviewimages/cooling/cpu/Corsair/Hydrocool200EX_LGA775/html/ How's it performing ? Corsair Hydrocool 200EX with TT Big Typhoon LGA775 mount CPU bios idle = 31-32C idle in bios (that's 5-8C cooler than Big Typhoon) CPU windows idle = 24-25C (that's 7-8C cooler than Big Typhoon) CPU load = 36-39C (that's a full 8-11C cooler than Big Typhoon) @3750Mhz at 1.5v Big Typhoon idle = 45-48C room temp = 24.5C Big Typhoon load = 82-83C room temp = 24.5C vs Hydrocool 200EX idle = 34-36C room temp = 21.5C Hydrocool 200EX load = 65-66C room temp = 21.5C