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Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-20, 07:51

I have ordered a 160mm x 100mm x 4.5mm plate of stainless steel into which the necessary holes will be drilled and tapped to mount the CPU coolers. The only thing is I'd like to do away with the CEK springs and replace them with rubber feet if possible! I'll also have to carefully trim the leads on …

Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-19, 17:14

I have ordered a 160mm x 100mm x 4.5mm plate of stainless steel into which the necessary holes will be drilled and tapped to mount the CPU coolers. The only thing is I'd like to do away with the CEK springs and replace them with rubber feet if possible! I'll also have to carefully trim the leads on …

Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-19, 07:20

H3nrik V! wrote on 2023-08-18, 21:50: Slightly warm ought to do it, but I think the careful twist makes the difference? I gave them as much of a twist as I could, however the posts on the coolers limit the degree to which you can twist them! (This process just needs an extra degree of caution …

Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-19, 07:18

Again nice reading Irinikus! I am somewhat in the same boat, getting the right parts here and there for a dual opteron system from the same era. Two single core Opteron 856 are on the way, the first 3 GHz AMD cpu's I believe. (Together with the Opteron 256 model) On this journey, I really came to …

Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-18, 14:43

The system's now neatly packed away, awaiting me to come up with a CPU cooler chassis mounting solution! https://i.imgur.com/8VNtWzy.jpg By the way, it's a mission to get to coolers off the CPU's, as the thermal paste causes the coolers to stick to them like glue! (I now know why intel opted for …

Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-18, 14:42

Excellent, well thought out build so far! Its hot and out gunned by a core duo but there is something redeeming about this era just before core duos debuted. Two cores meant you needed a workstation board and $$$. I remember the first SLI system advertised in Custom PC magazine was a Scan 3XS …

Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-17, 19:40

The system's now neatly packed away, awaiting me to come up with a CPU cooler chassis mounting solution! https://i.imgur.com/8VNtWzy.jpg By the way, it's a mission to get to coolers off the CPU's, as the thermal paste causes the coolers to stick to them like glue! (I now know why intel opted for LGA …

Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-17, 14:47

Here's an example of the Crisis Performance I'm getting on this system: (I had to put it in a windowed mode in order to screenshot it) https://i.imgur.com/xddo6NZ.png I'm pretty happy with this, as this performance is only a couple of FPS off my Alienware Core2 Quad Extreme's performance. (The GTX …

Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-17, 13:43

I've upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Professional and I've just installed Crysis, and I'm pretty darn impressed with what I'm witnessing!!!! (I'm running it @1920x1080@very high settings @30 to 40 FPS!!!) These two CPU's generate an impressive amount of heat. (I'm running the CPU fan at 100% …

Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-16, 22:35

I've set it up running Windows 7, as XP would not allow me to install a driver for the GTX 690. I've also found out during the course of my troubles that my old 8800GTX is completely dead!!! (It won't even output in the BIOS) I've literally been battling to get this thing to work all day! (As …

Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-16, 12:53

I've just run an initial test just to see if the motherboard and CPU's work, and they do indeed! https://i.imgur.com/qo5oPqJ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Vrzyf1N.jpg https://i.imgur.com/CnwjtZm.jpg Sorry for the messy setup, but I can't mount it in the case as yet, but I absolutely had to check to see if …

Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-16, 06:33

A number of the big board maker shipped their own backplate solutions for this class of boards, though Tyan doesn't seem to have been own of them :( My Asus NCCH-DL & NCCH-DR boards both came with the X-PAD accessory kit, with adhesive backplates plus various heights of threaded nuts and rubber …

Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-15, 19:28

Looking at the board, this type of backplate won't work unfortunately, so I'll have to make up a plate of my own as discussed above! https://i.imgur.com/eYLYAE6.jpg Here's a better pic of the board: https://i.imgur.com/UjYvWCD.jpg And this is what it looks like with the CPU coolers in place: …

Re: TYAN Thunder i7525 (S2676) Motherboard/ Dual 3.8GHz Socket 604 Xeon/ 8GB RAM/ Adaptec 2420SA/ Adaptec 2020ZCR/8800 G

Posted on 2023-08-15, 16:10

I received my motherboard and goodies today and realise that I have a bit of a problem to solve! The CPU coolers need to be chassis mounted, as they weigh in at 920 grams each! (And they're designed to be chassis mounted of course!) https://i.imgur.com/AH4to3i.jpg So I'm going to have to get a plate …

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