I've thought about using a heatpipe cooler from a laptop on a Socket 7 / SS7 system.

Socket A - you are going to want something a lot more powerful as they don't have thermal protection and the laptop coolers are generally only good to keep 35-45w CPUs around 80c under load... bleh.

My recommendation for Socket A would be something like the Thermaltake Silent Tower or the Thermaltake Silent Tower copper version. You have to have through board mounting holes though.
The regular silent tower is not enough to cool an overclocked high end Socket-A CPU even with a fan on each side in a push/pull configuration.

https://silentpcreview.com/thermaltake-cl-p00 … u-heatsink-fan/

As for the cooler I am using in my one Socket-A system, it is a Thermaltake Big Typhoon which is good enough to cool a Q6600 to an overclock of about 3.4Ghz or so.

http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/cpu/heatpipe-ma … c2k5-part2.html - a big roundup that includes the Tower 112 and the Big Typhoon as well as some other high end coolers of the time.

For Socket A, I would suggest a bigger cooler that blows air downwards to the socket, like these Zalman "flower coolers" or similar: Zalman CNPS7000A Those provide airflow to the voltage regulators and other hot components around the socket.

cyclone3d wrote on 2021-11-08, 05:43:

I've thought about using a heatpipe cooler from a laptop on a Socket 7 / SS7 system. […]
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I've thought about using a heatpipe cooler from a laptop on a Socket 7 / SS7 system.

Socket A - you are going to want something a lot more powerful as they don't have thermal protection and the laptop coolers are generally only good to keep 35-45w CPUs around 80c under load... bleh.

My recommendation for Socket A would be something like the Thermaltake Silent Tower or the Thermaltake Silent Tower copper version. You have to have through board mounting holes though.
The regular silent tower is not enough to cool an overclocked high end Socket-A CPU even with a fan on each side in a push/pull configuration.
Thermaltake_ST_front_01.jpg
https://silentpcreview.com/thermaltake-cl-p00 … u-heatsink-fan/
Thermaltake Tower 112 - ST copper.jpg

As for the cooler I am using in my one Socket-A system, it is a Thermaltake Big Typhoon which is good enough to cool a Q6600 to an overclock of about 3.4Ghz or so.
TT Big Typhoon.jpg

http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/cpu/heatpipe-ma … c2k5-part2.html - a big roundup that includes the Tower 112 and the Big Typhoon as well as some other high end coolers of the time.

Id be hesitant to mount one without one of those metal shims.

Warlord wrote on 2021-11-08, 06:39:

cyclone3d wrote on 2021-11-08, 05:43:

I've thought about using a heatpipe cooler from a laptop on a Socket 7 / SS7 system. […]
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I've thought about using a heatpipe cooler from a laptop on a Socket 7 / SS7 system.

Socket A - you are going to want something a lot more powerful as they don't have thermal protection and the laptop coolers are generally only good to keep 35-45w CPUs around 80c under load... bleh.

My recommendation for Socket A would be something like the Thermaltake Silent Tower or the Thermaltake Silent Tower copper version. You have to have through board mounting holes though.
The regular silent tower is not enough to cool an overclocked high end Socket-A CPU even with a fan on each side in a push/pull configuration.
Thermaltake_ST_front_01.jpg
https://silentpcreview.com/thermaltake-cl-p00 … u-heatsink-fan/
Thermaltake Tower 112 - ST copper.jpg

As for the cooler I am using in my one Socket-A system, it is a Thermaltake Big Typhoon which is good enough to cool a Q6600 to an overclock of about 3.4Ghz or so.
TT Big Typhoon.jpg

http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/cpu/heatpipe-ma … c2k5-part2.html - a big roundup that includes the Tower 112 and the Big Typhoon as well as some other high end coolers of the time.

Id be hesitant to mount one without one of those metal shims.

like gpus have? that's a fery good idea!

well I'm gonna use it on a socket 7 so very small heat load

https://imgaz1.staticbg.com/thumb/large/oaupl … dd592f.jpg.webp

I was wondering about maybe a north bridge cooler? maybe make a torsion clip for it? like the old pentiums used to use

If you are good at metalworks, why not mod an ancient server cooler?
Just cut off some excess metal and attach the thing with strong-adhesive dual sided thermal conductive tape...

See this one together with a modded S7 cooler, with the puny fan replaced by a strong and nevertheless quiet Japanese beamer fan:

(BTW, if you want the server cooler for free (just postage) send me a personal message.)

If you could figure out how to mount them reliably, the ones that come to mind are some of the funky Thermaltake chipset coolers

https://www.google.com/search?q=thermalright+ … 0&bih=955&dpr=1

Warlord wrote on 2021-11-08, 06:39:

cyclone3d wrote on 2021-11-08, 05:43:

I've thought about using a heatpipe cooler from a laptop on a Socket 7 / SS7 system. […]
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I've thought about using a heatpipe cooler from a laptop on a Socket 7 / SS7 system.

Socket A - you are going to want something a lot more powerful as they don't have thermal protection and the laptop coolers are generally only good to keep 35-45w CPUs around 80c under load... bleh.

My recommendation for Socket A would be something like the Thermaltake Silent Tower or the Thermaltake Silent Tower copper version. You have to have through board mounting holes though.
The regular silent tower is not enough to cool an overclocked high end Socket-A CPU even with a fan on each side in a push/pull configuration.
Thermaltake_ST_front_01.jpg
https://silentpcreview.com/thermaltake-cl-p00 … u-heatsink-fan/
Thermaltake Tower 112 - ST copper.jpg

As for the cooler I am using in my one Socket-A system, it is a Thermaltake Big Typhoon which is good enough to cool a Q6600 to an overclock of about 3.4Ghz or so.
TT Big Typhoon.jpg

http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/cpu/heatpipe-ma … c2k5-part2.html - a big roundup that includes the Tower 112 and the Big Typhoon as well as some other high end coolers of the time.

Id be hesitant to mount one without one of those metal shims.

Oh yeah, definitely. I had one I saved from back then and have since gotten a few more that came with other stuff I bought.
https://www.legitreviews.com/what-is-a-shim-a … -you-use-one_64

There were a bunch of different companies that sold them back then. Just have to make sure you have one that is correct for your CPU.

retardware wrote on 2021-11-08, 08:23:

If you are good at metalworks, why not mod an ancient server cooler? Just cut off some excess metal and attach the thing with st […]
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If you are good at metalworks, why not mod an ancient server cooler?
Just cut off some excess metal and attach the thing with strong-adhesive dual sided thermal conductive tape...

See this one together with a modded S7 cooler, with the puny fan replaced by a strong and nevertheless quiet Japanese beamer fan:

(BTW, if you want the server cooler for free (just postage) send me a personal message.)

Thermal conductive tape sucks at actually conducting heat. I tried for weeks to find some that was actually worth anything and even the industrial mfgs don't have anything that would even be as good as using cheese.

cyclone3d wrote on 2021-11-08, 14:24:

Oh yeah, definitely. I had one I saved from back then and have since gotten a few more that came with other stuff I bought. http […]
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Warlord wrote on 2021-11-08, 06:39:

cyclone3d wrote on 2021-11-08, 05:43:

I've thought about using a heatpipe cooler from a laptop on a Socket 7 / SS7 system. […]
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I've thought about using a heatpipe cooler from a laptop on a Socket 7 / SS7 system.

Socket A - you are going to want something a lot more powerful as they don't have thermal protection and the laptop coolers are generally only good to keep 35-45w CPUs around 80c under load... bleh.

My recommendation for Socket A would be something like the Thermaltake Silent Tower or the Thermaltake Silent Tower copper version. You have to have through board mounting holes though.
The regular silent tower is not enough to cool an overclocked high end Socket-A CPU even with a fan on each side in a push/pull configuration.
Thermaltake_ST_front_01.jpg
https://silentpcreview.com/thermaltake-cl-p00 … u-heatsink-fan/
Thermaltake Tower 112 - ST copper.jpg

As for the cooler I am using in my one Socket-A system, it is a Thermaltake Big Typhoon which is good enough to cool a Q6600 to an overclock of about 3.4Ghz or so.
TT Big Typhoon.jpg

http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/cpu/heatpipe-ma … c2k5-part2.html - a big roundup that includes the Tower 112 and the Big Typhoon as well as some other high end coolers of the time.

Id be hesitant to mount one without one of those metal shims.

Oh yeah, definitely. I had one I saved from back then and have since gotten a few more that came with other stuff I bought.
https://www.legitreviews.com/what-is-a-shim-a … -you-use-one_64
tbredbshim.jpg
palminoshim.jpg

There were a bunch of different companies that sold them back then. Just have to make sure you have one that is correct for your CPU.

Looks like it’s in contact with those smd

Sphere478 wrote on 2021-11-08, 23:56:

cyclone3d wrote on 2021-11-08, 14:24:

Oh yeah, definitely. I had one I saved from back then and have since gotten a few more that came with other stuff I bought. http […]
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Warlord wrote on 2021-11-08, 06:39:

Id be hesitant to mount one without one of those metal shims.

Oh yeah, definitely. I had one I saved from back then and have since gotten a few more that came with other stuff I bought.
https://www.legitreviews.com/what-is-a-shim-a … -you-use-one_64
tbredbshim.jpg
palminoshim.jpg

There were a bunch of different companies that sold them back then. Just have to make sure you have one that is correct for your CPU.

Looks like it’s in contact with those smd

Yeah, the one in the second pic does look sketchy. Later ones were made so they would work with any of the socket A CPUs.

If it's touching the ground plane of those caps it reduces your TEMPEST emissions 🤣

BitWrangler wrote on 2021-11-09, 00:33:

If it's touching the ground plane of those caps it reduces your TEMPEST emissions 🤣

I was wondering if the manufacturer just so happened to know that those were ground sides or not. If so, should be fine, and keep it in place 🤣.

Sphere478 wrote on 2021-11-08, 23:56:

Looks like it’s in contact with those smd

That's shim for Palomino core, that didn't have any SMD parts on the surface.

Thermalright HR-05, which can also be fitted with a fan, should also be sufficient to cool the CPU in s.3/7. I originally bought it once for nForce4 chipset, and it's left over. Only the buckle for attaching to the socket has to be used from another cooler and bent to avoid being too overstepped - the cooler has a higher base. I'm thinking of trying it out on some AMD K6-2 boards.

Ydee wrote on 2021-11-09, 14:36:

Sphere478 wrote on 2021-11-08, 23:56:

Looks like it’s in contact with those smd

That's shim for Palomino core, that didn't have any SMD parts on the surface.

Thermalright HR-05, which can also be fitted with a fan, should also be sufficient to cool the CPU in s.3/7. I originally bought it once for nForce4 chipset, and it's left over. Only the buckle for attaching to the socket has to be used from another cooler and bent to avoid being too overstepped - the cooler has a higher base. I'm thinking of trying it out on some AMD K6-2 boards.

I always wanted to glue one of those tower style chipset coolers to a 386 or486. Not for practical reasons, just for looks. 😄

One of these would be cool. Reminds me of those blue coolers for pentium chips.