WTB: Intel Socket 478 Retail HSF's

[Stereodude]

Anyone have any Intel Socket 478 HSF's from the Prescott era lying around they'd be willing to part with? These are the ones with the copper slug in the center and radial aluminum fins, not the all aluminum variety.

I'm looking for one of these two versions:
1)

2)

I'm not looking for this one:

Thanks!

 

[Stereodude]

I guess I'm impatient. I bought two from a seller on ebay.

 

[Mercutio]

I probably have a few someplace, but I can't be bothered to go look for them. I'm not sure if they're the style you want, anyway.

 

[P5-133XL]

I did check mine and they were all the style you didn't want.

 

[Stereodude]

I did check mine and they were all the style you didn't want.

Thanks for checking.

 

[Bozo]

I found one in my junk pile. I wouldn't be able to ship it to you for a couple of weeks though. I'll be out of town.

 

[MaxBurn]

Good luck, most I had were thrown out after a year or so. The plastic mount on the motherboard or the heatsink itself was under a lot of tension and broke on all of mine.

 

[Stereodude]

I found one in my junk pile. I wouldn't be able to ship it to you for a couple of weeks though. I'll be out of town.

It's ok. I bought two from ebay already since I didn't get any bites here or on the Hardforum.

 

[Stereodude]

Good luck, most I had were thrown out after a year or so. The plastic mount on the motherboard or the heatsink itself was under a lot of tension and broke on all of mine.

The motherboard & CPU combo I bought on ebay for my backup server did not have the retention clip on the board. Apparently it's optional from Supermicro. It has a screaming 60mm or so fan on the HSF that uses it's own mounting plate on the back and screws. It's way too loud and I don't like the way it blows the air (pic). So. I bought a socket 478 retention clip held on by screws with a back plate and plan to use one of the retail Intel HSF's for cooling. Due to the somewhat odd placement and orientation of the CPU on the motherboard I'm not sure what aftermarket cooler will fit it since obviously Supermicro boards aren't tested for fit with aftermarket coolers. The last generation of Intel HSF's for Socket 478 are actually pretty good, so that should cover me.

 

[MaxBurn]

At the time I was able to find metal replacements that fit the intel footprint on the motherboard. Sounds like what you got. Looks like you have tons of room around that CPU too.

 

[Stereodude]

At the time I was able to find metal replacements that fit the intel footprint on the motherboard. Sounds like what you got. Looks like you have tons of room around that CPU too.

I don't think the one I bought is metal, but I'm not sure. link

 

[Mercutio]

I'm not sure I saw a P4 with a metal retention clip. That's too bad because all the ones I can find are broken.

Did P4s do anything right?

 

[Stereodude]

Did P4s do anything right?

They certainly spurred the advance of cooling technology. :rofl:

 

[P5-133XL]

Yes, they sold a lot of them. Great marketing...

 

[MaxBurn]

They certainly spurred the advance of cooling technology. :rofl:

Plus the speedstep overheat safety thing works! With a broken heatsink mount and the cooler sitting all cockeyed it didn't fry the chip or even lockup the computer.

This is what I was talking about:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Metal-P4-Socket-478-Retainer-Clip-Backplate_W0QQitemZ220419027800

http://www.hardwarecooling.com/meta....html?osCsid=6cb867941a68fe64b9d2ed09738ef577

 

[Stereodude]

Plus the speedstep overheat safety thing works! With a broken heatsink mount and the cooler sitting all cockeyed it didn't fry the chip or even lockup the computer.

This is what I was talking about:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Metal-P4-Socket-478-Retainer-Clip-Backplate_W0QQitemZ220419027800

I would have bought one of those instead had I known they existed. Oh well... I should be ok (I think).

 

[Stereodude]

ARGH!!! I bought two of these last Thursday before noon local time and the seller didn't even print the shipping label until today. Judging from how late I got the notice I don't think the postal service is going to see them until tomorrow. Good thing I'm not eager to get this machine together.