Socket 370 Heatsinks

[xicat487]

As many people do not have stock clock speeds, has anyone tried a socket A (AMD) or socket 370 (Intel) retention clips for attachment.

I came across  the arctic cooling copper silent 3 and a few Star Tech options on Youtube.

Cooling section covered at 6:52

Any thoughts or experience would be nice. 

https://www.arctic.ac/us_en/copper-silent-3.html Arctic

https://www.startech.com/Computer-Parts/Fans/6cm-Copper-CPU-HeatsinkFan-for-1U-Servers~FAN3701U StarTech

https://www.newegg.com/p/0VE-013Y-00DG9 Antec Twister

https://www.startech.com/Computer-Parts/Fans/PentiumCeleron-CPU-Cooler-Fan-Socket-7370-w-3-lead-TX3-connector~FANP1003LD StarTec

I do not use a the HDD mount, as i use a IDE to SD card replacement so I have space for these options or larger. 

[ShinGoutetsu]

I've just bought 2 of the startech ones to use in an xbox mini build, I'll probably use thermal glue to attach them and it does state they are suitable for cpu's of around 1ghz ( I have a 128mb 1ghz 'trusty' board)

Edited April 12, 2020 by ShinGoutetsu

[xicat487]

I have heard off your board. The pictures show the stock plastic retention but look to have pins in the PCB holding down the heatsink. Was this an issue that made you go to the StarTech ? Also the DreamX Has this pin setup too but missing the mounts. I ask because I do not have my 1.4ghz board yet. Since you own a close setup, do you think the Arctic with its screw mounts would cool better due to its size or choke due to its top intake fan close to the lid ?

[ShinGoutetsu]

The holes on the xbox mainboard that the stock plastic mounting frame uses to attach don't generally line up with many aftermarket heatsink/fan units. There were the Vantec Iceberq Pro's but they have been out of production for years now.

As it's difficult to find anything that can use the existing mounting holes thermal glue is another option but once they're on they might be difficult to remove.

I went with the Startech ones as the dimensions (60mm x 60mm x 20mm means they won't get in the way of the stock hdd tray but also for my xbox mini the reduction in height is also a bonus.

I think you'd have to remove the fan from the Arctic to get it to fit in the xbox but as long as you make sure to line the fins up with the stock rear fan (same direction as the original heatsink) the it could be ok.