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Old September 4th 10, 06:36 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Ben Myers[_2_]
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Default Dimension 8300 and other heat sinks

I just upgraded the CPU in a Dimension 8300 to a Pentium 3.0HT, and
swiped the heat sink from a Dimension XPS Gen 2 system. It is the same
heat sink with copper heat pipes used in the faster 3+GHz Dimension
8300s. It is also the same as used in the Precision 360, Optiplex GX270
(tower model), and newer Dimension XPS systems in the monster blue or
black case. No surprise, as the motherboards all use the 875 chipset
and they look more or less the same, and use identical mounting plates.
The only difference is that some boards have integrated ADI sound and
some do not.

The CPU I took out was rated 2.6HT, and it had an all-aluminum heat sink.

The fan-and-green-cowl for both types of heat sink is the same... Ben Myers
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Old September 5th 10, 08:02 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Bruce Varney
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Default Dimension 8300 and other heat sinks


"Ben Myers" wrote in message
...
I just upgraded the CPU in a Dimension 8300 to a Pentium 3.0HT, and swiped
the heat sink from a Dimension XPS Gen 2 system. It is the same heat sink
with copper heat pipes used in the faster 3+GHz Dimension 8300s. It is
also the same as used in the Precision 360, Optiplex GX270 (tower model),
and newer Dimension XPS systems in the monster blue or black case. No
surprise, as the motherboards all use the 875 chipset and they look more or
less the same, and use identical mounting plates. The only difference is
that some boards have integrated ADI sound and some do not.

The CPU I took out was rated 2.6HT, and it had an all-aluminum heat sink.

The fan-and-green-cowl for both types of heat sink is the same... Ben
Myers


Useful info.... Bruce



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Old September 5th 10, 10:06 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
mc
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Default Dimension 8300 and other heat sinks

On Sep 5, 3:02*pm, "Bruce Varney" wrote:
"Ben Myers" wrote in message

...

I just upgraded the CPU in a Dimension 8300 to a Pentium 3.0HT, and swiped
the heat sink from a Dimension XPS Gen 2 system. *It is the same heat sink
with copper heat pipes used in the faster 3+GHz Dimension 8300s. *It is
also the same as used in the Precision 360, Optiplex GX270 (tower model),
and newer Dimension XPS systems in the monster blue or black case. *No
surprise, as the motherboards all use the 875 chipset and they look more or
less the same, and use identical mounting plates. The only difference is
that some boards have integrated ADI sound and some do not.


The CPU I took out was rated 2.6HT, and it had an all-aluminum heat sink.


The fan-and-green-cowl for both types of heat sink is the same... Ben
Myers


Useful info.... Bruce



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I have my heat sink on order, I figure the 2.88 cpu 800fsb could use
the copper heat sink.
mc
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Old September 6th 10, 04:16 AM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
William R. Walsh
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Default Dimension 8300 and other heat sinks

Hi!

I just upgraded the CPU in a Dimension 8300 to a Pentium 3.0HT, and
swiped the heat sink from a Dimension XPS Gen 2 system.


I just did the same thing, but as I had no other choice, I reused the old
heatsink (with new heatsink compound, of course). I bought another Dim8300
recently to test something I've been wondering about a for long time and
chose to install a 3.2 GHz Northwood P4 as a replacement for the stock,
non-hyperthreaded 2.6 GHz P4.

It works perfectly well, and the CPU does not get too hot.

For those wondering, my first Dim8300 (the one I bought new) has always had
a serious performance problem that felt like a disk bottleneck. I've
replaced just about all the core hardware by way of gradual upgrades
(graphics, CPU, RAM, both hard drives and one of the optical drives) and
still performance did not improve.

This new Dimension 8300 has been configured similarly to my original machine
and handily runs rings around it. So I guess my original unit is somehow
broken.

William


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Old September 9th 10, 02:26 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Bruce Varney
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Default Dimension 8300 and other heat sinks


"Ben Myers" wrote in message
...
I just upgraded the CPU in a Dimension 8300 to a Pentium 3.0HT, and swiped
the heat sink from a Dimension XPS Gen 2 system. It is the same heat sink
with copper heat pipes used in the faster 3+GHz Dimension 8300s. It is
also the same as used in the Precision 360, Optiplex GX270 (tower model),
and newer Dimension XPS systems in the monster blue or black case. No
surprise, as the motherboards all use the 875 chipset and they look more or
less the same, and use identical mounting plates. The only difference is
that some boards have integrated ADI sound and some do not.

The CPU I took out was rated 2.6HT, and it had an all-aluminum heat sink.

The fan-and-green-cowl for both types of heat sink is the same... Ben
Myers

The heat sink with the copper heat pipes will only fit one way round, that
is the side with the copper pipe loops is towards the memory modules. If
you try and install it the other way round the copper pipes will foul the
capacitors that are lined up alongside the plastic frame.... Bruce


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Old September 9th 10, 07:04 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
mc
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Default Dimension 8300 and other heat sinks

On Sep 9, 9:26*am, "Bruce Varney" wrote:
"Ben Myers" wrote in message

...I just upgraded the CPU in a Dimension 8300 to a Pentium 3.0HT, and swiped
the heat sink from a Dimension XPS Gen 2 system. *It is the same heat sink
with copper heat pipes used in the faster 3+GHz Dimension 8300s. *It is
also the same as used in the Precision 360, Optiplex GX270 (tower model),
and newer Dimension XPS systems in the monster blue or black case. *No
surprise, as the motherboards all use the 875 chipset and they look more or
less the same, and use identical mounting plates. The only difference is
that some boards have integrated ADI sound and some do not.


The CPU I took out was rated 2.6HT, and it had an all-aluminum heat sink.


The fan-and-green-cowl for both types of heat sink is the same... Ben
Myers


The heat sink with the copper heat pipes will only fit one way round, that
is the side with the copper pipe loops is towards the memory modules. * If
you try and install it the other way round the copper pipes will foul the
capacitors that are lined up alongside the plastic frame.... Bruce


thanks for that info
mc
 




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