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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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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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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 - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 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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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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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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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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