heat sink and fan replacement after upgrade

Da Mail Man

Da Mail Man

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greetings,

I had a thread started a while back that may be relevant to my question here.
http://www.computerforum.com/72498-need-info-max-processor.html

I have been looking around e-bay for an inexpensive processor and i think i may have found one as i am told 3.02 celeron is max i can apply to this board.

However, now there is an issue of removing the old dell heatsink and looking around for a sink with an attached fan to eliminate all the ductwork i currently have.

The following links (hope the picts show up!) are what i have taken off of an off line manual for my dell b110 desktop. ;

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/DaMailMan/Picture2.jpg
http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c172/DaMailMan/Picture1.jpg

The sink that currently exists is a large square sink that seems to fit in a "holder" of sorts on top of the processor. would the following sink fit my motherboard?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...RK:MEWA:IT&viewitem=&item=140090649904&rd=1,1.

can anyone help me out on this?...thanks!
 
I'd really have to see the board to say for sure, but I don't think a standard heatsync would fit. At least, not with that base on there. If you can remove that "retention base" it might have a more standard way of connecting a heatsync...
 
The_Other_One said:
I'd really have to see the board to say for sure, but I don't think a standard heatsync would fit. At least, not with that base on there. If you can remove that "retention base" it might have a more standard way of connecting a heatsync...
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thanks for the reply. yeah, that is where the confusion sets in. i am hoping that all of this is not proprietary crapola. not sure about the detachment of the base and i don't want to detach it until i get some sort of grip on what is under there and how to mount a sink to the socket base. the fan may be easy enough as it will probably just attach to the sink itself. *&*^&%&* dell!
 
Not much apart from the clock speed, they both have 533 MHz FSBs, why are you getting a celeron? Are you really that short on cash?
 
What are you planning on using the computer for when you get this processor? I wouldn't recommend a celeron to anyone. They are slower and are a pain in the butt as far as i'm concerned. The pentium 4 775 is a better choice or even a pentium D if you can afford it, and as long as the motherboard supports the pentium 4 or pentium D, i would save money and get one of those.
 
johnb35 said:
What are you planning on using the computer for when you get this processor? I wouldn't recommend a celeron to anyone. They are slower and are a pain in the butt as far as i'm concerned. The pentium 4 775 is a better choice or even a pentium D if you can afford it, and as long as the motherboard supports the pentium 4 or pentium D, i would save money and get one of those.
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...thanks for the reply. however, use in my circumstances is not relevant. i have to go with celeron to get that 3.0ghz in processor speed. if i didn't, the mb wouldn't support (as in previous posts) a 3.0 in any other affordable processor.
 
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Howdy,

That's a BTX heatsink, they are vastly different from the standard ATX heatsinks, the two aren't interchangeable I think and you'll probably have to use the Dell one.;)
 
GCR said:
Howdy,

That's a BTX heatsink, they are vastly different from the standard ATX heatsinks, the two aren't interchangeable I think and you'll probably have to use the Dell one.;)
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here is a response i got from a guy on e-bay when questioning him: "...The LGA775 socket heatsinks utilize the 4 holes around the CPU socket to mount support frame for the metal heatsink base or push-pin legs to clamp down the heatsink.
You will have to remove the current retantion frame around the socket area. It is a propriety design from Dell...."
 
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