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I've wanted this CPU cooler for a while but had no need for it, well, after my other died it was all the excuse I needed!
This is the inside of my ShuttleX PC. The square metal plate is a heat sink covering the AMD CPU, and the attached tubes are filled with liquid to dissipate the heat. The liquid is kept in circulation by convection currents created by the difference in temperature at each end.
This is Jesse adding the thermal compound to the top of his CPU. This part is not an exact science and always scares me the most; especially since it's dealing with the most expensive part of the build!
Did you ever imagine you could do debugging assembler really *by* hand? Using this 3x2 meter CPU demonstration model, you actually can ;-)
However it's supposed to be used for teaching purposes. It simulates an 8-bit CPU, you stick plugs labeled with asm commands in the RAM, switch bits with big switches and see the calculation steps and register contents on large lamp displays (of course not yet LEDs ;-) ).
Just funny what you stumple upon in our basement ;-)
AMD FX 8370
Dropped from shooting table. orz
Lens: ZHONG YI OPTICS FREEWALKER 20mm F2.0 SUPER MACRO 4-4.5:1
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Back at the turn of the millenium, when I still built my own computers rather than buying them off the shelf, this was my processor. It was my first processor faster than 1gig and I was a big fan of AMD for making that kind of power affordable. Today it's so much junk. I shelved the machine when the motherboard went bad and finally got around to recycling it last weekend but I couldn't let this CPU go - it sits on my desk - a reminder of our recent and evolving past.
I measured temps inside the CPU cabinet with the doors open, closed and with the computer asleep. Worst case (as expected) was with the door closed and CPU running.
The temp in the cabinet was 100F and rising.
With the addition of the fans it just about gets over 80F so about a 20F reduction, the temps are now about normal.