Noice! that Definitely wouldn’t be a bad idea to do that for the time being. The job can mostly be done with a sawzall and a decent metal file. Just takes some patience. However if a machine shop could do it it for a feasible price that would be the best route however it would probably be difficult to find one that would have the equipment that would want to do such a job for a private customer. Most that would have machinery like that wouldn’t wanna touch em and if they did they’d charge an astronomical price. But I’d love to be proven wrong in this aspect. Hopefully you can find one. 🤞
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QUAD G5 AIR COOLED (dxf included)
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Sorry for the late reply. I’l post my temps next Monday under power fractal (30 min stress test).
Sorry for the late reply. I’l post my temps next Monday under power fractal (30 min stress test).
@Wizzlemane96
Did the test. Maximum fractal count. It doesnt go over 70c (room temps is 21.5c)
I dont know how the original lcs handle this task but I’m happy with it. 😁 Thats a good stess test imo heyhey.
Also I use Renoise 2.7.2 more and more and its cross compatible between my G5 running 10.5 and my macpro still under 10.11
I forgot to ad idle temp. Cpu B is notably hotter (not something hard to fix).
Did the test. Maximum fractal count. It doesnt go over 70c (room temps is 21.5c)
I dont know how the original lcs handle this task but I’m happy with it. 😁 Thats a good stess test imo heyhey.
Also I use Renoise 2.7.2 more and more and its cross compatible between my G5 running 10.5 and my macpro still under 10.11
I forgot to ad idle temp. Cpu B is notably hotter (not something hard to fix).
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Nice G5, cat is ok.. mine better because he Ukrainian kitty
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@Wizzlemane96 did it without special tools. Check out what he did. Theres another guy that was sucessfull with 2004 heatsink (no cutting).
Nice kitty you got there 😌
@Macbookprodude
Not so long ago. Hes only 9 months old. He is my second cat. He was rescued in a shelter last summer. 😊
Not so long ago. Hes only 9 months old. He is my second cat. He was rescued in a shelter last summer. 😊
How high is the power consumption of each core ? I'm thinking that ibm pushing the 970mp to 2.5 was a terrible thing to do efficiency wise . I'm considering doing your air cool mod but with two dual 2.0 cpus instead. 80% of the performance with just above half the power consumption of the quad 2.5! Right now i'm using a dual core cpu (2.0) on my quad and doing the same test with temps peaking around 70-75 the fans barely go above idle speeds, under 900-1000rpm most of the time under full load. Max power for each core is 34 watts .
I would rather pay someone to do this, as the Quad is complicated.
That could be great. I thought of this too. I think I have two 2.3 cpu or maybe I'm mistaken and have only 1x2.3 and 1x2.0 (I should check with the part number) My quad is not noisy, only when it is pushed it to the limit. Anyway, thats a great idea.
Regarding fan speed. When I play Prey 2006 with maxed graphics in 1080p, the quad is still quiet. With audio, it is also quiet. The only case when fan could rev high could be with video rendering maybe ?
@Nikolaosth
I really dont know about power consumption... Using slower cpu could extend the life span of the power supply tho.
I really dont know about power consumption... Using slower cpu could extend the life span of the power supply tho.
I'm in Canada. Theres parts to gather (mainly 2.3ghz heatsink) and fabrication. I'm too far away to go on this journey. I'm sorry 😓
Dont know about that. USA is still the land of the free. Since covid, we have seen that it is quite easy to loose our freedom. Oherwise, yes Canada is a nice country.
In Ukraine, you got the best looking women 😀 Lucky you.
Your idle temps are great! Mine always idle around 45c.
I plained my heatsink surface on my cpu b heatsink it seemed to stabilize the temps just a hair better. Approximately 2c less under load same idle.
Next I’m going to thermal calibrate it and I’ll experiment with the air cooled fans to see if they make a difference as well. I am still using the 7 blade stock quad rear fans vs the 3 blade deeper air cooled fans. Theoretically I figured the 7 blade would be more beneficial in the tighter quarters because it creates more static pressure. On the air cooled ones they have their VRM heat sink on the side and have a lot more open space with only 1 CPU which would make airflow way easier. Hence the low static pressure higher airflow 3 blade fan. I report my experiments once I try!
Thats super cool. Let me know the end result. I still run 3 blades fan in the back and maybe I could revert back. Lapping the block make sense ! Good work sir 👍
a liquid metal thermalpaste could possible shave another 1-2C off if someone is darring enough !
Ok so update! I tried both sets of fans and with the 3 blades in there my temps were indeed slightly worse! My cpu a climbed to 71c and cpu b went to 76c! I reinstalled the 7 blades and did the thermal calibration. Since my old LCS is laying in pieces at my shop I figured I’d experiment and I can now confirm you can just use only the pump to thermal calibrate the machine it doesn’t need to be under load or anything like that it can just free spin outside the machine.
The end result is a little better but not by much. They do seem to run closer to the same temp but they aren’t really any lower.
Here is a video showing the sound of the of the fans and the temps after 20 minutes of power fractal.
The end result is a little better but not by much. They do seem to run closer to the same temp but they aren’t really any lower.
Here is a video showing the sound of the of the fans and the temps after 20 minutes of power fractal.
That is probably very likely! I personally don’t really like that stuff because it’s so dang messy. I’m using good ol artic silver 5. Been using that stuff forever since I was 12 years old. I’m aware of the more modern pastes and their benefits though. Some day I’ll try it on another project. I can’t get anything besides artic silver 5 locally. I’d have to order anything else online.
I'm glad of being wrong ahah. I'l put back my 7 blades fan. thx for the test!