Comment by 💀 requiem
Re: "Notebook conversion - CPU / GPU fan advice sought So I am…"
Yes, it's a really nice, upgradable laptop as you say. I already stripped it down to parts entirely.
The T9500 seems like a really good call. Thank you.
I want to stay clear of nVidia because I want to install OpenBSD on it, the Radeon cards are better supported. The video RAM seems to be dead on its Graphics Card so I have to replace that anyway, to be honest I think I will just go with what is cheapest there. I might add more RAM.
I already have an SSD.
But I'm converting it to a Desktop basically; so I am wondering about the cooling. I took off the "factory" heatsink and fan and I would like to replace it with some LARGE heatsinks. What size do I need?
2024-08-24 · 2 years ago
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The factory cooling system can cooldown ~55W of heating power (35W CPU + 20WGPU). You may check your GPU power. I think you can replace videocard to any MXM-II. But i think you need to upgrade BIOS to install any other then 8600m GT (it's factory gpu). BIOS was aviable at acer web-site.
Also you can upgrade memory - maximum are two modules of DDR2 2GB 800Mhz (T9600 has 800MHz memory controller)
😎 decant · 2024-08-30 at 07:39:
real life thermal output of the CPU? 35W need a BIG passive HS, 65W needs few KG worth of passive HS!
😎 decant · 2024-08-30 at 07:41:
check out jcs.org for his passive desktop build
💀 requiem [OP] · 2024-09-03 at 21:58:
decant: It doesn't seem to be that bad to be honest. Just found some Noctua and Nofan heatsinks which are rated up to 80W and don't weigh so much. To be honest I don't really care about weight tho because the build will be stationary and the motherboard will be flat on its back, not mounted sideways, so no strain. I wouldn't care if the heatsink was a 30kg chunk of pure copper :D
I went through jcs' build. He's doing something slightly different from what I am hoping to do.
My BIG question is: can I mount a "bigger" heatsink on a Socket M processor? Like those Noctuas etc. are made for LGA 115x sockets... Similar size, but...?
🌲 Half_Elf_Monk · 2024-11-14 at 22:40:
How's this project going? Will there be pictures of the coolness when you've figured out how to cool it? :)
💀 requiem [OP] · 2024-11-17 at 12:07:
To be honest it's on pause. Thanks for checking in. I've not yet figured out what to do about the heatsinks. I have two very large heatsinks ready, but mounting them seems to be an issue. I am increasingly thinking that I'd need to have something custom CNC'd or printed... :/
🌲 Half_Elf_Monk · 2024-11-22 at 21:10:
Heh... yeah at that point you have to start weighing the costs/benefits. I have a lot of hobbies that I did so well that they became a kind of work to curate... and then it was no longer fun... and so it's still sitting in my workroom, uncurated. I hope this one works out for you someday though... sounds cool.
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Notebook conversion - CPU / GPU fan advice sought So I am in the process of converting my old ACER5920G laptop into a "cyberdeck", or rather, something that looks like the immensely cool old MSX2 computers [1]. I have disassembled the laptop, stripped it down entirely. I now have a bare motherboard. I would like make an entirely fanless system if I can help it, or at least I would like to make the CPU (Intel T5500) and GPU cooled with a massive and "decorative" heatsink, and perhaps add a few...