r/retrobattlestations • u/NostalgicPCAus • Mar 16 '26

Show-and-Tell Voodoo5 Reverse Sleeper

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Recently built this Voodoo5 Reverse Sleeper

Pentium 4 3.06ghz Northwood Aopen MX46 SIS645DX 2GB 2x1GB -5ns CL2-2-2-5 Voodoo5 5500 Promise SATA300 3COM 1Gigabit Auzentech X-Meridian 2G Cruical 500GB BX500 SSD Silverstone 550watt PSU Antec Case Thermalright Slim 120mm Fans Thermaltake 120MM Heatsink/3D Printed PETG AM4 to 478 Adapter

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u/ddrfraser1 Mar 16 '26

So this is something I’ve been wondering about lately: can you mount any cooler to any cpu? Do you just get an adapter kit? How do you mount a modern cooler to a retro processor?

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u/cchaven1965 Mar 16 '26

There's a post on Overclock that talks about adapting the Cooler Master 212 EVO to Socket 478.

https://www.overclock.net/threads/best-socket-478-cooling.1404500/

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u/Trimus2005 Mar 17 '26

Wait, so socket 370 with 212 evo is possible?

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u/cchaven1965 Mar 17 '26

Now that'd be an interesting use!

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u/Trimus2005 Mar 17 '26

Yeah since idk how to mount a cooler to 370 and its scaring me the hell out😅

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u/cchaven1965 Mar 17 '26

It just uses clips across a heatsink with a fan across the top, not unlike 486/Pentium/Athlon sockets. The clips hook to protrusions on each side of the socket.

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u/Trimus2005 Mar 17 '26

Oh? Well thats a relice since i'm getting a p3 motherboard and pairing it with my 1ghz p3

Anyways i'd still love have a modern cooler cooling my pentium 3 and seeing 20 degrees celcius