Well, I've replaced my AMD rig w/ a P4 2.2 & RDRAM, and this of course entailed switching the tops on my maze 3. Let me tell you a little about that...
I had a lucite top w/ countersunk screw holes (one of the 1st tops out), and I replaced it w/ a 478 copper top. I asked for the wrench for the top's screws. Well, the wrench they sent fit the new pan head screws, but not the old screws, and I didn't have an Allen wrench that would! Ironically, I already had an Allen wrench that would fit so new screws... oh well.
So, after I solved that problem, I go to install the barbs on the new copper top, and let me tell you, those little sonsabitches fit tight. Really tight. I got one barb in OK (w/ teflon, of course), but the other only went in a little ways before it kicked out, taking a couple of the copper threads w/ it. ....screwed again. After looking all over town for pipe tap & die sets, I called up my Dad. Long story short, I used a 1/2" 20 thread tap for my 1/2" 18 thread barb... and a vise and a really big wrench. It eventually worked.
So, now my CPU is cooled, AND my Asus GF3 ti200 deluxe. For the GPU, I used the GF3 block from DDen. I removed the old ram sinks, only to find that no thermal compound was used, and that the sinks were rough enough on the bottom to file your nails. I just happened to have this big old heatsink on hand, so I cut it up to fit my gf3. It has fins about an inch long
. I also used AAlum. Temps are much better, and OC is much higher... the highest that powerstrip will allow! 233/533, up from 175/400.
Temps: P4 2.2 @ 2.64 @ 1.85 (not yet tweaked): 42 idle, mid 40s load, down from 60s.
GPU at max clock: 32-40C, down from almost 60C.