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Gobbles
15 Jul 2004, 10:34pm
Which do you think is better...

ThermalTake volcano 11+
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-106-031&depa=0

or

Silent boost http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-106-037&depa=0

im interested in the best cooling between these 2. Both are sold locally and im itchy to buy something, cant wait and all.

Im really interested in the fan control stuff as I cant hear anything anyway.

Which do you recommed. Which will give me the best cooling?

TIA

Gobbles
Geeky1
15 Jul 2004, 10:58pm
If you absolutely have to buy one of those, the V11 would be better from a performance standpoint.
Gobbles
16 Jul 2004, 12:24am
how about the vantec aeroflow?

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-110-007&depa=0
Gobbles
16 Jul 2004, 12:25am
im not overclocking.. this will just be replacing the stock cooler... But I want something that will do ok under full load, and I am impatient and all these are available locally for a decent price...

Gobbles
Geeky1
16 Jul 2004, 12:31am
the aeroflow isn't as good as the thermaltakes.
Leonardo
16 Jul 2004, 12:32am
Either of those will work well with your system at full load. You said you won't be overclocking, so you'll be OK. I'd go with the Volcano 11+.
Gobbles
17 Jul 2004, 9:19pm
ok Got the volcano 11+.. with some as5

idle in bios appears to be around 42c thats down from 45 to 47 it was before.
Hardware doctor reports idle around 38c
folding full load for about 10min Hardware doc reports 43c...

Can I trust hardware doc? or are the temps off.... I want to make sure that things are reading right...

Gobbles
Gobbles
18 Jul 2004, 2:22am
bump
Geeky1
18 Jul 2004, 2:23am
those look about right.
Leonardo
18 Jul 2004, 2:24am
I would lean more towards the BIOS readings.
Straight_Man
18 Jul 2004, 2:29am
To the voltages in range, and temps, they are reasonable, YES. In this case, BIOS might be reading a tib high, and if you really want to see if there is a fix, it should be a BIOS code fix and not a hardware fix, so see if there is a new BIOS for your mohterboard.
Leonardo
18 Jul 2004, 2:53am
John, I'm just curious - why do you think the BIOS might be reading high? I thought that in general, BIOS measurements tended to more accurate than software measurements for both voltages and temperatures.