best heatsink for...

PirateNinjaPirateNinja Icrontian
edited May 2004 in Hardware
whats the best heatsink i can get for running a 3000+ nice and quiet, nice and cool? thermeltake 900? eh eh? :P

thanks

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  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited May 2004
    I have a volcano 11. Big copper hs and the fan is quieter than the stock hs\fan I was using before.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    And you don't find the fact that it's a heatsink... called a volcano... disturbing in the least?
  • botheredbothered Manchester UK
    edited May 2004
    Not at all. I think it was you, geeky, who recommended it to me but it was the volcano 12. Aria didn't have the 12 so I ended up with the 11. Works fine.
    Anyway, can't think of anything that dissipates more heat than a volcano.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    heh, yeah, but think of the temperature it runs at... :crazy::D

    Actually, the Volcanos are decent. It's the Orbs that suck.
  • rykoryko new york
    edited May 2004
    if you want to save some money, thermalright alx-800 for $20 @ www.crazypc.com........add a 80mm thermaltake sf2 for $12 and you're in business. It performs almost as well as the all copper ones at half the cost.

    if money doesn't matter, i like the slk-948u for $44....
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited May 2004
    ryko wrote:
    if you want to save some money, thermalright alx-800 for $20 @ www.crazypc.com........add a 80mm thermaltake sf2 for $12 and you're in business. It performs almost as well as the all copper ones at half the cost.

    if money doesn't matter, i like the slk-948u for $44....

    I 2nd the ALX800 suggestion BUT not the SF2. It will not Fit on the ALX800 (made that mistake) The wires on the ALX clip onto the bottom rung (not the top like the SLK series) of the Fan and the SF2 doesn't have a spot for the wires to fit onto.

    Grab a 53CFM Mechatronics or something similar
  • floppybootstompfloppybootstomp Greenwich New
    edited May 2004
    Thermalright SP-97, without a doubt, in my experience. With an 80mm or 92mm fan of your choice. I found that I got better temps with an 80mm fan rather than a 92mm, which is maybe odd.

    If you're looking for quiet, I've found the Zalman copper finned cooler with bracket-mounted 92mm fan really works rather well. I have one on an XP2400, but there again, the XP2400 runs cooler than most of it's peers.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    It's not so odd.

    The focus of the 80mm fan is directed over the heatsink better than the 92mm heatsink's was. Using a 92mm fan is akin to misting a house when you're trying to power wash it.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited May 2004
    Omega, the SF2 will work just fine if you have a dremel. :cool: You just cut out that middle part of the mounts on the fan sides and make it look like a regular fan. Thats what I did so I could mount one on my Alpha 8045.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited May 2004
    muddocktor wrote:
    Omega, the SF2 will work just fine if you have a dremel. :cool: You just cut out that middle part of the mounts on the fan sides and make it look like a regular fan. Thats what I did so I could mount one on my Alpha 8045.

    Didn't think of that. Thanks Mudd! :thumbup
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited May 2004
    The Thermalright SP-97 is the way I'd go. I use it's cousin, the SP-94 on my P4C 3.0 800 FSB OC'd to 3.2, with a 92mm Panaflo Hi-output fan. Great fan incidentally, spins at 2850 rpm flows 56.8 cfm and only puts out 35 dBs of noise.

    My max temperature under load has never gone above 121 F
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    Since you want quiet, go for an Aerocool DP-101, DP-102, HT-101, Thermaltake Tower 112 or CoolerMaster KHC-V81. All of those will do a better job than the Thermalrights at low noise cooling. The DP-101, which is the least powerful heatsink of the bunch, will match the performance of a SLK-900A and thermally controlled SmartFan2 using a 12cfm 60mm fan.
  • rykoryko new york
    edited May 2004
    Originally Posted by Omega65
    I 2nd the ALX800 suggestion BUT not the SF2. It will not Fit on the ALX800 (made that mistake) The wires on the ALX clip onto the bottom rung (not the top like the SLK series) of the Fan and the SF2 doesn't have a spot for the wires to fit onto.

    Grab a 53CFM Mechatronics or something similar

    I should have been more specific.......I have the blue LED version of the sf2, and it will work!......as you can see it has space on the bottom half of the fan for the lower rung clip. :thumbsup:

    If you want low noise, then a low cfm fan (around 32cfm, 28dba) will still cool effectively on the alx-800 or other thermalrights. It just wont be uber-cool (and LOUD) like with sf2's or tornado's....
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited May 2004
    I think i'm gonna get a SP-94 for my 2.8C. I think the sf2 would be a good fan for it right? Where did you find that fan ryko? I like the LED's. :thumbsup:
  • rykoryko new york
    edited May 2004
    newegg is the only place that i can find them.....

    http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-999-120&depa=1
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    SVC has them too.

    //Edit
    And I still think you should go for something other than the thermalright. Thermalright used to be the best. They're not any more. The new massive, heatpipe heatsinks are much better.
  • RADARADA Apple Valley, CA Member
    edited May 2004
    Geeky,

    I agree both of those HeatPipes are great for a machine that doesn't get moved alot, but I would not use them on a machine that makes frequent road trips for LAN parties. The weight and inertia from movement for both of them could wreak havoc on a MoBo.
    These taller HSF combos can significantly increase stess on the attachment points due to the cantilever effect they have on a vertical MoBo. Also, the further out a HSF is from its attachment point (your MoBo), the larger the increase in the relative weight of said HSF. Especially if you are moving it around.

    Gr8, if your a LAN gamer, be careful of how much weight stress you subject your MoBo to.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited May 2004
    A lot of the heatpipe ones bolt to the motherboard. Don't drop it and it shouldn't be a problem.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Which is why you lay your case flat in transit which is recommended no matter what the heatsink.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    Thrax wrote:
    Which is why you lay your case flat in transit which is recommended no matter what the heatsink.
    I travel with mine upright, though it's buckled in to the front seat. The seat acts as a great shock absorber so the stuff inside isn't bouncing around the whole trip, plus I've had people come up and compliment my computer while getting gas!

    -drasnor :fold:
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    drasnor wrote:
    I travel with mine upright, though it's buckled in to the front seat. The seat acts as a great shock absorber so the stuff inside isn't bouncing around the whole trip, plus I've had people come up and compliment my computer while getting gas!

    -drasnor :fold:
    You put gas into your computer??? ;D j/k
  • MedlockMedlock Miramar, Florida Member
    edited May 2004
    RADA wrote:
    Geeky,

    I agree both of those HeatPipes are great for a machine that doesn't get moved alot, but I would not use them on a machine that makes frequent road trips for LAN parties. The weight and inertia from movement for both of them could wreak havoc on a MoBo.
    These taller HSF combos can significantly increase stess on the attachment points due to the cantilever effect they have on a vertical MoBo. Also, the further out a HSF is from its attachment point (your MoBo), the larger the increase in the relative weight of said HSF. Especially if you are moving it around.

    Gr8, if your a LAN gamer, be careful of how much weight stress you subject your MoBo to.
    Yeah, I am a bit concerned about that. I do a LAN maybe once, maybe twice a month, so is there anything I should do about that?
    Geeky1 wrote:
    A lot of the heatpipe ones bolt to the motherboard. Don't drop it and it shouldn't be a problem.
    This HSF does bolt to the mobo. There's this backplate that goes on the other side of the mobo and the HSF bolts through the mobo to the plate. Is that good enough? When I travel with this computer, I do so with 2 others, and there's really not much room to spare in the back of the van.

    Sorry, I don't mean to hijack the thread.
  • drasnordrasnor Starship Operator Hawthorne, CA Icrontian
    edited May 2004
    csimon wrote:
    You put gas into your computer??? ;D j/k

    As a matter of fact, yes! The dual Opterons require premium dilithium-enriched avgas. :buck:

    -drasnor :fold:
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