sp-94 measurement
could anyone who has an sp-94 and the time and means to do so, please measure about how far it is from the farthest edge of the heatpipes to the side of the hsf? i'm not sure if it will fit on my mobo due to the NB chip, but i'm not sure that it won't fit, either. thanks in advance
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"GIGABYTE (SP-94 fit on all Giga-byte P4 DPS2 motherboards)
Intel 875P GA-8IPE1000G"
DPS2..? and i have a 1000L, but it's an 865pe chipset, and they don't even have that one listed there. i wouldn't've asked if i could've found a specific answer
They don't stick out that much farther than the mounting screws, which is why Thermalright said, and is probably right, that just about any P4 board will work.
Besides, the SP-94 isn't even one of the Top 3 P4 heatsinks anymore. Hell, I'd wager that it's not even in the top 5 (or if it is, it's number 5).
There's the Cooler Master KHC-V81 Hyper 6, the Thermaltake CL-P0025, the Thermaltake Tower 112, the Aerocool HT-101, and the Aerocool DP-102.
Those aren't in order, by the way. From highest performing to lowest performing, it'd probably be:
1- Thermaltake Tower 112
2- CoolerMaster KHC-V81 Hyper 6
3- Aerocool HT-101
4- Aerocool DP-102
5- Thermaltake CL-P0025
On a totally unrelated note, anyone who attaches those to a socket a cpu by clipping them on (which a number of them do) is in-friggin-sane.
BTW, none of those are all that much more expensive than the SP/SLK- some are a bit cheaper, actually. On the other hand, even bolted to the board, I would NOT drop the computer from any significant height with one of those monstrosities attached.
Also, if I can draw up the plans and get a company to make me some sample heatpipes for free/low cost (both of which are highly unlikely, but worth a shot), I may assemble something that is, uh, well, significantly larger than any of those things. Like, a LOT larger. Something with say, 8-32 heatpipes and 1 or 2 120mm fans.
What you mount the HS to the motherboard with those is same four holes that hold the plastic holddown for the stock HS. Look for little protruberances on underside of board, sometimes the stock plastic holddown is fastened on with plastic spring-out fasteners and not steel screws. If so, they can be black and eqsiest to see bottom ends on underside of motherboard. With stock HS on, they are hidden UNDER HS. the ones that screw on for best results either get modded so holes are made, or have cutouts or holes near corners of bottom plate for mounting-- then, one sometimes has to take the dang plastic things off first and use screws and nuts.
Short form, for Thrax who likes outlines, holes hidden but exist....
-Rick
OMG! Geeky, they are.... _huge_!!!
I am surprised to see two thermaltakes in that list.
Well let's say that SP94/97 is the best performing "normal" HS.
At least it doesn't look like a skyscraper.
...Hmm... Maybe you're right. After all the bashing and flaming I did at the Lantek (local lan party thing) Forums I could never walk in with an nVidia card.
But then, I'd never bother buying one. If you're such an AMD fanatic, why'd you bother with an Intel chip? Maybe the numbers sucked you in? Lol. I've never seen any AMD OC as high as a recent Intel chip goes at stock speeds.
Edit: (didn't see entr0py's post) Yeah, everyone says AMD is better. Benchmarks even prove it. But really, how much of a hit are you gonna take if you switch it out for 3.2+GHz of Intel's speed? When I get my Sp-94, I plan to overclock the hell out of this thing. Some of the highest CPU scores and even framrates come from a heavily OC'd Pentium 4. (Especially from the Northwood and Extreme Edition series.)
Anyhow, the main reason I wouldn't take the P4 is because I have no need to. Even overclocked to 3.4GHz or more, the P4 doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell against a 2600m system at 2.7GHz.
And actually, now that I think about it, the chances of any of my desktops going to a lan party are not very high. I have a desktop replacement laptop for a reason.
My grandmother gives me $100 or so every once in a while, and I get $50 a week in allowance (of which about $45 every 2 weeks goes to gas, so basically, I get $120 a month in allowance, roughly... IF my parents remember/decide to give it to me). I also get gifts from my grandparents on occasion (laptop, 2 destops [both of which are long gone, save for a part here and there], 2 palm pilots, etc.), but the majority of the money comes out of my own pocket. Which explains why I have a dual socket 604 Xeon board but not the 2 Hyperthreaded Xeons for said board. I could set up the OTHER dual xeon system in the meantime, but frankly, it's just not worth it. It's a Slot 2 system with 2 400MHz Pentium II Xeons (ooh, aah wow
And see, THIS is why more-or-less everything I buy at this point is just for sh*ts and giggles (this pic is a few months old, and it hasn't gotten any better since then):
//EDIT And no, this is not all of it. I didn't bother getting my heatsinks, fans, or miscellaneous crap out for the pic
\\EDIT: now i saw that picture ... i take back what i said