which cooler for k7

C47

i have an althon xp 2600 mobile and i dont know which cooler to choose?

options

Gigabyte 3d Cooler Pro (not rocket)
Thermaltake Volcano 11+
Jet 7 (not 7+)

any advice

Matth

Unless you're planning on some heavy overclocking, It's not the most demanding of applications... lets see...
http://www17.tomshardware.com/cpu/20040212/ Gigabyte - and at 430 grams and 88mm high, that's a lot of leverage on the socket mounts
http://www17.tomshardware.com/cpu/20...cooler-04.html
At min RPM, it's quieter but slightly less effective than an XP3200+ boxed cooler, while at max RPM, it's louder and better.


http://www.a1-electronics.net/Heatsi...1+_Jun03.shtml Thermaltake
http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...evolcano11.php
The first review puts it as about the worst in their test, the second puts it ahead of the X-Dream.


http://www.cooltechzone.com/reviews/cooling/jet7_1.php - and the Jet 7
http://www.cooltechzone.com/reviews/cooling/jet7_10.php - a rather poor showing there! - and they certainly don't mince their words on the next page!

http://metku.net/?sect=view&n=0&path...jet7/index_eng - another Jet 7 review
http://metku.net/index.html?sect=vie...et7/index_eng4 - and another unimpressive showing
It fared better on the higher CPU, where it's high and low settings bracketed the performance of really well chosen reference.

http://www.spire-coolers.com/fcc.asp?prodid=86 - The 80mm fan, on a tapered fin profile Cu-Al heatsing - the Spire "Rock" models really rock when it comes to a no-nonsense heatsink for cooling standard setups - and they are usually quieter than a throttled-back monster for an "normal" cooling level.
I'd suggest the "Whisper Rock" instead of the Falcon though.

http://www.insanetek.com/index.php?page=spireverticool - Hold the front page!
Now that is some serious cooling for a seriously low price.
Oops, unfair test, as they replaced the fan!

Still, the verticool looks like a pretty fair cooler, and would probably work VERY well with a bottom intake PSU, as all the heatsink outflow aims toward it.

Lowfat

DO NOT get the craptastic thermaltake one. It was my last heatsink, and it will be the last thermaltake HSF i ever buy. It was tremendously loud, and wasn't that great of a HSF. I would rather keep a stock fan than that thing.

Matth

I should mentionthe HSF's I've used:

1. No-name, with 5000+ rpm 60mm fan
Not quiet, not cool, not good enough!

2. Thermosonic Thermoengine V60-4210
Not bad, fairly quiet (stock fan) and adequate cooling, apparently takes more powerful fans well.
Unusual "through flow" design with a central core (described as either solid, hollow, or filled with some form of heat transfer improver) surrounded by fins.
(Still in use).

3. Spire "Rock" and/or similar Speeze models, 80mm fan on Cu-Al tapered fin unit
Replaced the "no name" as the computer fair "standard" that most traders had - generally quieter and better cooling than any 60mm fanned unit - this style represented the move to mainstream of the 80mm fanned heatsink.

4. Arctic Cooling "Copper Silent" 2L
80mm open-frame fan (illuminated, not that I care) over a large Al finblock, bonded to a smaller copper transfer plate.
http://www.3dvelocity.com/reviews/ar...ccooling_3.htm
As in that review, I'm a little sceptical of the copper content.
Plus point, the 3-step fan speed, and I needed a spare cooler, as the fan on the 4210 is not as quiet as it used to be. At £10 (UK) for a name-brand HSF seemed good (though as it turns out, probably about the same as online +P&P)

I could try an 80-60 adapter and fan on it on it, I suppose.

YAYitsAndrew

I was in love with my thermaltake silent boost. It does 21dba and can keep a regular athlon xp non overclocked and cool.

C47

ok so volcano 11+ is out

loudness is allowes as i want it to cover the cracking noise from the HDD

i want to got to 2.4ghz atleast

i dont think spire is an option for ne...or is it? here is the link

[color=#0000ff]http://www.poweroptionz.com/prod_listing_sub.asp?subid=CPU%20cooling&id=17[/color]

Duranix

you read PCPP?


id get the Thermaltake B7000-cu

best thing out

C47

whats pcpp

thermal b7000 does not exist...its zalman...either way its not compatible with MSI K7N2 Delta L

anything else

CDsDontBurn

look into ThermalRight heatsinks.....they make some of the best stuff on the market. As for a fan to go w/it, a Vantec Tornado will be awsome (fan controller is necessary to tame that beast) .

Also the Vantec Aeroflow is an awsome HSF is you want the best for around $30 (US).

C47

ok once more there is NO thermalright......are u sure with the Vantec?

CDsDontBurn

lol.....my bad about the thermalright .

well, here's a link for the vantec aeroflow. You can find it on newegg as well. It's an awsome HSF . I installed that on my sister's xp2400 and it does a lot better job than the cooler master HSF she had on there before. I had the p4 version on system as well a while back, but later upgraded to a thermalright HSF. It did me well. I believe you should be happy w/the vantec aeroflow .

C47

isnt that small...i think gigabyte would do a better job coz its got more fins

CDsDontBurn

Small as compared to what? The vantec aeroflow has some pretty awsome fins to it as well. Very deep. It also has a copper core so it is more efficient at keeping the CPU cool.

Asmoday

Hmmm...there is the Thermalright SI-97, it's an XP-90 clone for the socket A family..

C47

http://www.fastlanehw.com/reviews.php?i=122&page=3

it does show good performance...and there is a copper core...small enough to cover the athlon xp die.,..plkus this page overclocks to 2.4ghz as well...hmmm thanks for the advice it will do more research...

http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-211-2.htm

http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi..._flow_2_p2.php


i cant believe nobody ever told me to get this in other forums....it was infront of my eyes all the time....

The_Neon_Cowboy

SLK800U or AXL-800 are the best you can gwet that will still fit on most boards

C47

im getting it for $20 plus artic silver 5 for $10...its a better combination

....stilll....sometimes i think that the gigabyte will be able to cool the whole computer becoz of the tower like design.....

CDsDontBurn

I honestly don't think so. My reason for thinking like that is because I think that in order for something to cool as efficiently as possible, there needs to be as much mass as possible close to the core of the CPU. Having a somewhat thin plate with heat pipes rising to a larger more massive metal will not cool as efficiently as having mass placed directly above it.

I can say this from experience. Back when i had my old athlon xp2400 and xp2500 chips, i had the ThermalTake Volcano 11+ CPU cooler. I thought it did pretty well. It was constructed of all copper material, but it had a very thin plate where it made contact with the core of the CPU. It kept my temps around 39C idle, and around 49C load. Not too shabby I thought.

Then i upgraded my cooling to a ThermalRight SLK-900a paired with an 80mm Vantec Tornado. The SLK-900a was also constructed of all copper, however, the base of it was alot more massive than the ThermalTake Volcano 11+ was. As soon as i installed my SLK-900a, my temps dropped 10C on both idle and load. My new average temps were around 29C idle, and around 39C load. At first i didn't really believe it because i had re-applied the AS 5, and i know that it takes about a week for it to settle in properly. So over the next few days and weeks i kept checking back on my CPU temps, and they stayed right in that range ~30C idle, and ~40C load.

I was really impressed by the cooling performance of the SLK-900a.

So all i'm trying to say here, is that i do not think that the design of the gigabyte cooler will be as effective at cooling your socket A chip as other HSF combinations will be. But hey, if you want to get that gigabyte cooler, go ahead, it's your computer .