What kind of heatsinks to you guys use for your cpu´s?

**Asmoday** · Jun 12, 2002, 10:51 AM

I use the Zalman CNPS5005-Cu...and i´m quit happy with it...

Frodo301 · Jun 12, 2002, 11:07 AM

I have the old black Thermoengine with a delta fan on my 1900XP. Temps 39c idle & about 42-45c under a load. Depends on room temps too and my room varies alot.

Doomtrooper · Jun 12, 2002, 11:22 AM

Thermalright SK6...works great

dipstick · Jun 12, 2002, 11:36 AM

Just replaced my original DragonOrb with a Volcano7+ and I'm speechless. It's dropped my temps by 8 degrees celcius and isn't too loud(when in medium-4500rpm-fan speed). This thing gets a 10 in my book.

DaSnIpE · Jun 12, 2002, 01:40 PM

I got the Volcano 7, and it dropped CPU temps 10 C, but still, I'm idling at 48-51, and maxing at 53-55, so dunno.

digitalwanderer · Jun 12, 2002, 02:19 PM

A golden orb on the PIII800 and a cheapy, no-name, copper-plated with aluminum fins, generic-budge cheapy that I am still kicking myself for wasting money on on my 1Ghz Celery.

Should I dump what I got and go for this Volcano7 everyone keeps raving about? The wife just found out how overboard I went on the son's computer and didn't freak out or even get pissed...so I figure I might be able to push my luck a little more....

jrobbio · Jun 12, 2002, 02:21 PM

I have the Cooler master HC-001. It keeps my Athlon XP 2000+ at around 40 degrees so I presume thats good. Its really noisy though which is a bit of a setback

dipstick · Jun 12, 2002, 02:22 PM

Are you using thermal grease or a pad? I use Arctic Silver 2 and temps hit a hi of 44C while folding. I highly recommend you try some if you haven't already, otherwise I would blame poor case ventilation.

Ryoko · Jun 12, 2002, 02:27 PM

coolermaster (no idea what model) aluminum hs, 4500rpm 60mm fan (quieter than any of my hard drives) and my temps (1.2ghz @ 1360) are 48c idle, 53c full use.

(sorry for my overuse of parentheses)

Frodo301 · Jun 12, 2002, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kakarot
Just replaced my original DragonOrb with a Volcano7+ and I'm speechless. It's dropped my temps by 8 degrees celcius and isn't too loud(when in medium-4500rpm-fan speed). This thing gets a 10 in my book.

Been thinking about getting one of those, I'm tired of the afterburners of the delta. I don't mind the noise, just not all the time.

UberLord · Jun 12, 2002, 02:51 PM

Alpha PAL with a Papst 80mm 21dB rated fan
Quiet and cool

***Zardon*** · Jun 12, 2002, 03:23 PM

Delta FFB0812SHE 80MM fan/Artic Silver III compound
Swiftech MC462=BA heatsink

loud and cool.

dipstick · Jun 12, 2002, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Frodo301
Been thinking about getting one of those, I'm tired of the afterburners of the delta. I don't mind the noise, just not all the time.

I don't know if it's a Delta fan but it really isn't that loud at all. As long as you don't put it on high, it's ok. You can even run it at low fan speeds with very very low noice levels-of course it won't cool as good. It has also gotten quieter over the last few days, maybe it broke-in or something

Vampyromaniac · Jun 13, 2002, 01:52 AM

Artic Silver 3

Alpha PAL 8045 (had to file down a corner 3mm, it's so big

)

Mechatronics 80x80x25mm Fan (4200 rpm, 53 CFM, 39 dB)

Temps: mid-40's ºC

Perfect set-up for me

JavaFox · Jun 13, 2002, 02:04 AM

On my Thunderbird 1.4GHz @ 1.53GHz, I run a ThermalTake Volcano 7, modified to run at 7V instead of 12V. Soon to be replaced by a Swiftech watercooler.

On my brother's Duron 800MHz, I run an El Cheapo CoolerMaster Draco (it's crap -- won't cool an Athlon above 1GHz).

My poison of choice is Arctic Alumina. I find Arctic Silver (and knock-off products) to be unbearably hard to clean up. And, really, I'm of the belief that thermal compound is thermal compound is thermal compound.