Best Heat Sink Fan for an X-Q Pack

[wwswimming]

there's about 1 inch between the top of the stock AMD heat sink fan and the bottom of the power supply and another bar that goes across.

it's about 4 inches total height space. i think a Zalman 7000 Cu would fit.

the temptations of the Conroe and the Intel micro ATX 965 board are calling me.

 

[Jen]

zalman will fit fine

if you dont mind cutting the bar and removeing it then you can go to a bigger heatsink

for conroe matx boards the ones i have seen available dont oc well or dont at all .

hugs


Jen

 

[wwswimming]

HUGS !! that's Huge

right now i have an Opteron 175 and an MSI 6150 uATX board in an X-Q Pack.
no need to get a different heat sink for it, with a Seasonic 430 fan & Mushkin
2-2-2, it is stuck at stock frequencies.

BUT - i had visions for about a half second of fitting a Zalman 9500 in there.
then reality set in.

i think the Zalman 7000 Cu is a beautiful heat sink. part of my career i've
designed heat sinks & i'm jealous of the guys that designed this.

 

[PianoMan]

A Zalman 7000 with definitely fit in there (I'm running one).

Depending on your mobo layout/CPU location, you might be able to squeeze in there 7700 - height wise, it'll fit - it's just the sidewall proximity that may be a problem.

The Zalman "flower" style HSF's do look nice, agreed. Just wondering - why don't we hear about the TT Blue Orb's anymore? Weren't they out earlier?

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