Best hsf for socket 478?

[thecoolnessrune]

Hey I wanna replace the hsf in my Intel 2.8C P4. Right now it uses a Speeze cooler rated at 2.8 and I need some more cooling power for oc'ing. What would be my best choice?

 

[swtethan]

my old 478........ here zalman 7700-cu

 

[MDE]

The stock Intel cooler should be fine, but I had a Zalman 7000A AlCu on my 3.2C @ 3.6GHz (which is now running at that speed with the stock HSF).

 

[thecoolnessrune]

I C. I got an OEM CPU. So I got a Speeze cooler for it. Its rated to cool only the 2.8C. How about the

7700Cu, 7700AlCu, XP 90, XP 90C, and XP 120. Does anyone know how they all stand against each other???

 

[Shadowknight]

Scythe Ninja. Works well as a passive cooler, should work even better with a fan mounted on it.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Scythe Ninja. I've seen pics of that monster. Its awsome. i had never even thought of that one. Have you got a link I could use to get to the site?

 

[JEDIYoda]

Your stock cooler will do fine provided you have proper ventilation in the case!!

I over clocked my CPU before I got my Zalman....to 3.8 from 3.0 stock!!

 

[Shadowknight]

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article251-page1.html review of the Ninja. The SPCR forums also have a recent thread on places that just restocked. Everone was out of stock for a couple of weeks, it's turning out to be a popular cooler, but there are places that have it now.

 

[imported_Kensai]

I like using the XP-90 on my S478 chips.

 

[Pabster]

Take a look at the Swiftech MCX478.

 

[fireontheway]

THERMALRIGHT XP-90 ALUMINUM HEATPIPE HEATSINK

 

[thecoolnessrune]

I see all these different coolers on the Scythe USA website. I wonder which one is supposed to be their top model???

EDIT: NVM, I think its the SHOGUN

 

[Shadowknight]

I go by SPCR recommendations, in the thread on their forums, the site operator declared it the new "king of cooling", saying it was better than the xp-120. It's also a lot easier to mount than their other passive models. Just go with the Ninja.

 

[stevty2889]

XP-90

 

[jose]

got 34C w/ a Zalman 7000Alcu on a P4c @ 2.6
now getting 31C w/ a xp-90 w/ a panaflow M1 fan on the same computer.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Barring anything else, I'd still recommend the ThermalRight "XP" coolers, but the market may be catching up to TR's record.

The only way to know for sure is to get thermal resistance results for cooler comparisons. If reviews do not give the thermal resistance values, you can calculate them from reviews (like the one in Maximum PC, September '05) which provide idle and load temperatures celsius for specific platforms. If the review specifies the processor used, you can get the maximum expected thermal leakage in Watts from the manufacturer's (AMD or Intel) web-site for that particular model CPU.

Then, compare [T(L) - T(I)] / W

where T is temperature celsius for Load or Idle, and W is the leakage shown -- for instance -- as "Thermal Design Power" or TDP at the Intel web site. AMD provides similar numbers.

Barring that, if you simply compare the differences betwen idle and load values for different coolers installed on the same processor, the smallest difference wins.

We'd like to know the thermal resistance numbers for the Asetek Micro-Chill (or is it Micro-Cool?) line. We'd like to see them for the ThermalTake Tsunami, the Hyper6, the ThermalTake Sonic Tower, and several other models including the Zalman CNPS-9500-LED (yet to be released.)