Better HS? Alpha PAL8045 or the Thermalright SLK900A?

[Salvador]

Just curious. I have the Alpha PAL8045 and recently purchased the Thermalright SLK900A. If I were to use the same fan (80MM) on either cooler, which cooler do you think would work better?

TIA,

Sal

 

[boyRacer]

The Thermalright... but IMHO... i don't think its worth the difference unless you're going to overclock a lot.

 

[Zebo]

The alpha has more surface area the SLK900A has more mass... who knows... a guy over at overclockers.com does this with a panaflo la1 80mm and got great quiet results from the 80mm...

 

[Salvador]

The alpha has more surface area the SLK900A has more mass... who knows... a guy over at overclockers.com does this with a panaflo la1 80mm and got great quiet results from the 80mm...

I bought the SLK900 to use the 92 mm fan, so I could go even quieter, but I'm realizing that the 92 mm fans for the noise levels that I want aren't going to give me any more cfm than a good 80 mm fan. Plus, because the fan is bigger on the 92 mm fan, there is a larger dead spot in the most critical area of the heatsink. If I do use the SLK900, it will probably be with a 80 mm fan as well.

Why is everyone going nuts over the SLK900? Is it because of the capability to use a 92 mm fan? I'm just trying to understand why someone would pick it over the Alpha hs.

Thanks again.

Sal

 

[boyRacer]

i only got one because it was $20... no way i'm paying $40-50 for that thing before.

 

[Salvador]

i only got one because it was $20... no way i'm paying $40-50 for that thing before.

True.. That's why I bought it in the first place. I don't even think I would've paid $30 for it because I really didn't need it. I did pay about $30 for my Alpha heatsink back when I bought it. I was just wondering which one was better is all with the same 80 mm fan on it.

Thanks again.

Sal

 

[beatle]

I'd wager the SLK900a has the edge by a degree or 2 over the Alpha. My 8045 beats my SK7 by 2-3C, which would put it about on par with a SLK800. I use a Panaflo U1a @ 7v on it, FWIW.

 

[Salvador]

I'd wager the SLK900a has the edge by a degree or 2 over the Alpha. My 8045 beats my SK7 by 2-3C, which would put it about on par with a SLK800. I use a Panaflo U1a @ 7v on it, FWIW.

What's a Panaflo U1a? Did you mean to say L1a?

If I'm cooling a non oc XP2000 with the SLK900a, what fan can I get away with? I'd like to go as quiet as possible. I'm thinking about trying a NMB 17 cfm fan, but I'm not sure if that will cool it.

Sal

 

[klah]

Originally posted by: Salvador

What's a Panaflo U1a?

Sal

The Panaflo specs are here: http://www.panasonic.com/industrial/appliance/pdf/fanindex.pdf

8cm L1A:
1900rpm
21 db(A)

8cm U1A:
3450rpm
38.2 db(A)

 

[Corporate Thug]

prolly more or less the same performance but for 19.99 the slk900 is the winner