Broken Golden Orb!

Soybean

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I have accidentally broke one of the blades on the fan of my Golden Orb, and now it is very loud because it is running off balance.

To me, this is a good excuse to upgrade my cpu cooler for my P3 Coppermine. Do you guys have any suggestions for a new cooler and where I can purcahse it? Please help, because I do not want to settler a generic heatsink/fan combo. Can you also make the price under $25? That would be great, because the Golden Orb was so cheap.

Or do I just but another Gorb?

Thanks!
 

Mikewarrior2

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Taisol heatsink if you want an excellent performing, but low cost and quiet heatsink. NOt quite as good as an alpha pal6035(about 2-3C hotter) but damn good for the under $12 price. The only thing you have to do is modify the clip(it is a socket A heatsink), but after that, it works beautifully.

TaiSol Heatsink
 

Soybean

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does the globalwin fop38 fit on a socket 370? the website at 2cooltek said that it is for a socket A chip.
 

Viper GTS

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Good point... The clip might not work.

I think it should work, if it doesn't then take a look at the Alpha PAL6035 for $33. You might also need one of these if it comes with the Socket A clip.

I'll go find out for sure...

Viper GTS
 

Bartman39

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Just to let ya know you can take a 60mm fan and cut the outer supports and remove the fan from housing and then remove the broken one from the Gorb and attach the new one with some epoxy (quick JB weld works great). I dont have any Gorbs anymore but I think it was a 60mm fan but you might want to check the size first... (cheap fix anyhow)...
 

frastini

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soybean, i have an alpah pep66 with 23cfm fan, bought it from cpu's forless, its not even degreased.. wont fit in my kt7 so i had
to ditch it. 30bux and its urs.

if u were looking to spend 25$... 5 bux more for the fattest heatsink u can probably get for ur p3.. good deal :D!

imbadbear@hotmail.com if ur interested