cooling for a tbird 900.

[SeVeRaNCE]

i am gonna be ordering a t bird 900 soon retail. i was wondering if the heatsink/fan that comes with it is any good? some of my friends said to get a better fan and heatsink . the ones at 2cooltek look good. also . i have an antec case. that has 2 fan mounts so i could do like 2 80 or 90 mm fans or whatever works best. its probably not the best case but i think it will do
http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=11017485&m=488&cat=552&scat=553

 

[jsbush]

Well from the reviews I've read I desided to go with the Alpha Pal 6035. If you don't plan on over clocking then you don't need a better HSF then the one you get with the system.

 

[toph99]

if you aren't overclocking then the stock fan(the one that comes with it) will be just fine

 

[SeVeRaNCE]

thanks for the tips. this is my first computer. i might overclock in the future. but i want to actually build something that works first =)

 

[LiLRiceBoi]

stock hs/fan is ok if you dont oc...if you do...i recomment fop 38

 

[ctowle]

I have tried the following with that chip:

1. Stock AMD approved HSF (approx 47 C)
2. Vantec HSF (approx 43 C)
3. Socket A Chrome Orb (approx 43 C)
4. Global Win FOP38 (approx 40 C) - sounded like an airplane, so I got rid of it....
5. Alpha 6035 w/ sunon fan (approx 43 C)
6. Scoket A Super Orb (approx 37 C)

I have found that the super orb is the most effective. I have an officemate however, that has a chrome orb on a tbird 800 runningat like 32 C. So it will vary.

I was suprised at the ineffectiveness of the Alpha compared to others. Everyone speaks very highly of this cooler, and I was not very impressed.

The super orb was my most effective solution. It is also about $10 chaper than the Aplha.

Good Luck to you.

 

[slpaulson]

You sure your temp was the same when you took all those readings? An alpha should mop the floor with a vantec or a crome orb. Your office mate probably has a different motherboard that will give different readings than yours. http://www.2cooltek.com/newsocket.html

 

[ctowle]

I thought something was wack too when he gave me those numbers. But then I was over there one night watching MNF and I saw it myself.

We are both using the Asus A7v with BIOS 1004. Go figure, I thoought the Alpha would be better than the rest too.

 

[wti]

the hedgehog rules!!!!!! i got mines for Cooler Xtreme clocked my tbird 800 to 1111Mhz. the cpu temperature at around 43C at full load. sweeeeeeeet!!!!!

 

[Mikewarrior2]

If you have an older clip, the alpha pal6035 does not provide neither the necessary nor recommended clip pressure for socket A chips. Which hurts its performance on socket A uses, significantly.

Also, there is yet antoher reason why you can't compare socket A temps. THey are far too inaccurate. Even a screwed up clip alpha would perform a few C higher than a C-orb, but due to where Socket A boards measure cpu temp, they don't register this change in CPU Core temp.

REad this thread for more info on why Socket A heatsink comparison's don't/can't work, and why the accuracy just plain stinks.

Socket A Temp Discussion


Mike

 

[Mikewarrior2]

SeVeRaNCE,

The stock heatsink should be a Taisol CEK733092, which is a very decent heatsink, and should allow for quite a bit of overclocking headroom.

ctowle,

Also, the default 900mhz t-bird heatsink should be the taisol unit, and it should easily outperform the c-orb. Did yours come with a coolermaster heatsink?


Mike