Fanless cooler for Pentium III ?

[bibby]

First of all - hi to all of you!

I would like to buy cooler without fan for my PIII@933MHz, is it possible, it's pretty old processor right now, I'm not sure whteher I can find it at all...

I saw recently Cooler Master Hyper 6, can I use it for my PIII?

Any suggestions?


Many thanks!

 

[MDE]

You can use just about any Socket A clip-on heatsink out there, but I doubt that you'll be able to run completely fanless.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

good solution should be quieter than your psu fan. (in other word you shouldn't be able to hear it.)

 

[0roo0roo]

why? the cooler required will cost as much as a m/b + cpu combo at frys that will beat the pants off it.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
why? the cooler required will cost as much as a m/b + cpu combo at frys that will beat the pants off it.

I've never seen a $16 m/b + cpu combo at frys that will beat the pants off it.

 

[slpaulson]

Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
why? the cooler required will cost as much as a m/b + cpu combo at frys that will beat the pants off it.

I've never seen a $16 m/b + cpu combo at frys that will beat the pants off it.

I don't think he was refering to that post.
I think he means that any heatsink good enough to go without a fan will be $50 or so, which is a lot considering what it's being used for.

 

[prometheusxls]

Originally posted by: bibby
First of all - hi to all of you!

I would like to buy cooler without fan for my PIII@933MHz, is it possible, it's pretty old processor right now, I'm not sure whteher I can find it at all...

I saw recently Cooler Master Hyper 6, can I use it for my PIII?

Any suggestions?


Many thanks!

Get the GC68 @ SVC, put it t 5 - 7 V and call it a day.

 

[lazybum131]

How much more heat does the 933MHz put out compared to a 800MHz P3?

I cleaned up my friends P3 800MHz computer over the summer and I slapped on my old 1.2GHz Thunderbird heatsink (i think it was the Globalwin CAK38). I bent the fins outward so it looks a little like the Zalman flower heatsink. It hardly even gets warm and there's very little case cooling too, just the PSU fan and 80mm exhaust fan running at 5v.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: prometheusxls
Get the GC68 @ SVC, put it t 5 - 7 V and call it a day.

Don't you know... SVC discontinued that unit about a half year ago. Heck, at the end I think they were blowing them out for $1.99 each or something. However, SVC still has other units that are budget with reasonable performance and low noise. Look for Arctic Cooling units or the CoolerMaster X-Dreamer II, or even the ThermalTake TR3 units - basically there's still a bunch of big aluminum heatsinks with copper cores and 80mm fans on the market for under $15.

For fanless cooling...
ZALMAN CNPS6000-AlCu $29

Here's an interesting pin-fin design with a base that looks like Alpha made it...
EVERCOOL CUE-610 COOLER $9

 

[bibby]

Thank you for you for the replies!