I need a heatsink recommendation

[micron]

I'm upgrading my 800MHz tbird to a 1.4GHz and need a new heatsink. I want something that will work if I ever decide to OC, not too loud, and not too expensive. Whay would you recommend?

TIA, micron

 

[AkumaX]

a good one


Thermalright SK-6

--or--

Alpha 8045


good luck!

 

[micron]

Also, I have a MSI K7T Pro2-A so no heatsink mounting holes on mobo .

 

[micron]

How is the SVC Glodengate?

 

[micron]

???

 

[chizow]

The Golden Gate is very good, and at its current price, is probably tops in the low price-end ($20 and below) arena. It used to fare well in the mid-price area $(25-35), but there are numerous HSF's out now that do better than it, particularly the Thermalright SK-6. The biggest issue with HS that use 60mm fans is the gawdawful noise they produce. I used a Golden Gate on my old rig, but put an 8045 on my new board and AXP. I won't ever go back! As for the Golden Gate, it dropped my temps from the stock Volcano 5 about 12C. I ran about 43C on a 1.4 Athlon-C at default, around 48-50C at 1.6ghz. Very nice cooling for a rather unremarkable looking heat sink.

Chiz

 

[micron]

Is there much of a difference between the SVC Goldengate and Dynatron DY1206BH-625?

 

[serialb]

The SK6 is no doubt an excellent HS at a very reasonable price (~$30). I have tried SK6 with 3 different fans: Delta 60mm 38CFM screamer, Sunon 80mm 31CFM and ThermalTake 60mm 21CFM.

Delta: Best cooling, horrible pitch. Only people with extreme tolerance or deaf people can use it.
Sunon: Good cooling, need 4 to 3 pin converter to monitor fan RPM. Also, fan needs to be installed diagonally on top of HS.
Tt: Marginal cooling, very quiet fan.

Hope it helps.

 

[thebestMAX]

Vantec 6035D

my 1.4 Athlon runs 40c with a case of 26c at moderate load. (78fcase/104f proc)
Not as noisy as people say unless its in your bedroom.

 

[micron]

The computer is in my bedroom .