is the alpha pal6035 too heavy?

[lagvoid]

i was leaning towards the alpha pal6035 over the fop32 but have seen a few comments about the alpha being heavier. people said that you might damage the core if you move the case around a lot just because of its size. also which would cool better? alpha with a delta fan or a fop32 with a ys tech fan?

 

[SilverBack]

It's not that heavy
It's lighter than the SECC cartridges with heat sinks attached on Slot 1 boards, don't worry about that.

The 6035 cools better with the delta than the F0P32-1, however the F0P38 which is the F0P32-1 with a delta fan is cooler than the Alpha by 2 to 3 C. It's also cheaper than the Alpha $8 to $10, depending on where you get it.

 

[lagvoid]

thanks!
hmmm so now its either the alpha or the fop38
they should be just as loud right? since they both are using delta fans?
i hope the fans in my sx1030 case will cover it

 

[shiznut123]

its not that heavy.
it feels light to me.

 

[SilverBack]

They are loud, no doubt about it.
But great performance comes with a price.
I have 4 Black Delta's in the same room, it's something you get used to

 

[lagvoid]

im trying to imagine the sound ill get from them...hope its not as loud as this generic 52x cd player i HAD (died on me) it sounded like a high performance model race car! im planning on getting it from 2cooltek. do you think i should get artic silver or just stick with the thermal compound he sends with it?
thanks

 

[NeuralChaos]

I prefer the arctic silver over that goop that came with my Alpha. The goop, sorry to say, was just really hard to put on =) Really liquidy. Another point would be that the Arctic silver is a rather large tube of grease. You can use it for like 10-20 heatsink jobs. So, if you build lots of systems... or just put lots of heatsinks on.. =) (haha, I saw once a heatsink on a SOUNDCARD =) ) or just want that 1 or 2 C difference, then I say go with the arctic silver.

 

[SilverBack]

I use the arctic silver exclusely.
The reason is that the artic never seems to dry out.
It retains it's properties really well.

 

[lagvoid]

how do you keep the artic silver? do you just cap the tube or put it in a container?

 

[SilverBack]

Artic Silver comes in a tube.
You can buy it now in 2 ways that I know of, for small and large contact areas.
The tube has a cap

Get the small contact area's tube for both Duron's and Tbirds.

 

[micron]

Here's a picture of Arctic Silver.

 

[GT1999]

I have an Alpha P3125 (HUGE Slot-1 cooler with dual 60mm Sunon fans) on my old P3-450 and I lug that thing around to LAN parties all the time with NO PROBLEMS. The hedgehog is probably the heaviest of the bunch, it's pure copper from what I understand. I ordered the Alpha PAL6035 for my Thunderbird 1.1GHz - as I see it, I'd rather have a properly cooled CPU than one with a lightweight HS/F combo. Go for Alpha heatsinks, they make the best in my opinion. The P3125 impressed me and I will buy Alpha until I see something better out there.