K7S5A Screwhole heatsink that fits?

[mikeasa]

I am working with an ECS K7S5A Rev 3.1. The notches around the CPU socket on the motherboard broke off and I need to replace the heatsink. I am ok with spending the money necessary for a screwhole type heatsink, but I need to find one that will fit this motherboard. I was hoping to use the Alpha PAL8045, but I have found out that it does not fit on the Rev 3.1 K7S5A's.

Can anyone recommend a good screwhole mounting heatsink that will fit on a Rev 3.1 K7S5A?

 

[Peter]

You broke ALL SIX notches?

 

[mikeasa]

No, I did not break all 6, just 1. I know that I could go with a Taisol or some other heatsink that uses all 6, but I would prefer to avoid them alltogether.

 

[mikeasa]

Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

 

[Peter]

Use a standard heatsink that has the 3-wide clamps. Problem solved.

 

[mikeasa]

Ok, I understand that I have that option, but are there any screwhole heatsinks that fit the K7S5A Rev 3.1?

 

[maxSe]

Is the size of the Alpha that's preventing you from using it? If so, I'm not sure you have much of a choice... To my knowledge (which is very minimal... ), only HSF's that use mounting holes around the socket are Alpha and Swiftech, and both are huge... (unless you go H2O... )

 

[BraveSirRobbin]

I was thinking about the Alpha or Swiftech also for my ECSK7S5A, but was worried about their size. Ended up getting the Thermalright SLK-800 with the three hole clip. Excellent clip design, easy to install, and used a variable speed 80mm fan. Got the CPU's fan RPM's down to 3000 (nice and quiet) with CPU temp of 42C (44C loaded) using an XP2000+ CPU.

 

[Peter]

I prefer Arctic Cooling's extremely low revving models. Their current copper base model rotates at a whisper quiet 2600 rpm ... and yes, the K7S5A still accepts that as a sane fan speed.

 

[mikeasa]

After having no luck finding a good and fairly inexpensive screw-in heatsink that works with the K7S5A Rev 3.1, I took Peter's advice and went with the Taisol CGK760092 bundled with a 21.9CFM 32dBA fan.

This system is a 1.4 T-bird and is not overclocked. This will probably be fine.

Thank you all for your input.

 

[BraveSirRobbin]

After having no luck finding a good and fairly inexpensive screw-in heatsink that works with the K7S5A Rev 3.1, I took Peter's advice and went with the Taisol CGK760092 bundled with a 21.9CFM 32dBA fan.

Yes, Peter gives excellent and sound advice, especially when it comes to the K7S5A motherboard!

I have the Taisol you mentioned cooling my 1.33 GHZ T-Bird, Epox EP-8K7A mobo, non o'ced with a Sunyon fan (forget the model) running 5000 RPM in an Antec tower case. CPU gets to 42-44C with case temps around 25C. Excellent and sturdy clip (three hole), easy to install.

But recently I purchased a Thermalright SLK-800 for my new system in a generic mid-tower case, ECSK7S5A mobo, AMD 2000+ CPU (non o'ced). I actually like this clip better than the Taisol. My CPU is around 42c with case temps around 35C. You can run a lower RPM on the HSF fan also. Don't know the price difference between these two heatsinks.

Really you can't make a mistake getting either one but the SLK-800 could still be used if you decide to upgrade your CPU in the future.