OC'ing cooling needs

[renditionkid]

I plan on running a XP1700+ T-bred "A" chip at 1.8GHz on a 9 multiplier and 200MHz FSB. Will the stock heatsink and fan be enough or should I buy a slightly more powerful one?:frown:

 

[BigJ]

Might wanna try a slightly more powerful one. Check these out:

SVC.com's GC68. Runs for about $10 shipped. Pretty quiet and a darn good heatsink for its money. Here: SVC.com
Coolermaster's HAC-V81 from Newegg.com: $15 shipped, variable speed fan, better clip, and better performing then GC68. Here:

HAC-V81

 

[deerslayer]

Originally posted by: BigJ2078
Might wanna try a slightly more powerful one. Check these out:

SVC.com's GC68. Runs for about $10 shipped. Pretty quiet and a darn good heatsink for its money. Here: SVC.com
Coolermaster's HAC-V81 from Newegg.com: $15 shipped, variable speed fan, better clip, and better performing then GC68. Here:

HAC-V81

Is that little tab sticking out on the coolermaster for pushing the clip down? How does it work? Looks like a good idea!

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: LyNx01

Originally posted by: BigJ2078
Might wanna try a slightly more powerful one. Check these out:

SVC.com's GC68. Runs for about $10 shipped. Pretty quiet and a darn good heatsink for its money. Here: SVC.com
Coolermaster's HAC-V81 from Newegg.com: $15 shipped, variable speed fan, better clip, and better performing then GC68. Here:

HAC-V81

Is that little tab sticking out on the coolermaster for pushing the clip down? How does it work? Looks like a good idea!

Yep

Some quotes from reviews:


- Installation -
The XDream was a pleasure to install, the chip has a full contact for all 6 lugs and once
in place on one side it was simple to press on the large thumb press and simply slides into
place. I have to say that this is one of the best design clips I have seen and really helps
with installation, as there is nothing worse than spending allot of time playing with clips to
get them in place without slipping and damaging the board.
The only problem I found that dur to the size, the thumb press is now in the way of my
first DIMM slot and therefore needed to move my ram, not a huge pain but people using all
there DIMMs or haven?t got much room this will case a problem.
But apart from that minor imperfection the XDream prove to be a quick, easy install!


Some of you may recall that one of my pet peeves is useless HSF clips, especially if they are of 2-lug variety. My favourite 2-lug clip arrived on the last HSF I reviewed here. It was dead easy to engage and disengage, so easy that your mother (no offence) could probably install that heatsink and wonder what all the fuss is about. That clip was also on a Coolermaster HSF, I'll quote myself as saying "...and has a fantastic clip, the only improvement to which would be 6-lug support." Well it seems Coolermaster must like me, because they have answered. The clip provided with the XDream HAC-V81 is exactly the same, except it has the full 6-lug support! It is just as easy to engage and disengage, and the pros that come with 6-lug support make it, in my opinion, the best lug-based clip, period.

Installation of the product should be relatively painless on boards with plenty of space around the socket. However, as previously stated, the protruding thumb pad may present a problem with some motherboards. The test board, an ABIT KD7, rotates the socket 90 degrees. This configuration puts the bottom socket lugs parallel to the AGP slot, while the top socket lugs are parallel to the power supply. The positioning of the socket made it impossible to mount the heatsink with the power supply installed in the case. As well, once the unit was installed, the thumb pad continued to present a problem. The pad sits inside the fan grill of the Enermax 525W Whisper series power supply. Although it doesn?t touch the fan blades, this is obviously not a desirable scenario. I must admit the design of the motherboard does account significantly to this issue, but the thumb pad still bears some blame. The HHC-001 has an identical clipping mechanism, and when that unit was reviewed on an Asus A7V133C, one of the memory slots was no longer available do to the thumb pad obstruction.

So I guess the only bad thing about the clip is that it protudes a bit. Might not want to get it if you're cramped into a tight case.