Opteron Heatsink

[Imarif]

I had always heard that Opty's came with Heatpipe heatsinks. Mine doesn't appear to be heatpiped at all. It looks like a regular heatsink with a fan on it. Does anyone know where I could find reference pictures for the stock Opty Heatpipe HSF?

 

[kyparrish]

My Opteron 144 came with an aluminum HSF. I think only the dual-core Opterons come with that heatpipe hsf stock.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: Imarif
I had always heard that Opty's came with Heatpipe heatsinks. Mine doesn't appear to be heatpiped at all. It looks like a regular heatsink with a fan on it. Does anyone know where I could find reference pictures for the stock Opty Heatpipe HSF?

Pictures Here

The newer AMD heatpipe HS has the 4 heatpipes on one side only, whereas the older one (which doesn't perform as well), has 2 heatpipes on two sides.