Question about cooling a Barton 3200+

[Fardringle]

I currently have a Thermalright SLK-800c with a ~50 CFM YS Tech 92MM fan on it cooling my Barton 2600+ running at 3000+ speeds. The circulation in my case is mediocre at best but the heat sink still keeps the CPU running at around 50-55C under 100% constant load with 30-35C ambient temperatures.

A friend of mine recently acquired a Zalman 7000Cu for his Barton 3200+ system. However, the Zalman will not fit on his motherboard.

My question is, will my Thermalright HSF be enough to keep his stock Barton 3200+ happy? If so, he's willing to trade straight across with me since the Zalman will fit in my system. The only problem is that we live far enough away from each other that we'd have to cross ship the heat sinks (meaning my PC would be down for several days since I don't have a spare - his is still running the stock AMD heat sink and running VERY hot) and I'd rather not go through the effort if the Thermalright isn't going to work well for him. I know it will work better than the stock heat sink he has now, but I guess the main question is will it be good enough to be worth it to him to make the trade...

 

[Operandi]

Yes, that should work fine.

 

[mshan]

I've owned both the SLK800a and Zalman 7000 and my impression is that the rate limiting step for cooling the barton is simply the small surface of the cpu to transfer heat to heatsink. Also, I think the clip on SLK800a might make better contact than the 7000, especially with a vertically oriented mobo, where the heavy copper 7000 might cause some mobo sag.

I think either would be fine, but am guessing that practically speaking the SLK800a might work better (in contrast, 7000 works fantastically with my dad's Intel P4 with integrated heat spreader).

 

[Fardringle]

Thanks for the input. I was pretty sure it would work but wanted a second (or third) opinion before shipping the thing off.. 🙂