Slot 1 Cooling question

[Edge17]

Ok, so I have a Slot 1 800 with a heatsink/fan combo (the one that came in the retail package) and it makes a lot of noise. So I need to replace it with something that won't drive me crazy,

I have a Slot 1 P700 with just a big heatsink on it (i got it out of some HP computer), no fan. Will it be enough if I just take the big heatsink from the P700 and swap it with the heatsink/fan combo on my P800 slot 1? Or am I likely to face some cooling issues?

sorry if this is a stupid question, but my experience in how much cooling is required for what kind stuff is relatively limited. Any help would be appreciated. Basically, I need to replace the current heatsink/fan combo with something because the amount of noise its making is driving me crazy.

edge

 

[lithium726]

it should be fine, all the p3 slot procs i have are passive. the p3 wasnt exactly the hottest thing around, and those big honkin heatsinks in the OEM machines did te job just fine

 

[Dough1397]

uh my p3 550 has a fan, and umm its a dell, and sisoft sandra (onl ything that works) reports temps of 46 or higher degrees celcius whilst being actively cooled, there are no case fans only the one on the heat sink and the one on the psu.

 

[lithium726]

Originally posted by: Dough1397
uh my p3 550 has a fan, and umm its a dell, and sisoft sandra (onl ything that works) reports temps of 46 or higher degrees celcius whilst being actively cooled, there are no case fans only the one on the heat sink and the one on the psu.

low RPM case fans and a bigger hs on the p3 is going to cool much, much better than an active cooler(all that active cooler is doing is blowing hot air on the hs) with no airflow. it will also be alot quieter

 

[Dough1397]

aighti just opened my case outta curiosity and it seems the dell people are stupid, the processor is near the rear of the case (desktop type of case) and in the middle, the processor is verticle so its like parallel to the left and right sides of the case.... and then the fan is on the side closest to the back and it blows inward, wouldnt it have been smarter to put the fan on the otherside of the processors so while its coolign the processor its also blwong outta the case with teh few holes there are?!!??! lol idiots

 

[TheStu]

that sounds odd.... my old dell P2 450 had the proc oriented differently... the proc was roughly in the same spot as on socket CPUs and the heatsink was toward the front of the case. The heatsink is a huge passive beast.. at least half again as tall as the proc cartridge itself.

I know my friend and I have rigged up any number of custom cooling solutions for slot CPUs. We ran out of 80mm case fans but had 4 or so 60mm fans laying around and the cartridge is just over 120 mm across so we had fun with that. 2 60s side by side one in one out. On a 1 GHz Slot A T-Bird we used the stock active cooler combined with a pair or 60s on the sides, mounted perpedicularly to the CPU they blew air across it to reduce the dead spot from the main fan... stuff like that is always fun... I wish I had the cash to risk my thermalright cooler to a custom fan rig but I don't want to possibly ruin it...

 

[beatle]

The P3-750s in my duallie are both passively cooled as well as the P3-550 in my bedroom computer. The P3-550 runs without any case cooling other than the PSU fan. Not a single hiccup. The duallie has 2 80mm L1a fans as side intakes, also 100% stable.

Both computers crunch F@H 24/7.

So, yeah, you should be fine using that HP heatsink. PM me if you're trying to get rid of that 700.

 

[Spikesoldier]

almost all p3 OEM solutions either slot or socket have been a passive heatsink, with a case fan ducted onto it. quiet and does much better than an active cooler, at least on the slot1 variety.

id just stick around with the stock cooler or upgrade to maybe a tualatin celeron which will put out even less heat and give you a nice jump in speed as well, or ditch the entire thing

usually if something like that bugs me it gives me a good excuse to upgrade

EDIT: to actually contribute to your problem, just put on that huge OEM heatsink, and see if you can find a zalman fan bracket that will put an 80 or 92mm fan directly over the heatsink, by screwing onto the first few expansion slots using a bracket. it should run you around 5 bucks plus the cost of a fan, and will suit you VERY nicely.