Socket A cooler that is most Quiet?

[DJediMaster]

Which is the quietest socket A cooler that is most efficient? thx.

 

[mikef208]

Taisol CGK760092 it is a very nice efficent heatsink, that uses a low profile delta pushing 21 CFM, that makes almost no noise at all.

 

[DJediMaster]

Thanks. I'll take a look at it.

 

[PlatinumGold]

i personally don't think that 21 cfm will do any kind of real oc'ing.

if you want a quiet oc'ing hs, i still think the best bargain is the WBK w/ an 80 mm. i don't think you can go wrong w/ this setup.

 

[pcmodem]

The quietest and most efficient SocketAcooler I've seen, and I've looked at a lot of comparisons, is the Silverado. Of course, it's made in Germany, so it's hard to find in the USA. Also, it's quite expensive... including shipping, expect to pay $100+. Tom's Hardware crowned the Silverado king in their SocketA cooler comparison.

Good luck.

 

[eLiu]

ppl down @ www.overclockers.com have OKed the WBK38w/80mm setup

I wont have my own opinion until middle july, but for now, Im with PlatinumGold and I thank him for the idea

-eric

 

[compuwiz1]

<< i personally don't think that 21 cfm will do any kind of real oc'ing. >>



Think again I've personally tested cpus at 1.6GHz with the Taisol CGK760092. It can use a small fan because it is an efficient heatsink, with more cooling surface area than most of them. Being forged with a copper base insert also helps.

 

[mikef208]

Yeah the Taisol is a great heatsink, that does a fine job of overclocking. Plus he never mentioned overclocking anyway, and I was trying to make him not pay an arm and a leg.

 

[BadBllock]

I use a AMO DODA Series (shirizu in japanese) and work quiet. I think so.Check here!

 

[savoyl1]

I believe the Noise Control Silverado but I have not tried it. Very quiet. I think they have a review at Tom's Hardware.

 

[Viperoni]

The pep66 with a quiet fan would be awesome.

 

[GiZzO]

Hey Viperoni long time no see.

Take toms hardware reviews with a grain of salt, hes so retarded seriously. Hes totally gone down the drain with his reviews over there. They are just not quality reviews, for example in his big heatsink review so many things you can point out, i so hate how he always names Papst fans as Pabst to represent his last name or soemthing i mean he has the test units there and he constantly calls em Pabst..moron, and now you go around in the forums ppl asking where do you find these pabst fans, then they argue with you that its Pabst not Papst...oh you both need to be slapped!

Anways Tom is an idiot and hes reviews are biased.

And about the silverado haven't seen enough reviews about it, only one i can think of is from tom. Personaly what i think the heatsink is small, the silver base is screwed on which is very sloppy workmanship, and theres been many tests with blower (snail) fans on larger heatsinks as the 760, nothing exciting. Always look beyond the reviews and think why it could be better.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Agree w/ gizzo 100%. it's obvious that tom favors the Silverado cause its from a German manufacturer.

there was a post recently from someone here talking about how dissapointed they were about the Silverado.

if your really looking for a quiet hsf and don't mind paying some bucks. the Zalman looks pretty good to me.

 

[savoyl1]

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[Ajay]

Taisol CGK760092 is a nice HS. For better overclocking with tolerable noise, you may want to go with a 30cfm delta (avail at nerdsbyte). Cools almost as well as the 38 cfm Delta but put out alot less noise (still high pitched though).

-AJ

 

[savoyl1]

I have tried to delete this double post. First I could not see my original post and now I cannot edit the second. Don't know what is going on tonight.

 

[Ogo]

What do you guys think of the WBK68?
it's pretty cheap and quiet also...
don't know if it performs better than a Taisol..
Anyone have any information?

 

[unknown8585]

what about the glaciator!

 

[Huma]

I'd also like to know about the wbk68. looks like it could do a great job cooling and staying quiet. And only $25CAD here right now.

 

[PlatinumGold]

the WBK68 is the exact same hs as the WBK38 w/ a different fan.

nice hs, your best option is to buy the wbk68 and attach a 80 mm 40cfm fan to it. good compromise.

 

[savoyl1]

Actually only $25.60 canadian here.
Maybe even cheaper somewhere else.ncix

 

[KF]

>Agree w/ gizzo 100%. it's obvious that tom favors the Silverado cause its from a German >manufacturer.
So they faked the temperature numbers? Not likely.

Tom's reviewer's are opinionated; I agree with that. Some of the oddness comes from the reviews obviously being naive, literal translations of the original Deutch.

Pabst, I guess, is a German manufacturer. Pabst fans may be what is readily available in Deutchland. But from the appearance, they seem to be the same 38CFM fan that has a Delta sticker in the US. This fan also seems to have a lot of different labels on it when it comes attached to a heatsink. The one with my Vantec has a Vantec label. No doubt they are all made in Taiwan somewhere.

As far as I can tell, putting a higher volume fan in the place of the original, when that is possible, always gives much better cooling. Always. You can get it quieter with a low volume fan, but you give up a lot of cooling potential with it. Always.

 

[KF]

>and theres been many tests with blower (snail) fans on larger heatsinks as the 760, >nothing exciting.
GiZzO,
How about some links to these tests? I'm very interested, but I've never come across a modification test of one attached to a heat sink. Blowers are quieter, as far as I can tell.

 

[Hanky]

<< it's obvious that tom favors the Silverado cause its from a German manufacturer >>

I seriously doubt that. National pride is not very common in Germany nowadays and publishing false temperatures makes no sense if that's the only reason.

Then KF,

<< Papst, I guess, is a German manufacturer. Papst fans may be what is readily available in Deutschland. But from the appearance, they seem to be the same 38CFM fan that has a Delta sticker in the US. This fan also seems to have a lot of different labels on it when it comes attached to a heatsink. The one with my Vantec has a Vantec label. No doubt they are all made in Taiwan somewhere. >>

Papst is indeed a German based company but most (if not all) of their products are actually manufactured in Hungary. I don't think though you'll get a Papst product when there's no Papst sticker on it. I've never heard of Papst fans manufactured in Taiwan.

 

[GiZzO]

The fact stands is Tomshardware reviews are poor, he doesn't take really anytime doing his reviews right. None of his reviews in the past 2 years or so have been informing, most of the information he gives is incorrect and just a ball of laughs. The heatsink review being the last review i've seen, pointing out the Super Orb beats the Alpha PEP66. Now that is entirely impossible by any testing. He slopply put all those numbers together, probably being as dumb as he is he probably just took numbers from different reviews from different CPU that draw far difference ranges of heat. These days hes just doing it for the money, theres no pride really just something for ppl to read even if its bogus, it gets him the cash thats all he cares for.



<< National pride is not very common in Germany nowadays and publishing false temperatures makes no sense if that's the only reason. >>

I dunno if thats the reason but its been pointed out by many ppl that hes biased towards his sponsers, and he will exaderate his results to edge out of his non-sponsers. Writting up a review about someone elses product and giving it really good thumbs up, really sells to a person, ppl refer to reviews to much and take there every word of the writter if the reader doesn't know any better. He does go crazy when he does get some german product, which is odd. Hes all up in your face like look what i got, its the Sh|t cause its this.

Now about blower fans, they are not quieter by far. There speciality is to provide a high presure of air over a small area, but low cfm. Usually blowers are around 35dB, and blow out about 9-11cfm. A well respected person on the ars forums tested out 2 loud blower type fans on his large taisol 742, results were a yawn, and it was loud and cuttign it down too 7 volts would have raised his temp worse then just putting on a quiet 60mm fan. Might have been big and look crazy looking, but was a poor alternative. Now ya got a silverado, small heatsink, crappy 2 peice who knows if its sitting flush with each other base, and 2 blower fans what do you get. A good seller to the dumbass.