Thermaltake Silent Boost

[s0ssos]

so does anyone know how this compares to a slk800 with a panaflo? or slk700 with the YSTech TMD fan? (is that louder though)

 

[RedWolf]

I just put one on a new 1700 in a lanboy case. I haven't done enough testing, yet, but I'm very impressed with it so far. It is pretty quiet (not as loud as the Antec 300 watt PS in the lanboy) and it keeps the 1700 under 40c (according to the mb sensor) when overclocked to 1800mhz. Even when I up the voltage to 1.8 (attempting to get the 1700 a little higher), it keeps the cpu under 40 (although, I still can't get the 1700 to boot above 1840). I currently have a 2100@2300mhz in my other case and it's running around 45 with an AX-7 and Smartfan 2 @ 2500 rpm in the same room. The lanboy, however, is running with the side off right now so the system temp is pretty much the same as the room temp. The other case has very good air flow (2 120's and 1 80mm blow hole as well as the ps fan's) so the system temp is pretty low on it (although the fans are running at a very slow speed). I used Arctic Alumina on both heat sinks. I'm switching the cpu's around so I'll post more when that is done and I've played around with it a bit more.

 

[hobostreet]

I've never applied a heat sink before. I got the silent boost and it came with some generic "SIL" conductivity compound. Should I invest in some artic silver 3? Also, I'd like to install it now with the stock compound, if i get some aritic silver 3 can I easily remove the old paste?

 

[RedWolf]

AS 3 is generally considered the best thermal compound. I would say invest in some as it is good for a long time so you can use it on your next setup. You can certainly get the other paste off fairly easily. You just need to clean the cpu and silent boost with a lint free cloth (lint will stick and get in the way of the AS3) and some rubbing alcohol or acetone (finger nail polish remover).

 

[lsman]

also, most mistake is apply too much of therm compound. webpage at ac3 have a good guide.

only very thin even layer on cpu.
the Heat sink should apply and clean up.

 

[hobostreet]

Thanks for the info fellas.

 

[yruffostsif]

Just wanted to update this thread...

The original fan on my Silent Boost is a Panaflo FBL08A12M, 12V, 0.17A (2556 RPM)

 

[RedWolf]

I put my silent boost on another pc last night. I had been running a Thermalright AX-7 and thermaltake smart fan 2 on the board. The temps were reading at 42 idle and 48 under load with the smartfan running at 2200 rpm. I put the silent boost on and the idle temp was at 39 and the load temp (prime 95 torture) went up to 46. I'm running a 2100 overclocked to 2158mhz at 1.75 volts. The silent boost runs at about 2500 rpm but it isn't quite as noisy as the smartfan 2 at 2200. I'm a little dissappointed in the temps as the 1700 (clocked at 1800mhz @ 1.65 volts) was running at 36 and about 41 under load. The system temp was 28 at idle and 29 under load. The ambient temp is about 75 F (23-24 C). Overall, the boost did a pretty good job but it doesn't give you the flexibility of an SLK 800 and adjustable fan. At 5500 rpm, the Smartfan 2/AX-7 combo does very well (didn't test it last night but I remember getting very good results) and will beat the boost.

If you want a fairly quiet combo that doesn't require maintenance, the silent boost is a good choice. But, if you want the flexibility of being able to get maximum cooling when you need it (such as at a lan party where noise isn't a factor), a thermalright heat sink/adjustable fan will do the job better.

 

[Cesar]

Originally posted by: RedWolf
I put my silent boost on another pc last night. I had been running a Thermalright AX-7 and thermaltake smart fan 2 on the board. The temps were reading at 42 idle and 48 under load with the smartfan running at 2200 rpm. I put the silent boost on and the idle temp was at 39 and the load temp (prime 95 torture) went up to 46. I'm running a 2100 overclocked to 2158mhz at 1.75 volts. The silent boost runs at about 2500 rpm but it isn't quite as noisy as the smartfan 2 at 2200. I'm a little dissappointed in the temps as the 1700 (clocked at 1800mhz @ 1.65 volts) was running at 36 and about 41 under load. The system temp was 28 at idle and 29 under load. The ambient temp is about 75 F (23-24 C). Overall, the boost did a pretty good job but it doesn't give you the flexibility of an SLK 800 and adjustable fan. At 5500 rpm, the Smartfan 2/AX-7 combo does very well (didn't test it last night but I remember getting very good results) and will beat the boost. If you want a fairly quiet combo that doesn't require maintenance, the silent boost is a good choice. But, if you want the flexibility of being able to get maximum cooling when you need it (such as at a lan party where noise isn't a factor), a thermalright heat sink/adjustable fan will do the job better.

nice!

 

[SaveYourself]

What is to prevent you from using your own fan on the Thermaltake's nice heatsink, with a Zalman FanMate 1 or something to control the speed? A Panaflo M1A should do the job quite nicely for max. cooling on demand and silent cooling when fast flow is not needed. What I really want to see from Zalman, though, would be a FanMate 2 or something like that which uses a flat thermistor to control the fan, with 5v at 40 degrees C and 12V at 65 degrees C. This could help people achieve Dell-Quiet(tm) results on their own computers.

 

[hobostreet]

Well, I finally installed everything. I tried lapping the heatsink, but I don't think I did a very good job. Only 3/4 of it is mirror like and the remaining qaurter consists of scratches near the middle 🙁 I'm not sure If i accidentally made those scratches with the lower grit sandpaper, but I don't think I did. I also applied a thin layer of ceramique to the die and a film of it on the heatsink. When I first power'd it up I was stoked to see that my temps were pretty low 36/37 c idle for my 2400+ anthlon. But the next day, I checked temps again after it had been on a while and now the processor idle is at 48c, and in the low 50's when I'm gamming. System temp is 39 C. I have two case fans (one exhaust one intake) besides the termal boost and the powersupply fan.

I wonder if i put enough, or too much ceramique? Anyone notice that the applications instructions at the artic silver website are different for ceramique and artic silver 3? I went with the artic silver 3 instructions, so if that matters, then maybe that is making my temps higher than I had hoped they would be.

Another thing I noticed with my new AMD system (I had a PIII before) is that my power supply is a lot hotter.

 

[s0ssos]

this is great! i installed it on my system and the temps actually went down.

well, that wasn't the whole story. i had a bunch of wires just hanging around. tied them up, installed the silent boost in place of volcano 7+, and now it's sooo much more silent and even cooler (idle at 36, and even intensive stuff still doesn't hit 50 C)