Volcano II, any good?

[Bghead8che]

I am looking for a HSF for my 1.2 T-Bird. I will be running the chip at 1.35.

Noise is my primary concern. The delta fans are WAY to loud for my tastes as I work on the computer every day. Is the Volcano II good for OC to 1.35? Any recommendations for something that will allow an OC to 1.35 and remain fairly quiet?

I'm specifically interested in hearing from VII owners.

Thanks in advance

Brian

 

[GiZzO]

No way will a Volcano II be able to keep a Thunderbird 1.35ghz that produces like 80 watts of heat what i would feel are safe temps. Expect to your CPU to be around 82C/180F!


read this recent post:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=37&threadid=380179

The thermaltake has the same rating of 0.64 C/W as the radial fan discussed in that post. You can use the same formula to figure out what your temps would be about.

 

[mcvan]

Have a Volcano-II as well as a GlobalWin FOP32-1. Been playing around with them, switching fans, etc. Results on my systems:

At around 800MHz, they seem interchangeable, with the GW coming slightly ahead (1-2 degs) at high load. Idle at 30C; max maybe 45C.

At 1000-1200 MHz, the GW seems clearly superior: it has something like a 3C edge across the board. It keeps the T-bird at about the same temp as @800 MHz. I am guessing it's the larger mass and fin area of the GW coming into play.

The fans: the GW is a bit noiser, but I think they push the same amount of air. I like the combo of GW hs + V-II fan best. On my rig right now, 27C.

NOTE: I've played with both the Asus A7V133 and the Abit KT7A. I think the temp probe on the Asus gives much higher readings. Can't really compare readings between the 2 boards directly.

You should chek out these threads for noise issues...

loud pc

Near-silent Tbird

 

[Tyrant222]

Stay away from VolcanoeII. Not the best heatsink design is the real drawback. I'd go with a PAL6035 with a Y.S tech 26CFM fan or a Sunon 23CFM fan i believe. Also, the PEP66t is good with the quieter fans.

 

[bupkus]

Got a suggestion for a HSF cooling a D750 or Duron 800 default multiplier at FSB 133?

 

[mcvan]

The V-II is not such a dismissable design. Like I said, the FOP32 IS better but not by that much, and the V-II fan is definitely quieter. Certainly, the reviews thus far jibe with my experience. At the price of $15 from some sources, it's unbeatable, especially for CPUs that run @ 1 gig or under.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Mcvan,

But that 3C Difference at 1.2ghz could be a 3-12C or even 15C core temp difference between the two heatsinks. While unlikely, the difference is probably at least 6C, because at best cases, with sealed socket thermsitors, you still get a 2X compression factor in socket-thermistor readings. Unsealed could mean a 12C core temp difference between the two.


Mike

 

[mcvan]

Mike,

In theory, you're probably right.

But in practice, I had my 1G T-bird up to 1.2G using various combos of FSB/multiplier, with both coolers. At no time in several days of pushing the system with extended work (multitasking with up to 6-7 DTP/graphics/browser/email programs), playing games (mostly strategy), or burning in (Sandra) did my fully-loaded system ever hit any heat-related instability. I can't go much higher than 1.22G or 143-5 FSB, but this is because of memory limitations, not overheating. (Well actually, if I lower the mem bios settings, I could, but what's the point of upping speed w/o getting a real performance boost?)

On the other hand, at 1.35G, the V-II might be reaching its limit, and any small cooling advantage might prove to be essential, so yeah, all things considered, bigheadache is probably well advised to go for the biggest baddest cooler and use noise-dampening to quiet everything down. (You should see my ridiculous "muffler boxes" made from carboard component boxes and packing foam -- ugly but incredibly effective.)

Hey, for bigheadache, the Noise Control Silverado (reviewed at Tom's Hardware) would be perfect. Just 70 smackers.

 

[Bghead8che]

In theory the Noise Control would be great! Unfortunately you can't buy it in the U.S. Sure would like to pick one up!

-Brian