What's the coolest looking heatsink?

[Chaotic42]

This one is neat.

 

[n0cmonkey]

That one is pretty ghetto looking.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Zalmans make the flashiest ones IMHO.

 

[0roo0roo]

i like those huge tower passive dealies..

and i guess u can call this a giant hs

 

[TwiceOver]

I was teachin a freind of mine about computers... We were building his and transfering cases on mine. I handed him my SLK-800a and he said 'Damn, now thats a heatsink." In comparison to his AMD boxed HSF.

 

[piroroadkill]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Zalmans make the flashiest ones IMHO.

Yes, expanding on this point, the hugest, most bad-ass Zalman cooler is the nicest looking one at the moment, if your board can fit it, and you have the balls to fit the heaviest cooler known to man, with a 120mm fan in it, then go for it. It's damn sweet.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Intels new standard HS/Fan for the BTX

 

[sniperruff]

i like the aero vertical thing.

 

[Trygve]

I'm tempted to set up a HTPC in a clear acrylic case I have sitting around and I'm leaning towards using this heatsink

 

[Juno]

Originally posted by: sniperruff
i like the aero vertical thing.

aeroflow?

 

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Intels new standard HS/Fan for the BTX

I'm still waiting on BTX mobos and cases. It seems to me that the only company that cares is Intel - and IMO, BTX is an utter waste of time and effort, and is just Intel trying to come up with ways to remove themselves of the responsibility of building a CPU that doesn't require a heatsink the size of a house. Compared to an inverted-ATX configuration, BTX is actually very thermally inefficient - it just doesn't have Intel's pet heatsink bracket.

half the problem with BTX is that Intel doesn't provide any information on exactly what they want - I read the specification myself - and it's NOWHERE as detailed as the ATX specification is, and BTX requires more engineering than ATX ever has. So what exactly ARE the specifications? Does Intel even know?

 

[Apex]

Boulder

Edge NL Reference

Pass X1000

These are some nice heatsinks.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Trygve
I'm tempted to set up a HTPC in a clear acrylic case I have sitting around and I'm leaning towards using this heatsink

I love the Thermalright XP-120 HS, it's got headers!

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Didn't Zalman make a case where the entire thing was just a giant heatpipe\radiator?

There was also some guy on Fark that put a bunch of piping from his computer to a river down by his house.

 

[w00t]

the one that says lay off on the weed

 

[Trygve]

Originally posted by: Apex
Boulder

Edge NL Reference

Pass X1000

These are some nice heatsinks.

Those are nice. I used to have a couple of Krell monoblocks that had heatsinks like the Pass amplifiers. I can't think of anything I've got now that really has cool heatsinks any more--just big ones like the Rowland and White Audio Labs amps. I guess the two Celeste amps are kinda interesting; they're curved at least.

 

[Salvador]

Originally posted by: Apex
Boulder

Edge NL Reference

Pass X1000

These are some nice heatsinks.

Heh.. That's not just some heatsinks there. Plus, consider how much money the heatsinks are surrounding.

Sal

 

[slpaulson]

I always thought this was cool.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Trygve

Originally posted by: Apex
Boulder

Edge NL Reference

Pass X1000

These are some nice heatsinks.

Those are nice. I used to have a couple of Krell monoblocks that had heatsinks like the Pass amplifiers. I can't think of anything I've got now that really has cool heatsinks any more--just big ones like the Rowland and White Audio Labs amps. I guess the two Celeste amps are kinda interesting; they're curved at least.

You've got money! :Q

 

[vtqanh]

I'm getting the SI-97 for my dual AMD. I think it looks pretty good
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