Which Heatsink/Fan Combo?

[ManBOO YA]

I have an Athlon 800, and I'm looking to run this thing as high as I can. I was looking at Alpha Coolers, but they are very $$$. what's the general opinion on the Slot A Golden Orb coolers, I've heard that they are not the greatest but the price sounds great. Any info is greatly appreciated

 

[Nick Stone]

DeAdLyDaVe
What do you think of the 14 Jul review here at Anandtech on coolers? Did you read it?

 

[Bill L.]

Isn't there a cases & cooling forum around here somewhere?

Bill

 

[ManBOO YA]

The Heatsink/Fan Review on Anandtech now is great....but it doesn't really help me..since it is for the Socket A processors (ie Duron, Thunderbird)
I have a Slot A Athlon 800, and I want to see if I get it to run up to GHz, it looks possible. I just want to know if it's worth getting the Golden Orb Slot or should I get the the tried and true GlobalWin heatsink.

 

[Nick Stone]

DeAdLyDaVe

Maybe I missed something in the 14 Jul review, but weren't all the tests done on a Celeron 533 ppga (not Fcpga)? So I don't think It only covers socket A processors. It might be geared to sockets over slots but I think the results, in the end, will be the same. I've seen a similar review (can't find the link) and the results are the same. The Alphas win but not by much. I think PCNut has a link to a similar review.
You didn't ask but also look at this review of thermal compounds.
http://64.27.97.100/reviews/roundup/thermal_compound/page4.htm
Compare the thermal compound reviews and the heatsink reviews. Most namebrand heatsinks transfer heat well and there's not much difference between them. But there's a big difference between the heat transfer rate of competing Thermal greases. BTW Artic Silver Premium Wins. I think its true that the type of thermal grease might make more difference than the brand of heatsink and fan.

 

[ManBOO YA]

Sorry about that I didn't mean to say that the whole review convered only Socket A cpu fans. But it doesn't cover slotA fans. But thanks for the info on the thermal compound....I think i'll pick up some better stuff....