Which Taisol HSF is best?

[WAZ]

Hi-

I just got a new ABIT KT7-RAID board and Athlon T-bird 1.2 GHz (may try to overclock). After much reading and review, I have narrowed my cooling choice (Socket A) to either a Taisol, a mini chrome orb, or an Alpha PAL6035 w/ Sanyo Denki fan.

My question is, if I were to choose the Taisol (looks good b/c it's very quiet), which one do I want? There's the:

CEK733092
CEK734092
CGK742092

The CGK742 is the newest and the most expensive. And i hear it's great. It's got the forged heatsink and uses all 3 clips on both sides, which the others don't. Yet, it's NOT AMD approved. Why not? Does this matter?

The CEK733 and 734 are much cheaper than the CGK742 (about 1/3 the cost and 1/2 the cost of the CGK742, respectively). And they are also AMD Approved. I have been hearing good things about the CGK742 with the forged HS, but is it that much better to warrant that much more money? And what's up with it not being AMD approved? The 733 is only $11, the 734 is $22, and the 742 is $33-39. (Tthere's also the Big Voodoo Daddy, but i haven't heard much about it).

So any help with the Taisols would be great. (Or should I say the hell with them and get a mini chrome orb or something?)

Thanks a lot in advance!
-WAZ

 

[Dantzig]

The CEK733092 is the HSF that comes with retail Athlons, so you probably don't want one of those. I haven't read any reviews of the second one, so I can't comment on its performance. However, the reviews that I've read of the CGK742092 were quite good. Slightly less performance that an Alpha, but a quieter fan. Personally, I would go with the Alpha

 

[Mikewarrior2]

The CGK742092.


Mike

 

[johneetrash]

i thought the cgk were athlon approved?

 

[wti]

the CGK742092 here's a REVIEW on it

 

[Mikewarrior2]

too bad the hardocp review is no better than any other socket-a heatsink review.


Mike

 

[WAZ]

Thanks for the tips. I could be wrong, but I don't think the CGK742 is approved by AMD. (Why not? I don't know). But after reading a ton of reviews, I think I'll take that over the Alpha 6035.

Thanks again-
WAZ

 

[Losty]

for some reason...i thought the cgk would be better than the cek734, but it performed the same ... under my inaccurate socket readings...
maybe i should sand it up...

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Remmeber, the same temp might mean a several c change in core temp .


Mike