| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 51921 | 2004-12-03 08:09:00 | Light Weight Good Socket A Headsink | noone (22) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 299478 | 2004-12-06 09:52:00 | i have a GIGABYTE GA-7N400 Pro V2.0 Socket A Motherboard - is this a good quality mobo and could it handle the weight of a heavy heatsink. I have had a look at the flower cooler , and have seen in reviews its not so easy to review ( i hate doing heatsinks ). The thing about the stock heatsink is i think the heatsink so i would prefer to get a new one instead of sticking with my current | noone (22) | ||
| 299479 | 2004-12-06 10:04:00 | correction - "not easy to review" , becomes " not easy to install" For the extra cost that you pay for the heat pipe cooler , is it worth it ( over normal heatsinks ) ,, seeming as my temps seem to be at 60Deg full load ( after a few minutes prime 95 ) |
noone (22) | ||
| 299480 | 2004-12-06 10:20:00 | Not sure on the Gigabyte, they're supposed to be pretty good but would be better to wait for Pete, Metla or someone of their ilk to answer that. All I can say about the heat pipe is what it says in articles/reviews. I guess it will also come down to quality of materials and build. The premise it's based on seems to work though. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 299481 | 2004-12-07 00:04:00 | I replaced my Volcano 9 with a Volcano 12 last night. Athlon XP 2800+ on a Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2. Using the thermal probe the temps were a consistently around 48 - 51 degrees with the Volcano 9. With the Volcano 12 the fan ran at about 5500 rpm using the thermal probe and kept the temp to 40 degrees but sounded like a jet engine. Changed it to manual adjustment and set the fan speed to 3000 rpm (nice and quiet) the temp sat on 45 degrees. Played Far Cry for 30 minutes and the and the temp only moved 1 degree. Using MBM5 to monitor temps. The Volcano 12 is quieter than the Volcano 9 while providing better cooling. If I set the fan speed to minimum (2000 rpm) the temp stayed as the V 9 on auto and inaudible. | Davesdad (923) | ||
| 299482 | 2004-12-07 00:06:00 | thanks for that - with the weight of the heatsink did you experience any problems while installing on the Gigabyte GA-7N400 Pro2. | noone (22) | ||
| 299483 | 2004-12-07 00:25:00 | You'd think it was bad as Gib boarding a ceiling. If you can hold a 300gm HS while clipping it, what difference will another 200 - 300gms make? | PaulD (232) | ||
| 299484 | 2004-12-07 00:29:00 | No probs installing it. Nothing got in the way. The clip was easier to attach than some. | Davesdad (923) | ||
| 299485 | 2004-12-07 00:33:00 | i was considering buying the Volcano nine as they are fairy cheap ( its xmas = no money ). My load temps are around 60deg and i want to decrease it to around 50Deg ( this is using onboard sensor ) , so i do think this one will do the job - unless someone can tell me something better | noone (22) | ||
| 1 2 3 | |||||