alpha pal8045 vs. volcano 9

[zeusfaber]

which one would keep my xp1600 cooler, the pal8045 or the volcano 9? will the pal fit on my kt3 ultra2 board?

 

[cheapgoose]

in my opinion, alpha hands down. just hope it fits on your board.

i have a 8045 and a swifty that costs 20 bucks more. performance is about the same. I use the alpha now and i love it.

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

alpha
if the board has the 4 holes around the socket, then it will work
if there is enough clearance around the socket, it should fit quite easily as well, if its cramped then it will take a bit of patience

 

[WarSong]

Alphas rule I've never been a fan of the volcano series.

 

[FlowerMan]

This question should not have even been asked Alpha PAL8045 hands down. Thermaltake sucks ass

 

[jarsoffart]

Keep the Alpha. I don't regard the Thermaltake Volcano 9 heatsink to be any good. If you want the Smart fan 2 you can buy it separately.

 

[EXman]

<------ Happy Alpha user

 

[gaidin123]

I believe my boss at work recently bought a Thermaltake Volcano something for his new Athlon box and it is amazingly loud. I don't think he enabled RPM monitoring on it so it always runs at max speed but my Alpha 8045 with a Panaflo L1A on it is pretty much inaudible over the ambient noise in my room...And the Alpha heatsinks are just great if your motherboard has the screw mounts.

Gaidin

 

[zeusfaber]

how about this. an alpha heatsink with the volcano fan? from what i have read the fan pushes a lot of air, comments? i could care less about noise.

 

[chizow]

You can fit any 80x80x25 fan to the 8045 to suit your cooling needs. In fact, most places sell it w/out a HSF. If you REALLY don't care about noise...put this MONSTER :Q :Q :Q in.



Chiz