Best bang per buck Socket A CPU/Heatsink?

[gregshin]

Im in the market and i would like it to be quiet but efficient...does such a beast exist without spending $25+ for one? Im not into overclocking btw.

 

[cheapgoose]

here

 

[Corporate Thug]

slk900's are damnt tempting @ 19.99

 

[DannyBoy]

the coolermaster aero7 series coolers are great too, i love mine, quiet as anything and cools wonderfully

 

[coolroyboy2]

My pick .

 

[DancingBear]

This is what I got a month or so ago. SVC GC-68

Works great. Can't hear it inside my Sonata. Reduced my temps by over 10c from retail HSF on an Athlon 1.2.

Best of all, you can't beat $3.99! I paid $4.99.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

i believe that that sale on the slk-900 is over so i have to say an sk-7 or slk-800. they perform great.

 

[goke04]

ive got a very cheap coolermaster Xdream and its great. comes with a 68 cfm fan and has a copper core. it needed some work to make it smoothe but now its really good. only cost me 12 bucks on newegg

 

[amdskip]

Originally posted by: DancingBear
This is what I got a month or so ago. <a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/newsvcgc3280.html" target=blank>SVC GC-68</A>

Works great. Can't hear it inside my Sonata. Reduced my temps by over 10c from retail HSF on an Athlon 1.2.

Best of all, you can't beat $3.99! I paid $4.99.

That or the GC69 is good too.

 

[alexruiz]

Originally posted by: amdskip

Originally posted by: DancingBear
This is what I got a month or so ago. <a class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/newsvcgc3280.html" target=blank>SVC GC-68</A>

Works great. Can't hear it inside my Sonata. Reduced my temps by over 10c from retail HSF on an Athlon 1.2.

Best of all, you can't beat $3.99! I paid $4.99.

That or the GC69 is good too.

I got the GC69 for an Athlon XP 2500+. I will try to make the baby go to 3200+. Reports later

The GC69 has better thermal transfer characteristics than the GC68, so it should be be able to reach the 3200+ with not a lot of effort. The only point that worries me is NOISE. The GC68 with a panaflo L1A never allowed to CPU to go higher than 49C at full load on a Palomino 1700+. The system had only 2 fans (the CPU heatsink and the PSU with another panaflo L1A, fanless video card) Thus, it was very quiet even at night when everyone was sleeping

I am worried that the noise level in the new setup will be much higher that what I have now. I will be happy if I can make the 2500+ reach 3200+ and keep the temp at 52-54 C with the stock fan for the GC69 (32 CFM, 28 dBA). Then, I would attempt to use a panaflo L1A and hope the temps stay below 58 C.

A lot of the people seem to forget that systems using the stock cooler have temps in the high 50 and low 60.... so even being at high 50 is not a big risk.

These are some recorded temps of previous "systems"
Duron 700 with stock cooler, 45 C at max load
Duron 1300 with thermaltake volcano 6Cu, 53 C at max load
Athlon XP 1700 palomino with thermaltake volcano 6Cu, 57 C at max load
Athlon XP 1700 palomino GC68 stock fan, 46 C at max load
Athlon XP 1700 palomino GC68 panaflo L1A, 49 C at max load

Reported from the BIOS

Alex

 

[beatle]

If you need a little more headroom than the GC68 or 69 will give you, the Thermalright AX-7 @ Sidewinder is only $13.95. It's a great heatsink that cools just as good or sometimes even better than the now extinct SK7.

 

[alexruiz]

Originally posted by: beatle
If you need a little more headroom than the GC68 or 69 will give you, the Thermalright AX-7 @ Sidewinder is only $13.95. It's a great heatsink that cools just as good or sometimes even better than the now extinct SK7.

Thanks, I will keep it in mind. I will report next week the results of the attempt to make the 2500+ a 3200+ in a GC69.....

Alex

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: gregshin
Im in the market and i would like it to be quiet but efficient...does such a beast exist without spending $25+ for one? Im not into overclocking btw.

for 19.99 the slk 900a is perfect. there is no reason to consider anything esle. Other people will just tell you to buy whatever they bought, because they bought it. the Slk 900a is the best deal in heatsinks at 19.99

 

[arcenite]

I got in on the SLK900 sale. Awesome heatsink. Got myself a Tornado. Awesome Fan (especially on a controller). SLK9xx + Tornado = Awesome (albeit expensive now that the sale is over, though)

Bill

 

[QueBert]

I bought a Coolmaster X-Dream at PC-Club today for 10 bucks. It came with an external fan control even. At max setting this puppy is pretty LOUD. but I got is fairly low. You can pick it up & get some Artic Silver 3 and walk away spending around 20 bucks, not a bad deal at all.

I never really monitored my system temp prior, but I went from a stock AMD fan on my 1800+ to this, so it should be a big difference.