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