Difference between AMD's heatsinks?

[daveybrat]

For those who have seen and used both, which AMD Copper heatsink/fan is better?

The older style one that came with the older AMD X2 processors or the new Copper one that comes with the AMD X4's and X6 processors?

The older one is definitely quieter than the new model, but i'm not sure which is superior.

 

[Magic Carpet]

The older is better but they both suck at quiet computing. I've used every AMD heatsink from 45W to 125W version. The 125W only gets quiet at ~1.3k RPMs. At 5k you're ready for take-off

You're much better off with an aftermarket cooler. Save yourself time and money.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Think anyone who has a quad core should do their system justice with a decent tower cooler.

Couldn't live with the idea of my 1100t running on a stock cooler..even a $15 hyper 101 is twice as good and able to keep processors like the 2500k under 60cel on full load .

 

[jhu]

The 1090T never goes above 50 C under full load using the stock cooler.

 

[skipsneeky2]

The 1090T never goes above 50 C under full load using the stock cooler.

How about oced to 4ghz?

My chip a 1100t is at 3.8ghz and that stock cooler is so tiny i am sure its capable at stock but a good quality stock cooler like the 212 plus cost me only $25.

 

[Magic Carpet]

We're not arguing, the stock cooling isn't sufficient enough to cool a stock processor. For example, Thuban runs very cool to begin with, the problem is noise under load.

A 212 Plus is an excellent low-cost alternative. I recommend Noctua though it is on the expensive side.

 

[LoneNinja]

My Phenom 9850 and Phenom II 940 came with different coolers, both copper heat pipes, I can't remember which way it went but one topped out around 3300rpm the other 5000rpm. I wouldn't recommend using either of them due to the noise they make when the processor is under any type of load.

 

[sandorski]

The Stock Heatsink on my Socket 939 X2 3800 and my X6 1055T are the same size, so are the fans. However, the X6 1055T's Heatsink has Heatpipes and much thinner and more numerous fins giving it far more surface area.

When I replaced my Stock 1055T HS, I was curious as to how much better it would cool the X2 3800. Unfortunately the Heatpipes stick out too far and the Caps around the socket are in the way. Otherwise, I suspect, it would have been pretty much dead silent, unlike the excruciating whine it produced while mounted to the X6.

You definitely want an aftermarket HS/Fan.

 

[notty22]

One of the big review sites did a review on the stock AMD heat pipe cooler. Can't find link (that bugs me), think it was updated around the 955 c3 time. It was titled, something like AMD wants us to let people know...
It's got heat pipes, copper contact ( I think), the cons, is the smallish fan, that uses high rpm's to keep the heat sink cool, can be noisy.

 

[Arg Clin]

They're all good paperweights. :biggrin: Seriously, I don't understand why they even bother...

Get a Noctua for quiet computing. Expensive yes - but well worth it IMO.

 

[Magic Carpet]

They're all good paperweights. :biggrin: Seriously, I don't understand why they even bother...

Get a Noctua for quiet computing. Expensive yes - but well worth it IMO.

+1
It seems like we share the same Noctua cooler. At 600 RPM that thing is dead silent. Highly recommend for smaller cases.

 

[LoneNinja]

One of the big review sites did a review on the stock AMD heat pipe cooler. Can't find link (that bugs me), think it was updated around the 955 c3 time. It was titled, something like AMD wants us to let people know...
It's got heat pipes, copper contact ( I think), the cons, is the smallish fan, that uses high rpm's to keep the heat sink cool, can be noisy.

Are you thinking of frostytech.com? I think they had a review of AMDs stock heat sink on there some where.


As a side note, the copper heat pipe coolers work great for Athlon II since they run cooler, the fan doesn't speed way up making a ton of noise.

 

[Zap]

They're all good paperweights. :biggrin: Seriously, I don't understand why they even bother...

... because not everyone thinks like you?

For those who don't overclock, aren't obsessed with running the CPU at 100% for "testing" and don't care if the CPU fan is quieter than an SSD... the stock heatsinks are fine once you enable a fan profile in BIOS.

 

[Arg Clin]

... because not everyone thinks like you?

For those who don't overclock, aren't obsessed with running the CPU at 100% for "testing" and don't care if the CPU fan is quieter than an SSD... the stock heatsinks are fine once you enable a fan profile in BIOS.

Different users need different heatsinks. I wasn't saying that the everyone needs a highend hsf - but a lot of us neither want or need the boxed hsf but are foced to pay for it never the less. Those who'd want the boxed hsf might as well just buy it seperatly instead.

 

[antisocialmunky]

Stock AMD heatsinks always look depressing and from 2005. :\