Heatsink Reviews

[Howard]

I'm thinking the Ultra 90 would perform better if it had a heat pipe in the middle to spread the heat more evenly. Not too much better though, seeing as only the top and bottom fins get a significant volume of air flowing over them (fan hub in middle).

 

[Mailok]

Hi! I have an arctic freezer 64 pro heatsink on an opteron 165 overclocked, I'd like to know if there is a better heatsink and how muche is the gain in temperature. What about changing the freezer 64 pro fan with a bigger one? I'd like to reduce heat about 2-3 degree. Thanks!

 

[jmke]

why would 2-3°C be important?

 

[Mailok]

Just becouse I can push my cpu further in overclock or be in a safe temperature zone

 

[jmke]

2-3°C won't allow you to push your CPU noticeable further, if you get 20-30Mhz you would be one of the very lucky, but if you are overclocking on such a borderline with the temperatures any change in room temp, case temp etc would cause your system to crash, not very fun to have this happen to you

seriously though, a 2-3°C won't give you any advantage, even when overclocking, if you think high temperatures are holding your CPU overclock back, the next step would be water cooling, not a all-in-one small kit, but one of those larger ones from Dangerden or Swiftech, these will drop CPU temperatures considerably and you could get another few Mhz from your CPU safely (without crashes).

However in the end, CPU speed, even 100-200Mhz is not quite worth the effort imho as the increase in performance is far from linear.

 

[lifeguard1999]

Added:
Zalman CNPS-9500 @ tweaknews

 

[One43637]

thanks for keeping this updated.

ack that Tuniq weighs in at 900+ grams?!?!

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=12&artpage=1824&articID=419

 

[corsa]

Added:
XP-120, Ninja, Tuniq Tower, Big Typhoon, various fans, various configurations- Abit USA Forums

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[Metr0]

here you have a nice round up between heatpiped coolers

http://www.chilehardware.cl/modules.php...d&name=hardware_reviews&file=200605121

 

[lifeguard1999]

Added:
AMD AM2 Heatsink Compatibility List by jmke

 

[jmke]

updated that list already a bit, went from 13 to 18 models which will fit AM2

 

[Fallengod]

Nice to see that ultra90 fits. I was thinking of getting that.

 

[lifeguard1999]

Added:
Thermalright Ultra 120 review @ overclockers.com

 

[Fallengod]

Nice thanks. I have been wanting to see one of those reviewed. That review does not do too much for me though. Hopefully someone will do some comparison tests to others.

 

[Operandi]

VGA Cooler Roundup @ SPCR

 

[lifeguard1999]

Added:
VGA Cooler Roundup @ silentpcreview :thumbsup:

 

[CalvinHobbes]

Ultra 90 Review
http://www.ocia.net/reviews/ultra90/page1.shtml

Another
http://www.pcmoddingmy.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.366

Another:
http://www.overclockercafe.com/Reviews/cooling/ThermalRight_Ultra90/

 

[Fallengod]

Thats a great review thanks calvin. I was considering buying a xp-90c recently. After looking at that, man.....jab-tech has the Ultra90 WITH A FREE FAN for $30 shipped. Or I should say, $22.95 before shipping.

The one thing that the review did not touch on, is that if youre stock mounting bracket faces the other direction(Like it does on many mobos), the heatsink fan will either blow air up or down(towards the video card), instead of left(to the rear exhaust fan) or right. Mine faces the wrong way, which is the only reason I didnt buy one yet. : /

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: modempower
Thats a great review thanks calvin. I was considering buying a xp-90c recently. After looking at that, man.....jab-tech has the Ultra90 WITH A FREE FAN for $30 shipped. Or I should say, $22.95 before shipping.

The one thing that the review did not touch on, is that if youre stock mounting bracket faces the other direction(Like it does on many mobos), the heatsink fan will either blow air up or down(towards the video card), instead of left(to the rear exhaust fan) or right. Mine faces the wrong way, which is the only reason I didnt buy one yet. : /

The XP-90 will also help cool the motherboard where the Ultra-90 will do nothing, something to keep in mind.

 

[potato28]

TTT, someone unstickied it.

 

[Dribble]

I didn't see any Titan Vanessa L-Type reviews?

Plenty if you search the web - according to toms hardware this cools even better then a Tuniq tower and makes less noise making it the best lowish noise air cooler on the market I think?

 

[Operandi]

Zalman VF-900 @ FrostyTech

Zalman VF-700-AlCu @ FrostyTech

Zalman VF-700-AlCu LED @ FrostyTech

 

[Howard]

Anything for the SI-128?

 

[MBrown]

Will a XP-90 fit on a Core 2 Duo?

 

[corsa]

Big Typhoon @ ModSynergy

Big Typhoon @ techPowerUp!

Big Typhoon VX @ PC Modding Malaysia ...... supports socket AMD2