Looking for the best heatsink/fan for P3 866Mhz, must be very RELIABLE and not too expensive. Recommendation needed.

[DealDatabase]

I'm building a dual 4U server, and it will have 2 CPUs in it, I'm looking for the best and least expensive coolers for it, they must be very reliable because the server will be at a hosting company in Canada so I won't see it or will have an ability to fix it if something goes wrong. Can someone recommend a good heatsink/fan?

Also I need the same thing for the power supply, I found this Startech.com PS
http://www.startech.com/ststore/itemdetail.cfm?product_id=ATXPOW320P4

Can someone tell me if it's any good?

Thx.

 

[DealDatabase]

Anyone?

 

[bacillus]

if you're not going to be o/clocking these cpus, then what's wrong with the standard intel hsf?

 

[Henny]

If this is a remote server with 24/7 uptime being Job 1, than reliability should take precedence over cost.

Assuming the CPU's are FPGA, than I'd use Thermaltake Volcano 5's and probably a dual fan Enermax power supply. I'd also have push/pull ball bearing case fans.

I'd also make sure the motherboard supports hardware monitoring and you might want to use a pgm such as Motherboard Monitor.

I'm confident that this type of system would ensure enough redundancy such that any one fan could fail with no impact to uptime. (a Volcano 5 heatsink without the fan running can keep the CPU below critical temp as long as you have good case cooling)

 

[DealDatabase]

Yes this will be remote server with 24/7 uptime, the motherboard is Tyan s2505T .
Thanks for the advice, I'm in the proccess of finding that right cooling solution.
Thx

 

[DealDatabase]

Any suggestions?

 

[oldfart]

Retail HS/Fan if you have them.

 

[DealDatabase]

Intel Retail ones suck, I can't trust them for a bit.
I need an uptime at least for 1-2 years and I don't want it to fail because of cheap cooling solution.

 

[DealDatabase]

I just fingured something out, that I can't use valcano 5, those are very wide and these are dual cpus and the sockets are right next to each other, see this pic http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tiger200.html.

I need something the exact size of the socket and it has to be ball bearing. Anyone?

 

[oldfart]

<< Intel Retail ones suck >>


I'd have to disagree on that one. The Intel retail HS/fans are very good. They use Sanyo Denki fans, which are good quality. I've never seen a fan fail on one.

 

[DealDatabase]

So can someone suggest me a heatsink/fan that is ball bearing and fits exactly on the size of the socket, this is a dual mobo and the sockets are right next to each other volcano 5 wont work.

 

[DealDatabase]

I think Volcano III is a good solution, can someone disagree?

 

[Henny]

Try Thermaltake P/N FC0370. Form factor is probably OK but it's kind of whimpy.

 

[Marine]

Thermalright SK-6 copper. Not too big, all 60mm fans fit fine. Really soak up the therms.