Taisol Cek733092 = Excellent Performance, Cheap CPU HSF Coolers For Overclocker -Rated up to 1.2 GHz AMD Athlon/Duron. (Nov. 27 UPDATES)

[Vpham97]

Hey Darn & Hopster
This is for you
wviperw's Duron Overclocking Test
Fanon's comment on wvperw's test: Hmm. One thing I noticed was the voltage wasn't set above default (1.5 in this case) until 850MHz. Don't know is they were using a 600, 650 or 700. At 900MHz the voltage is only up to 1.6.

Mikewarrior2(Platinum Member) & DaddyG(Golden Member ) has been pimping the Taisol way before I was.
According to them,

DaddyG: I been pimping it(Taisol 933) for weeks. Taisol is certainly not the 'best' but at the price, the performance is oustanding. (Taisol with PCTC about the same as a tube of Arctic Silver).

Mikewarrior2: Oh Yeah, I pimped Taisol heatsinks for p3s. Seriously though, i have not been impressed by a sub $15 heatsink until I tried one of these. The gorb/gorb children never really impressed me that much. They looked cool, and cooled adequately, but they don't cool like the taisol does. Anand's and Sharky's(SharkyExtreme.com) AMD T-bird 1.2GHZ also use the taisol heatsink. Looks like Taisol was a bit conservative when rating their heatsink. It is the one used in the review setups.

In my own little impromptu comparison, between a gorb/pal6035/taisol unit, i got the following results.

Ambient temp was kept at 29.1C during all tests.
MB used was a CUSL2, Bios 1003.1. Temp program was mbm5 beta 3, with cusl2 compensation. CPU speed was 650E@866 1.7 volts.

gorb: 48C
taisol: 45C
Pal6035: 44C

The taisol unit performs very, very well for the price. It can be purchased for under $12, yet performs fairly close to a pal6035. But remember to modify the clip, otherwise you'll encounter major problems.(This apply to P3, not AMD) Another note, it fits in a cusl2 perfectly(which can't be said for the orb, which is a huge pain to get mounted).

A new, very nice, very inexpensive alternative to the GORbs.


Mike

 

[lloe]

I'd like one also. Live in Arkansas. Is that a problem?

 

[zhensel]

So the price is $14.00 shipped? That seems like a pretty good price, $8.54 for each heatsink (8% sales tax estimate) + 5 bucks or so shipping & expenses. I would actually prefer bookrate shipping, since I don't have my duron yet and shipping speed isn't an issue, but I can see why people would prefer first class. I do not, however, see an advantage for standard over bookrate. They seem to have very similar ship times (both would probably arrive by saturday if mailed on monday).

Whatever way it works out, still better than 18.30 shipped at taisol and I don't care about when it gets here anyway.

 

[ride525]

Hey everyone,

First of all, after talking with the Post Office twice, I don't think Standard Shipping is an option for this. Standard shipping is for books and tapes.

So it would have been First Class for one HSF, Priority Mail would work best for two or more.

However there is someone on For Sale board that just posted $13.50 for one if he can get 25 orders. And he was going to ship Priority Mail with Confirmed Delivery. (costs $3.20 + $0.35). There isn't really very much money in this at $13.50 (for orders of one), and you still have to stuff the box, produce the labels, pick up the HSFs, and take to the Post Office, and pay sales tax.

This is actually a lot of work...for just a few bucks....I've spent a lot of time investigating the HSFs, cheapest shipping rates, cheapest/best packaging, etc.

I was thinking this would be a help to all of you...and make me a just few bucks.....It looked like enough orders for 25, and I figured there would be continuous orders for awhile.....Perhaps it's best to go with the other guy.....

 

[Unclemo]

The lonnnnnggggg subject title is horrible. The most annoying thing I have come across in a while...

 

[Unclemo]

The lonnnnnggggg subject title is horrible. The most annoying thing I have come across in a while...

 

[Danlz]

He's has an 8 1/2% tax advantage, but little interest.

 

[ride525]

Actually he doesn't have a tax advantage, he lives in California too...he lives an hour away, I live 10 min away....

I've spent a bunch of time the last few days trying to pull this together, but looks like the guy may offer a deal you can't pass up.....

 

[Danlz]

That's funny, xaigi's profile on For Sale says New York, unless there's a 3rd party involved.

 

[Darn]

Well Ride525 if you still have enough to justify an order I'll get it from you cause I know you have put some of your time into it... I guess it depends on how many people go for the $13.5 deal. e-mail me and let me know if your gonna have enough orders to make the deal if not I guess I'll go for the $13.5 deal.

In either case thanks for your help.

D.

 

[AMD4SPEED]

I live in L.A. and am good for 2 of these bad boys. With low shipping, these are a steal.
Todd
bobapples@hotmail.com

 

[DulySeeFit]

Ride,
I am staying with you if you are still putting the deal together. I am not going to bitch over a buck or two. Of course unless you do not want to do it anymore.

 

[DaYooper]

So is this group buy still on? If ride525 doesn't want to mess with it anymore, it's still cheaper to do a group buy:

25 HSF ($197.50) + shipping ($20.00) = $217.50 = $8.70 each

$8.70 + $3.20 priority (free box, right?) = $11.90

Did I miss anything? Since it appears there are enough here to do this, and if I'm not stepping on anyones toes, I'd do it for like $9.00 each + $4.00 postage. Comments?

Ryan

 

[ride525]

<< That's funny, xaigi's profile on For Sale says New York, unless there's a 3rd party involved. >>



Danz, You are right!! I totally misread his post, and thought it said he LIVED within an hour of Taisol. So he would have to pay shipping, but no tax....

Others, If Xaigi (in For Sale Board) still wants to pull together his order, $13.50 for Priority Mail, Delivery Confirmation is a great offer for one. I was talking approximately $14 for First Class, which would have been about 2-3 day delivery.

If Xaigi still wants to pull together this order that's fine.

I'll try to answer all your emails and will stay tuned in to see what you want to do.

 

[DulySeeFit]

I think we have more than 25 orders here, the other thread didn't seem to go anywhere yet. We had waited 5 days already, a couple more is not going to kill us.

 

[DaYooper]

ride525,

I just wanted to make it clear that I'm not trying to cut in on your deal here. If it's still on I'll take one at the $14.00 you stated. It would take a few extra days to have the things shipped to me in Michigan anyways. I just thought that we had a good opportunity to save $5 or so on shipping and I don't want it to go to waste.

Ryan

 

[ride525]

Da Yooper,
Yes, the Post Office will give you a free box with Priority Mail.

All,
Looks like you've got two that are willing to pull this together cheaper than I.
($13 Priority Mail or $13.50 Priority with Delivery Confirmation)
Da Yooper here. Or Xaigi on the other For Sale board.

 

[ride525]

Da Yooper,

No problem....I'll refer all the emails I got back to this and the For Sale thread.....

 

[Spindler]

count me in on this deal if its still open!

spindlerr@home.com

 

[Bohemian]

OK. Who is taking charge of this group buy. I'd like in on at least one.

alan@office-software.com

 

[zhensel]

If ride goes sticks with it, I'll buy one from him (14 not much different from 13.5 if you ask me...)

Either way, I'll get in on one of the buys - probably DaYoopers' over Xaigi though.

 

[DaYooper]

Ok everyone, with ride525's consent the group buy is back on through me. Details are as follows:

TaiSol CEK733092 HSF $9.00 Each
Priority USPS Shipping 4.00 Total

I prefer payment via Paypal, but check or money orders is ok. Send me an email and let me know many you want and shipping info. I'll reply with my Paypal info and/or mailing address. If you want a reference, I've been on e-Bay for almost 4 years under the id &quot;Da_Yooper&quot;. You can check my feedback ratings. As soon as I have received payment for say 15-20 I'll go ahead and order. Since I'm basically just doing this to save us all shipping cost, I'll just keep ordering in lots of 25 until I get tired of all the hassle or people stop wanting these.

Ryan

Update 10/18/2000 10:39 pm EST

I just wanted to add that the $4.00 shipping is for where ever I can ship it via USPS for under $4.00. Please nobody ask me to send 100 of these for $4.00, or send one to Egypt for $4.00. Thanks.

 

[Vpham97]

So much for Xaigi's competition, he only made a bulk purchases for 5. Email DaYooper and let him know how many you need.

 

[ride525]

Just wanted to say I received a nice email from Da Yooper. Sounds like a great guy.....

I had enough emails for 25 in the last day or so, so getting the minimum should take you no time at all.....

Da Yooper,
Since you are going to do this all Priority Mail, it costs only $0.35 more for Confirmed Delivery. You might want to consider that.....that way you can know when they get delivered, and folks know they got sent.

From my recent Post Office research, using Priority Mail, you can send up to 2 pounds to anywhere in the US. Each HSF weighs 6 oz, and I weighed a box and that weighed 6oz, so depending on Post Office box you use you should be able to send up to 4 HSFs. Now Egypt is another story....

Let me know if you want any help from me......I'd still do it, but right now you'll be getting a better deal from Da Yooper.....

 

[Chuc]

DaYooper,

I'm in for 2 if you're doing this now instead of Ride525. Email on its way also.