OK: Which heatsink do I get?

[Indolentron]

I'm definately leaning to the Hyper 6 just wanted to see what you guys think. Will probalby order tonight since its a great deal and might sell out soon.

Coolermaster: http://store.yahoo.com/svcompucycle/hyper6-19.html (would buy 2 fans to go with)

Aerocool: http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=0-N82E16835183107

Zalman: http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=0-N82E16835118115

[Mole]

That Aerocool one is freakin' awesome looking... And it's gotten very rave reviews. I'd go for that one.

[Lollan]

Of those choices, im voting for the 7700, but I absolutely love my XP-90, I put the fan I want on it (7700s 120mm is known to be a bit noisy/rattle-ey) You could fit an XP-120 on your system, even more awesome (have to bend a capacitor on mine to make it fit, didnt wanna risk it) Stick a Panaflo on it for all around quiet/awesome cooling or get a dead silent one.

Don't like the HT-101 for issues with Neo2s blowing directly onto the video card.. not good..

And the Hyper 6 gets beaten by the XP-120 in temps..
http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/cooling/air/heatsinks/thermalright/xp120/

[Indolentron]

well, heres the newegg reviews for the hyper 6, i didnt link newegg in the first place because price is a factor.

http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/FeedBack/CustratingReview.asp?item=N82E16835103144

Hyper 6 seems better than the HT101, and is a lot cheaper than the xp-120

prices would be probably about $50 for the hyper 6 with two fans and shipping, $57.50 for the HT-101 with just one fan, $59 for the 7700-Cu, and $75 for the XP-120 without fan.

[Indolentron]

I need more opininos :-/ the really good deal could run out of stock

[Indolentron]

ah fuck it noone else is talking i'm just gonna order the hyper 6

[Indolentron]

wout!

Cooler Master KHC-V81-U1 KHC-V81-U1-19 1 27.99
Hyper 6 Copper Heatpipe
CPU Cooler for Intel P4 &
AMD K8 Socket
478/754/940/939
Arctic Cooling 80x25mm ACAFANPRO2L 2 5.99
Arctic Fan Pro 2L
32.3/43.1CFM 14/22dBA
SVC Acrylic 80mm "Atomic" FG80AT-BLU 2 1.25
Grille - Blue
Black Case Thumb Screws TSCREW-BLK 2 0.25
Dual 3-Pin to 4-Pin DUAL3-4PIN 2 0.99
Adapter
Subtotal 44.95
Shipping 9.68
Tax 0.00
Total 54.63

[Mr Urt]

Well, I was gonna recommend the xp-120 (http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835109118), but I guess it's a bit late.

[Indolentron]

Well, I was gonna recommend the xp-120 (http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835109118), but I guess it's a bit late.
that's been mentioned; price is a bit high for me. i paid $55 with shipping for the heatsink, fans, a couple grills i might or might not use, some thumb screws, and a pin converter cable. the xp-120 is like $75 with shipping but *without* fan.

[Lollan]

XP-120 = $43, Newegg severely overprices Thermalright products, got my XP-90 for $29, $43.99 at Newegg.
http://www.bestbyteinc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSK-TRI-XP12&variation=

[Indolentron]

XP-120 = $43, Newegg severely overprices Thermalright products, got my XP-90 for $29, $43.99 at Newegg.
http://www.bestbyteinc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSK-TRI-XP12&variation=
well whatever, the hyper 6 was $28 before any accessories. (major sale, 44% off)

[Maniac]

I would have went with the Zalman :/

[Indolentron]

I would have went with the Zalman :/
and whysat

[Indolentron]

*edit* oops nm

[Indolentron]

about to change my mind....

I've got a few big concerns
1 - the huge size, its a 1kg frickin object hanging off the side of your mobo; doesnt seem safe
2 - the fan arrangement - on a K8 mobo it can only be set to blow straight into the psu, it cant be turned to blow to the back of the case. wouldnt be good for overall case airflow

i should have thought this out better before i ordered, and took other peoples advice. i'm going to read up a little more and then probably cancel my order and get either a zalman 7700 or a xp-120

[Svperstar]

Go with the Zalman, I am running the 7000 Cu, I love it, quiet, cools very well, and looks damn cool :P

The 7700 is even better then the 7000 which is already great.

[Indolentron]

Go with the Zalman, I am running the 7000 Cu, I love it, quiet, cools very well, and looks damn cool :P

The 7700 is even better then the 7000 which is already great.
I didnt put the xp-120 on the list cuz i thought it was too expensive; newegg mislead me, they had it at 68 while it is as low as 43 on other sites. From what i've heard, the hyper-6 was the only thing that cooled comparably to the xp-120, and i dont like that i cant replace the fan on the zalman if i decide i dont like it.

[Indolentron]

and look how sexy.... :fap:
http://www.bestbyteinc.com/images/HSK-TRI-XP12.jpg

[Indolentron]

look good? only $8 shipping.

Thermalright XP-120 Heatsink, No Fan, P4,478 K8,754/939/940
Item: HSK-TRI-XP12 Price: $43.00
$43.00
120mm Chrome Fan Wire Guard, 8 Ring
DY-FG12
Item: FAN-WG-12C Price: $0.99
$0.99
Thermaltake A1928 Thunderblade 12cm Fan / Green
Item: FAN-TTA-A1928 Price: $7.00
$7.00
fan is 78cfm, 21dBA

[Indolentron]

ordered that last thing i posted. gonna return the behemoth. participation rep for all in thread. i have no doubts about the xp-120, think i will be quite happy with it

[Lollan]

Im so proud :mecry:

[Blighter]

Don't like the HT-101 for issues with Neo2s blowing directly onto the video card.. not good..


wth? Aerocool HT-101 blows the air right to the PSU, not to the video card, making it efficient considering the case airflow..

And it has got a 80mm fan, not 70 as newegg seems to show..

robot, u don't know what u r missing :(

snif

[Lollan]

wth? Aerocool HT-101 blows the air right to the PSU, not to the video card, making it efficient considering the case airflow..

And it has got a 80mm fan, not 70 as newegg seems to show..

robot, u don't know what u r missing :(

snif

You didn't read my post.. ON MY BOARD it blows on the video card.

And he wont care what he's "missing" because he'll have a more efficient heatsink... quieter and cooling just as well if not better.

120mm > 80mm

[Indolentron]

yea, hyper 6 is like a bigger badder ht-101, and the xp-120 beats it by like 2.5 degrees on a64's.

[Indolentron]

zomg comes in today! ordered wednesday, but i had clicked back on the order form to fix something, and the selection for payment method defaulted back to paypal instead of credit card, so i didnt actually get the order processed next (thurs) when i found out that i had to pay by paypal, and did so. shipped yesterday, and its already on truck for delivery 30 mins from here :D cuz the place is based in texas. rox.

[Blighter]

You didn't read my post.. ON MY BOARD it blows on the video card.

And he wont care what he's "missing" because he'll have a more efficient heatsink... quieter and cooling just as well if not better.

120mm > 80mm

12cm>8cm doesn't matter in this case, since the heatsink design is so different. I'd bet ht101 beats that thing or atleast comes very damn close. How can it blow on the vga card, can you explain? You've got your VGA card installed over the cpu? lol

you know, the default ht-101 cooler doesn't make noise at all.. can't hear it over the other fans i have.. imo ht-101 can't be beaten for it's small size and weight.. not have to weight like 2kg to get decent cooling, like it seems with the stuff u so heartily seem to suggest..

[Lollan]

Can't find the complaint link at the moment, ill keep searching, but it was something to do with the bracket being turned 90 degrees, will keep looking.

HT-101 Weight: 470G
XP-120 Weight: 370G

That would mean the XP-120 is not only lighter, but more efficient and quieter, which would allow you to turn it up and increase the airflow rate that it's already beating the HT-101s by.

[opus512]

Just cause a fan moves more air doesn't mean it cools any better if it's just blowing hot air around the inside of a case.

[Lollan]

Just cause a fan moves more air doesn't mean it cools any better if it's just blowing hot air around the inside of a case.

It's been a proven fact that the XP-120 (well, any of them other than the Hyper 6) are really good heatsinks and do more than just blow air around inside of a case. To be honest, none of these heatsinks "own" the other.. main reason im taking up for the 120 is because I change it to fit my needs... if I absolutely need absolute silence I can put on a 120mm Vantec or something similar, If im feeling crazy, a Delta (:eek:) :lol:

[opus512]

Well I'm just saying there's more to cooling then how much air the fan moves is all ;)

I just wanted to be involved in the conversation :mecry:

[opus512]

It's been a proven fact that the XP-120 (well, any of them other than the Hyper 6) are really good heatsinks and do more than just blow air around inside of a case. To be honest, none of these heatsinks "own" the other.. main reason im taking up for the 120 is because I change it to fit my needs... if I absolutely need absolute silence I can put on a 120mm Vantec or something similar, If im feeling crazy, a Delta (:eek:) :lol:
I used to have this fan on my basic Thermalrite copper fin something something Athlon XP level heatsink.

http://www.bestbyteinc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=FAN-SUN-8UH

Big MoFo of da fans, man.

I took it off because it was too loud. And for me, too loud has to be too fucking loud. I have an Antec SXxxxx style case, all four 80 mm case fans filled with semi quiet Startech 80 mm fans, and the thing was just too damn loud. I had it in my acrylic case when I had that and it was even louder, heh.

Now I just have an Antec LED 80 mm on the Thermalrite. I can still bump it form the stock 2500+ to register as a 3000+ with like a 2f bump in temp so I don't need the cooling.

But you want a fuckin' gnarly fan man, grab that Sunon. Sucker will knock you over, heh. Held it in my hand with it on and it about took off, heh heh. The reverse cowl on the backside of it's pretty cool, too. Bigg bastrad at 38 mm high though. Sucks down over 9 watts, heh, 84 CFM. You can almost hear the bearings clicking when you spin it :lol:

[edit] That sites a great place to shop, too. Used to buy a lot of stuff for resell there when I had my store. Great prices, slow but reliable shipping, fair customer service.

[Lollan]

Yea, Ive played with a few older Sunons at work before (we've got tupperware containers filled with older hardware and used parts, all sorted by type) bastards are loud, but I could dry my hair with em... and I have quite a bit of hair nowadays :P

[Blighter]

Just cause a fan moves more air doesn't mean it cools any better if it's just blowing hot air around the inside of a case.
word.

Stryker, like i said, those two heatsinks are so different from each other. the xp-120 just blows the air against the heatsink,which is bad for air circulation. the idea in ht-101 is superior, pulling cool air from bottom of the case and blows it to the psu to blow out of the case. i got the weight mixed up with some other product, sorry about that. i dunno where this anti aerocool attitude comes from, but u can't deny the fact the the design is a lot better in HT-101 than in the xp-120 and most other "normal design" coolers. i still say ht-101 is better and more efficient due to the airflow fact. and thats IMO, you are entitled to your own opinions.. :)

edit: AND, it's all copper =)

[Blighter]

plus, u didnt include any fans in the weight, 12cm fan weights more than a 8cm, the fan they recommend on your link weights 270g...:rolleyes:

[Indolentron]

plus, u didnt include any fans in the weight, 12cm fan weights more than a 8cm, the fan they recommend on your link weights 270g...:rolleyes:
i dont know why they reccomended that fan, this one is higher cfm, lower dBA, and weights a lot less http://www.bestbyteinc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=FAN-TTA-A1928
plus, the weight is closer to the mobo than in a tower heatsink.

as far as overall airflow goes, i'm not the expert, so i could be way off, but it seems to me that air blown toward the mobo on the top and back sides (while case is standing up) would divert to the PSU and exhaust, while the bottom and front would cool the north bridge and RAM. sounds good to me :dunno:

[opus512]

What you want in a case is air flow, meaning coolr air flowing and and hot air being exhausted. From your case pic in the other thread I would run your side and front fans blowing in and your top and back fans blowing out. Otherwise you're just blowing hot air around inside the case. The fact that one fan blows over a certain spot don't mean dick if it's just blowing hot case air around. You want even air flow case wide.

[Indolentron]

From your case pic in the other thread I would run your side and front fans blowing in and your top and back fans blowing out.
that's exactly how i have it

[opus512]

:bigthumb:

[Lollan]

If you must have all copper, there is a version of the XP-90 in all copper.

Ive read that it's really hard to get the HT-101 to actually line up with your exhaust fan as well, but if it does line up, thats good too.

Im glad my heatsink blows air out around other areas, it keeps my memory extremely cool, not a bit of warmth on the dimms whatsoever, it used to be rather hot (even with heatspreaders) with the retail heatsink.

Circulation wise, the HT-101 does look better, Im not going to argue that, but for overall cooling, im standing my ground. Besides, its not hard at all to rig up a ventialltion duct from the heatsink anyways. I've seen it done with a cut up cereal box before :lol:

[Blighter]

yep well whatever, we both then stand our ground :P the ht-101 still blows the air up, even if it doesn't line up perfectly with the psu. i noticed that the fan cools the nortbridge just as well, sucking cool air through it. ram cooling isn't required, it doesn't mean a damn thing if air is blown on the memory or not..:P

now.. nice weather..

[Lollan]

Fan doesnt really need to line up, the hot air will get pulled right out by either the PSU or Exhaust fans anyways.. so it's all good :)

This has been a fun debate.

[sj_hurst]

ht-101 gets my vote. cpu temps aside, it's superior design at least insures cooler case temps. :bigthumb:

[Lollan]

ht-101 gets my vote. cpu temps aside, it's superior design at least insures cooler case temps. :bigthumb:

Shit man, Im running 15 - 17 degrees Celsius all day long :grrf:

[sj_hurst]

all thx to the Zalman, no doubt. 'Zalman cpu coolers: best thing since sliced bread' :P

seriously tho, it's just a matter of opinion. I simply like the design of the ht-101 a bit more. Zalman gets props too for making an effective cpu cooler. so hey, whatever floats ur boat. ;)

[Lollan]

all thx to the Zalman, no doubt. 'Zalman cpu coolers: best thing since sliced bread' :P

seriously tho, it's just a matter of opinion. I simply like the design of the ht-101 a bit more. Zalman gets props too for making an effective cpu cooler. so hey, whatever floats ur boat. ;)

Im running an XP-90 actually..

[sj_hurst]

what of it? i already noticed that earlier in the thread. :D

[sj_hurst]

my bad. I thought the XP's were Zalmans.

[Blighter]

all thx to the Zalman, no doubt. 'Zalman cpu coolers: best thing since sliced bread' :P

seriously tho, it's just a matter of opinion. I simply like the design of the ht-101 a bit more. Zalman gets props too for making an effective cpu cooler. so hey, whatever floats ur boat. ;)
w00000t!!!!1 :) u rock :grouphug: reps

[Blighter]

This has been a fun debate.

Yup, both are good ones :)

Shit man, Im running 15 - 17 degrees Celsius all day long :grrf:

err....... u sure about that? 15c is A LITTLE too low for air cooling, considering the room temp is around 22c i assume?

[Lollan]

Yup, both are good ones :)



err....... u sure about that? 15c is A LITTLE too low for air cooling, considering the room temp is around 22c i assume?

Would you like for me to put a thermometer in my room? :P

I told you my stuff was cold to the touch, I wasn't joking. 15 C is definitely the low end of that spectrum, spending more time at 17, but it does occasionally dip that low in the morning.

[Blighter]

Would you like for me to put a thermometer in my room? :P

I told you my stuff was cold to the touch, I wasn't joking. 15 C is definitely the low end of that spectrum, spending more time at 17, but it does occasionally dip that low in the morning.
lol. where u live, Greenland? lol north pole? how about antarctic? :lol: