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![]() I forgot one thing : while using a 92mm fan, some of the airflow doesn't cool down the cooler itself. In some of the reviews I've read better results were achieved with 80mm fans (smaller 'dead spot' etc.). Do you think it would be a good idea? Plz remeber, that I'm a silence-maniac, so the 80mm solution can't be loud (although not completely noiseless, I'm not that mad ![]()
__________________ AMD AXP-M 11x220 1.675v| Epox 8RDA3+ PRO 1.4| Thermalright SLK900U /Y.S.Tech 92mm| 2x512MB Mushkin PC3200 L.II V2| Sapphire Radeon 9800 PRO@XT| S.B. Live 5.1| Maxtor 120GB| Seagate 80GB| Teac CD-W540E| Asus DVD| BeQuiet Blackline 450W| Chieftec BX| Iiyama HM704UTc| Last edited by MietmaN; 3rd April, 2005 at 11:44 PM. |
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I've no personal experience with the SLK900U, but I've used the ALK900U which is the Aluminum/Copper variant, and it is quite nice. I know SteveI is quite happy with his SLKxxx HS (he's got like 6 of them or something; both SLK900 and SLK947). Theoretically, an 80mm fan will be more efficient than a 92mm fan, but I wouldn't think the difference would be that great. |
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In terms of cooling, both are good choices. I have a 900a with 9cm fan, and it is an excellent socket A cooler. It uses the 3 pronged clip, so it is only good for socket A. I have a 947 w/ 9cm fan, and it is about as good. It bolts down, and works with socket a & s478. I'm not sure why it won't work with s939. It is true that a 8cm fan is more "efficient" but there are side benefits to 9cm fans.... you get a lot of secondary cooling with 9cm.... northbridge, mofsets and such benefit from the increased airflow in the area. Most of my PCs use 9cm fans to cool the CPU for this reason. I'm a bit partial to thermalrights: 948,947,900a, 2x sk7, sk6+.
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the SLK range are probably the best none heatpipe heatsinks available, thermalright are generally the best for performance/practicality |
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![]() Thank you for all the answers - I just wanted to hear some users' opinions and I did (reviews are reviews, some are good, some decent and some @#$% ![]() Still I can only look at it - I don't know when I'm coming back home. ![]()
__________________ AMD AXP-M 11x220 1.675v| Epox 8RDA3+ PRO 1.4| Thermalright SLK900U /Y.S.Tech 92mm| 2x512MB Mushkin PC3200 L.II V2| Sapphire Radeon 9800 PRO@XT| S.B. Live 5.1| Maxtor 120GB| Seagate 80GB| Teac CD-W540E| Asus DVD| BeQuiet Blackline 450W| Chieftec BX| Iiyama HM704UTc| Last edited by MietmaN; 5th April, 2005 at 01:54 PM. |
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![]() I came back from Germany on tuesday morning and yet today afternoon I had enough time to install my SLK900U. The backplate collides with one of my motherboard's mounting holes (the one at the top, on the right side of socket), so I had to remove one of those (how on earth is it called in English? it isn't a screw - the thing screwed to the case with a hole for another screw). Otherwise it would collide with the backplate and make the whole mobo bent in a dangerous way. I also had to bend some fins of my Zalman passive NB cooling - not the taller ones, but the shorter ones, surprisingly. The heatsink is great, really. At 10.5x225 1.625v (bios) it was much more efficient than my old Pentagram QC80-Cu (92mm Y.S.Tech fan at 1600rpm vs. Pentagram at 2100rpm), so I decided to raise my OC a little bit. Now I'm running at 11x220 1.675v (bios) and temperatures under load (Prime95 Large FFTs, definately the hottest test of all Prime tests) are 2-3C better than with Pentagram and the previous settings. I guess it's now as efficient as Zalman 7000Cu. To sum up - I'm very pleased. ![]() Btw. Today I got a brand new SI-97 for that old, broken one. I didn't even give it a try, as I don't trust those heat pipes anymore. Gonna sell it as quickly as possible.
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