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Aeroflow or Silent Boost?

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Cow-Man00

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Ok, so right now I've got a Barton 2500+ running at stock speeds with the same Thermaltake Volcano 7+ I had on my old Thunderbird 1Ghz. I want to push this Barton up to 2.2Ghz when I get some DDR-400 but I want to replace the volcano before doing so. Frankly, having to adjust the fan from "silent crappy cooling" to "blazingly loud, less-crappy cooling" is getting irritating. On the medium setting I'm getting about 45C, but I've seen benchmarks with the Thermaltake silent boost and the Vantec Aeroflow that promise much lower temps at a much less irritating decible level. The problem is that I can't find ANY benchmark that pits the two heatsinks against each other. Anyone got any ideas? If there's another one out there that offers better cooling at the same or better volumes, plz let me know!
 
I have a silent boost and love it, if that is any consolation. Its basically a copper fin system (like an SLK-800) with a panaflo fan on the top (it really is a panaflo fan) so it doesnt perform stellarly but that is the cost of being quiet.
 
what Mobo do you have?
if you can, get the Zalman CNPS 7000A-AlCu
if you cant, then get the Thermal Take Silent Boost, i have one and it performs great :D
 
I got the Aeroflow, I love it. My idle temps are around 35C and load it is around 40-45C. Very quiet too.
 
I've got a Leadtek K7NCR18 and I think the final digit is either D or G. At any rate, the form factor is the same. I've heard that the Zalman heatsink is a pretty big one, and that you need to check on their website for compatability. I saw it compared to the Volcano 7+ of all things and it seemed to get about 4-5C cooler than the max setting of the Volcano, but will perform the same if I end up OCing my Barton to 2.2Ghz?
 
Originally posted by ST|FFY
what Mobo do you have?
if you can, get the Zalman CNPS 7000A-AlCu
if you cant, then get the Thermal Take Silent Boost, i have one and it performs great :D
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*Agrees*
 
Originally posted by Cow-Man00
but will perform the same if I end up OCing my Barton to 2.2Ghz?
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as "the same" do u mean ratio wise vs. the volcano?
if yes, then of couse it will :D

do remember to check Zalaman's website to see if ur mobo is compatible with the HSF
 
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