Need a recommendation on cheap 939 cooling

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Stealth5325

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Building a computer for a client, and I need a cooler for my 3200+ winchester.
Gotta be cheap, and silent is a boost.
Someone have a suggestion?
 
That would be my recommendation, either stick with the stock cooler or nab something like the XP-90 from jab-tech with a fan for $29.99. You can use software to help silence the fan or replace it with something like a panaflo down the road.
 
Nothing wrong with the stock thermal solution.

- Shin Etsu thermal pad is surprisingly good
- Heatsink body offers quite a bit of surface area
- 70mm fan offers a good balance between noise and performance

If you still want something different, the Arctic Cooling/Scythe Silencer 64 Ultra is a good solution for the money (92mm fan!).
 
I used the Stock cooler on my 3200 winnie for ages. was hardly noticable. and very good performance. Almost the same as my WC on lowest RAD fan settings. get the AMD PIB and one comes with it... solved
 
I use a Alpha PAL8150, it kick serious ass, they have been in the HS busness longer than people have been upgradeing HS on there computer... (industrial)

From my experence-
Pros:
Cheap!
Quality is top notch
Copper base
Alum. pins (pins before swiftech was a gleam in its daddys eye)
Desinged to suck air out of HS (makes it easy to duct hot CPU air out of case)
LARGE!

Cons
Heavy (if you condisder this a problem)
**It requirest AMDs first spec'd metal mounting plate (most are plastice now and dont work)
NO fan (this could be pro as you get to pick your own)

Here is a review


Im not sure how it compares to the thermalright XP-90. But both kick ass.For 29.99 you can go wrong with either, you shoould be able to get either one of them for 30 shipped. Wit hthe one major con, If you have a plastic backplate on your mobo, you mught as well go with the thermalright XP-90 becaure the price of the Alpha gose up if you have to but a metal style backplate for it to mount onto..

I run my Alpha on a 3800+ with the fan on high (55cmf spec) iv toped out at 2800Mhz 1.72v, when i at home i run the fan at 6.2v and the CPU stock. I cant hear the fan at all, and it keeps my stock CPU around 36c...


-hope I helped
 
Thermaltake Silent Boost K8 for the price it can't be beat, since it comes with the fan. . It's damn quiet too. Using one on my 3000+ Newcastle / 754. Temps 36C Idle / 50C load and this is in a case deliberately built for quiet, not super-cooling.
 
For the love of god, no thermaltake...poo poo quality and poo poo materials... Ever thermaltake HS IV come in contact with has copper than look like no copper I have every seen. Me thinks is not as pure as others..

Spend the extra 6 bucks and get the XP90, or maybe the alpha i listed
 
xp-90 for sure, its worth the extra money. Mine keeps my 3000+ running around 95F under a load when overclocked to 2.6ghz , 1.62volts.
 
The XP-120 will cool the ram too - go for that. A cap touches one of the heatpipes, but it doesn't apply any pressure.
 
ColinR said:
The XP-120 will cool the ram too - go for that. A cap touches one of the heatpipes, but it doesn't apply any pressure.
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thas overkill expecially for the price, Read his post dude... Cheap and quite..the XP120 can be quite, but its not cheap. And RAM cooling, LMAO... Because that s really needed, even on an overclcoked box its not nessarry and dosnt really do anyhting..

If its for a clients computer, the cooler matser i linked above will be more than enought. the XP90 is even overkill..
 
I(illa Bee said:
For the love of god, no thermaltake...poo poo quality and poo poo materials... Ever thermaltake HS IV come in contact with has copper than look like no copper I have every seen. Me thinks is not as pure as others..
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I've used 3 Tt Silent Boost fans and they are 2nd best heatsinks I've ever used, and they are only second to my many Zalman 7000 series. The Silent Boost is a heck of a HSF.
 
malingjc said:
I've used 3 Tt Silent Boost fans and they are 2nd best heatsinks I've ever used, and they are only second to my many Zalman 7000 series. The Silent Boost is a heck of a HSF.
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Exactly, Thermaltakes is secound to the only real HS you have used. Zalmens are great, you say so your self. Clearly you have not used a thermalright and swiftech HS before. :p

I had a silent boost once in a comptuer at the shop. It was far what wht most would call quite...

Lets see who agrees with me....
 
Don't even bother, just use the stock....I've heard of people running so cool on Winchester's that the fan can turn off at points when Cool 'N Quiet is running. :eek: But yeah, stock is your best bet.
 
tsuehpsyde said:
Don't even bother, just use the stock....I've heard of people running so cool on Winchester's that the fan can turn off at points when Cool 'N Quiet is running. :eek: But yeah, stock is your best bet.
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Yea, when im no gamming on my machine, i turn my 3800+ to stock and turn on cool and quite and set the temp threshold at 51c and my CPU fan remains off for about 5 mins after boot them it turns on to like half speed (wherer i cant even hear it)

In not useing stock, and have a newcastle...
 
I(illa Bee said:
Exactly, Thermaltakes is secound to the only real HS you have used. Zalmens are great, you say so your self. Clearly you have not used a thermalright and swiftech HS before. :p

I had a silent boost once in a comptuer at the shop. It was far what wht most would call quite...

Lets see who agrees with me....
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How the hell do you define silence? I've used all kinds of heatsinks, and when a friend asks me what kind of cheap HSF he can get that will do the job and be the quietest rotating component in his PC I always recommend the silentboost.

It's a pretty decent HSF - period, and can't be beaten for the price it can be found at. The fan on top is panaflo 80mm L1A which sets the gold standard for what a quiet fan should sound like, and the base is solid copper with soldered fins. I've never pushed a CPU over 45c with one of these on top, and that's all kinds of architectures, at all different manner of voltages...

I agree that most Tt products are complete junk, but I've got 3 variants of the silentboost on machines around the house. If you think I'm happy with them because I don't know any better, you're out of luck as I have 2 zalman 7000 series sinks, and the thermalright 948u on other machines I use.

I w/c both of my high perf rigs, but for the machines that are just doing routine tasks (guest gamer, firewall, folding, roommate's computers) I wouldn't have any doubts about putting on a silentboost...
 
Are you saying the silenboost has a panaflo 80mm L1A... i think not, and thermaltake is known for listing DBA specs that dont seem right. Considering, i can hear the solent boost fan over a sunnon fan next to it thats rated 31dba. (i was jsut at the shop)
 
http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/volcano/rs/a1889a.htm

How many fan manufacturers do you know that use hydro wave bearings?

Still don't believe me? Take the Tt sticker off of the fan on top of your HSF, it says panaflo blahblahblahL1A on it...

I(illa Bee said:
Are you saying the silenboost has a panaflo 80mm L1A... i think not, and thermaltake is known for listing DBA specs that dont seem right. Considering, i can hear the solent boost fan over a sunnon fan next to it thats rated 31dba. (i was jsut at the shop)
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I(illa Bee said:
Ill take a look at it tonnight see what under the sticker...
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It's a Panaflo FBL08A12M. The distinctive cage gives it away. YOU make not like Tt, but for the price these coolers can't be beat. I've seen them as cheap as $20. And it is copper, not aluminum, and quite hefty.
 
qdemn7 said:
It's a Panaflo FBL08A12M. The distinctive cage gives it away. YOU make not like Tt, but for the price these coolers can't be beat. I've seen them as cheap as $20. And it is copper, not aluminum, and quite hefty.
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Intresing, I have never seen that panflo before.. cool. Yea i still dont like thermaltake crap. If it was 20$, mabey, but its listed for 29$ and well that can beat a XP90 with the fan.

Still glad to see a good fan on it.
 
qdemn7 said:
It's a Panaflo FBL08A12M. The distinctive cage gives it away. YOU make not like Tt, but for the price these coolers can't be beat. I've seen them as cheap as $20. And it is copper, not aluminum, and quite hefty.
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Well i pulled the fan off of the top of my silentboost, and you're right on the model number, I suppose that the unusual numbering scheme is because of the custom shape of the fan's frame.

Seems to share its noise and flow characteristics with the L1A though...
 
dewhite said:
The fan on top is panaflo 80mm L1A which sets the gold standard for what a quiet fan should sound like, and the base is solid copper with soldered fins.
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It is a Panaflo M1A. Panasonic rates it at 32cfm and 28dBA. Thermaltake rates it at 28cfm and 21dBA. A small decrease in airflow but a very large decrease in noise output to the "magical" number very typical of Thermaltake. It has been proven that the side air slits don't really do anything.
 
_Korruption_ said:
It is a Panaflo M1A. Panasonic rates it at 32cfm and 28dBA. Thermaltake rates it at 28cfm and 21dBA. A small decrease in airflow but a very large decrease in noise output to the "magical" number very typical of Thermaltake. It has been proven that the side air slits don't really do anything.
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I was getting at that...
 
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