Opteron 170 air cooling question

[MrSteel74]

I got a good deal on a Opteron 170 and I'll have it by the end of the week. I was wondering what would be better for trying to do some ocing on it using the AMD 4 heatpipe heatsink or my trusty XP-90?

 

[NordicRX8]

Since you're talking about the AMD heatpiped HS rather than the non-heatpipe version... either HS will work well.

Every Opteron I've purchased has had an issue with higher than "normal" temps (just my luck).... so I've removed the IHS on every Opteron I've owned/sold, and have been using the Zalman 9500 on them (using a modified bolt system) instead of any of the "clamp down" Heatsinks.

Hopefully, your 170's temps are "normal" and you don't need to remove the IHS, and can use either HS.

 

[THRESHIN]

besides nordics temps being weird, i'd agree. both heatsinks are right on par. madshrimps did a comparison and if anything the stock heatpipe amd cooler is a touch better....but so little its negligable.

 

[MrSteel74]

I looked up that madshrimps article and they are both pretty much the same I'll just stick with my XP-90 that way I don't have to remove the motherboard and replace the mounting bracket. Thanks for the heads up.