Super Cheap HeatPipe coolers

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natopotato

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Hey guys iv got some equipment lying around and im building a HTPC and also iv just build an e4300 pc.

I want to upgrade to a super quite large heatsink low rpm heatpipe solution that will be super quiet....

I dont want to pay 40-60bux a piece for each pc. i went on ebay and found some very nice looking very large heatpipe heatsinks from stock dell's... now i know dell uses a proprietary mounting system but has anybody successfully converted these with custom brackets... any success at all??

I tried searching but came up with nothing... any info on this would be great
 
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Heh I was going to recommend a Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme and just run it passively...

But then I saw your budget.

Those Dell ones look decent. Not sure about the noise though.. .you may have to buy a fan controller
 
those are pretty big though mounting might be tricky. you could probably steal some mounting hardware from another heatsink and use it on those, might take some modding though. also doesnt look like they have fans.
 
Dont like the look of the slot down the middle of the base bottom. that would be a show stopper.

it appears they were for dual processors with cpus mounted fairly close side by side, if it was not for the slot in the base you probally could have drilled mounting holes in the huge base and hacksawed off what you diddnt need. But I would pass.
 
I have very quiet fans already that i will use. I will keep you posted on the setup and let you know my temps etc with these... at 8bux a piece shipped i cant go wrong better then 40+x3...

THANKS for the imput!!
 
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