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Need to purchase a heatsink. Which one do you think cools the best?

SI-120
XP-120
XP-90c this 90 being of course the copper one.

BTW this is for an Opteron 165 in a DFI Lanparty UT SLI-DR Expert.
 
Just bought an SI-120 with a ultra high speed Panaflo for my 170 on the same board. Should be here Friday. All are good choices, but the XP-120 doesn't fit sometimes and is a squeeze when it does. And the 90C weighs a ton, so if you plan to move it around a lot that could be an issue, but if you've made it this far chances are you know all this. Post what you decide and we'll compare results.
 
Well from what i've read, the 90c cools better than the si-120. But a nice 92mm is going to be louder than a 120.

Edit. Think i'll go with the si-120. Doesn't cool quite as well but it will be quiet.
I also read this on a forum "DFI does not recommend the XP-90c due to its weight. Instead they recommend the XP/SI-120."

I'd have to look into it but no need. I'll go with the SI-120.
 
OrAnGe said:
Well from what i've read, the 90c cools better than the si-120. But a nice 92mm is going to be louder than a 120.
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The 90c's weight would be my biggest concern, since I'd wager that a lot of the performance difference can be levelled by being at 120mm rather than 92mm. Plus, as mentioned, the 90c weighs a LOT - so LANners beware.

I have the XP120 on a LANPartyUT NF4 Ultra-D cooling my 165, and boy it's a snug fit. It completely covers the bottom two DIMMs, making it tricky (but not impossible) to get memory in there once the HSF is installed. The SI-120, as I understand it, gets rid of a lot of the clearance issues... so that's what I'd go with.
 
I had an xp-90 and it worked great. Was pretty heavy and a pain in the ass to get on because the clips are right under the fins of the heatsink. My hands paid the price installing it. I took my comp to lans with the xp-90 and had no problem with it.

You can purchase some pretty quiet 120mm fans. I went with an adjustable fan speed one and had it on low and it cooled very well.
 
ElektronikSeraph said:
The 90c's weight would be my biggest concern, since I'd wager that a lot of the performance difference can be levelled by being at 120mm rather than 92mm. Plus, as mentioned, the 90c weighs a LOT - so LANners beware.

I have the XP120 on a LANPartyUT NF4 Ultra-D cooling my 165, and boy it's a snug fit. It completely covers the bottom two DIMMs, making it tricky (but not impossible) to get memory in there once the HSF is installed. The SI-120, as I understand it, gets rid of a lot of the clearance issues... so that's what I'd go with.
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It wouldn't be a problem if the memory was already in and then you put the heatsink on would it? or is the xp120 installation harder when you do it that way?
 
Neurotic-Turtle said:
It wouldn't be a problem if the memory was already in and then you put the heatsink on would it? or is the xp120 installation harder when you do it that way?
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It would be easier that way, sure. But really, it's not that hard to remove/install memory as it is. I swapped my memory after installing the heatsink, and it took some finger bending and a bit of figuring-out but it didn't add more than a couple minutes to it. Just stare at it blankly for a while and it'll come. :)

Plus, I doubt it's as bad (hopefully not worse) on other boards than on the DFI NF4 boards, but I don't know.
 
i like my xp-120. it fit on my old asus p4p800s and fits on my asrock dual-sata2
 
Hello,

I'm new to this forum, so dont know where to post my question.

I am looking for a 200mm fan or a 25mm fann.

Does any body know a store where i can buy?

Other format's are also okey, it has to be bigger than 120mm.

I have seen some 200mm fans and those wre realy quiet and cooling extreme,

please help ,e
 
something like this?
big-fan.jpg


I would say best bet is to google it
 
As you know, the picture was a joke :) I am still looking to see what I can find for you. Whats this 200mm fan going to be used for?
 
Yea, it looks really like a cool fan!

i am going to mod my PC, i have a powermac G5 case, and i want to install my Pentium 4 into it.

For the cooling i want to use 2 big fans, then i can cool the PSU, processor, hd, morherboard, and it is really quiet.

I have seen some fans of that format, but can't find them anymore,

i know ther are soem of 200mm and 250mm
 
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