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Which Heatsink to use?

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PawNtheSandman

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I have an Athlon XP 3000 with a thermaltake Volcano 9 heatsink with a Smart Fan 2 turned all the way down and I am running idle at 54c and load at 59c. If I turn the tornado fan all the way up I can get in the mid 40's but it sounds like a jet is taking off in my room.


Should I stay with the ThermalTake Volcano 9
Or use the ThermalTake SLK-800 which I also have?
 
or the XP-120 it works very well and with the right 120mm fan at a low speed you can get great overclocks and low temps without the noise of highpowered 800mm fans
 
I don't overclock.

I just want to know which heatsink would cool better using the SAME fan.
 
I love my Thermalright SLK-800. I would bet money that it can run circles around the Thermaltake cooler as it has a much more sophisticated design with thinner fins and an all-copper construction. I would switch.

P.S. Can you describe the rest of your cooling setup? There may be some additional things you can do to keep things cooler.
 
Ok I switched heatsinks and for the hell of it added 2 case fans.

With the Smart Fan set on JET STREAM

Case: 25c
CPU Diode: 33c
CPU Socket: 42c


With the Smart Fan set on low

Case: 25c
CPU Diode: 36c
CPU Socket: 46c
 
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