"Best" heatsink for use with NO MB Mounting holes.

Cerestes · Post by **Cerestes** » Mon May 17, 2004 10:24 am

Morning all,

I'm currently looking for the 'best' heatsink I can get for two AMD systems.

Quiet is most definately key, though of course I'd like the most effecient HS possible... The stock fan isn't particularly important, I can replace it with a panflow if necessary.

Problem is, neither system's motherboard has extra mounting holes for the heatsink.

The two systems are an older AMD T-Bird (1.4 ghz), and a newer AMD system that is currently lacking a chip. Looking towards the fastest mobile barton that I can find...

Any specific suggestions? I was really hoping to use the SP-97 until I saw the new MB didn't have mounting holes =/

fabre · Post by **fabre** » Mon May 17, 2004 10:32 am

The Nexus AXP-3200 is the hsf recommended at www.endpcnoise.com , doesn't require mounting holes and supposed to be very quiet.

Otherwise I believe the Thermalright SLK-900-A Heatsink doesn't require mounting holes.

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Mon May 17, 2004 1:19 pm

How about the Zalman 7000A-AlCu?

smifou · Post by **smifou** » Mon May 17, 2004 1:39 pm

thermalright slk800A or 900A ?
i use the 800A on my no hole mobo and I dont worry when moving my comupter

Gxcad · Post by **Gxcad** » Mon May 17, 2004 2:26 pm

Ralf, AFAIK the 7000A still needs mounting holes for amd.

-Ken

pandamonium54 · Post by **pandamonium54** » Mon May 17, 2004 3:32 pm

Thermalright SLK-800A or SLK-900A. The nexus only accomodates 70mm fans without adapters. All the Thermalright models accomodate various sized fans right out of the box.

The 900A supports (IIRC) 70mm, 80mm, 92mm fans to be mounted in standard configs.

The 800A supports 70mm and 80mm fans by default, and can accomodate a 92mm fan mounted 45 degrees offset from the standard mounting orientation.

I have both; they cool Barton 2500+'s beautifully, and are rated to handle AMD's best. My preferred config utilizes an 80mm Panaflow L1A on an undervolted CPU. (Each of the three Bartons I own stably boot and run at stock speeds at 1.25V; they can usually be brought down to 1.15 after bootup too.)

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Tue May 18, 2004 4:58 am

Gxcad wrote:Ralf, AFAIK the 7000A still needs mounting holes for amd.

-Ken

Oops, not being an AMD guy, I sort of assumed that "S462 compatible" meant it used a clip so that it would be compatible with S462 boards. Silly me!

My bad.

Post by **Rusty075** » Tue May 18, 2004 6:08 am

Ralf, please stick to the Intel-only threads...you can only do damage in here.

As previously posted, the 900A should be one of the ones to look at, just be sure to check ThermalRight's site to be sure your board is compatible. Most are, but a couple of minutes of double-checking could save you hours of frustration later.

The Swiftech MCX462-V should be on your list as well. I use one with a very low flow 92mm fan on my XP-M 2500. The compatibility for it seems to be better than the 900A, so it might work if the ThermalRight does not.

It's a bit counter-intuitive, but be aware that the T-bird 1.4 system is going to be hotter than the new system, despite the fact that it's running at nearly 1/2 the clock rate. (A 1.4Ghz T-bird puts out a whopping 72watts of heat, compared to the 52 watts of a 2500 Barton-M)

sthayashi · Post by **sthayashi** » Tue May 18, 2004 6:23 am

Put me down for the SLK-800A. I used to have 2 of these in my system to cool down my processors. I pulled one of them this past weekend because I wanted to do some videocard cooling and my socket is too close to AGP port.

My replacement heatsink, the Alpha S-PAL8055 appears to work damn well. I can't say whether it's better or not since I can't verify both processor temperatures, but I can tell you that the Alpha does not move whatsoever, whereas the SLK-800 can move a little bit within the clip.

OTOH, the Alpha's installation was a royal pain in comparison.

Cerestes · Post by **Cerestes** » Tue May 18, 2004 10:37 am

Rusty075 wrote: It's a bit counter-intuitive, but be aware that the T-bird 1.4 system is going to be hotter than the new system, despite the fact that it's running at nearly 1/2 the clock rate. (A 1.4Ghz T-bird puts out a whopping 72watts of heat, compared to the 52 watts of a 2500 Barton-M)

Aye, had thought of that myself, though the 1.4 T-Bird will be getting placed into a secondary pc that won't be being used for anything intensive.

With that in mind, anyone have an opinion if a cheaper (Arctic Cooling CPU Cooler For AMD Athlon Socket 462 up to 3400+, Model "Copper Silent 2TC" -RETAIL) heatsink would work for the T-Bird?

I'm building a computer to replace the t-bird and until recently hadn't checked its temperatures. Not sure why, just never bothered. Its running with the stock AMD heatsink and MBM5 reports two temperatures, one ~60C, the other ~45C at IDLE. Highest I've seen it was ~72C after a bit of gaming. Its old (2-3 years?) Not sure if the TIM (generic w/ AMD) has gone bad or if it was just a shoddy job to begin with. System is has been stable though.
Just figure since i'm moving crap around I should replace it, hopefully make it last a bit longer.

fabre · Post by **fabre** » Tue May 18, 2004 12:23 pm

I had the older version for a while on my old Tbird 1400mhz, worked fine about 55 c max on load.

And it's relatively quiet.

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Tue May 18, 2004 12:52 pm

Rusty075 wrote:Ralf, please stick to the Intel-only threads...you can only do damage in here.

Boy, I typically do, but I was feeling frisky the other day. I'll go back to my hole now.

SebRad · Post by **SebRad** » Tue May 18, 2004 1:15 pm

Hi as a suggestion for a cheep solution this coolermaster may fit the bill. Clip fitting, an 80mm fan and XP3200+ rated. Its only £6 here There used to be a lot of customer reviews for this item (or may be very similar item) and they where very positive.
Just a suggestion.
Seb