Which company makes the best P4 heatsinks?

[Vince604]

It's been just over a year since Tom's 46 cpu cooler review and from then and now many comapanies have introduced many cpu heatsinks and coolers.

I'm just wondering if anyone knows what the best heatsink is out there now for the P4?

 

[pr497]

i hear that the AVC sunflower is a good heatsink...
another good one is thermaltakes volcano 7+

<b>Who fixed <font color=red>ATI</font color=red>'s leaky faucet??</b>

 

[FatBurger]

Just use the one that comes with it (now the AVC Sunflower).

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[Vince604]

Okay.
Even if I were to overclock this would be the best heatsink to use?

 

[10GHZ]

swiftech is still the king

 

[FatBurger]

The one that comes with it.

And Swiftech is no longer king, the new Alpha outperforms it.

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[bum_jcrules]

You are correct fats.

<A HREF="http://www.micforg.co.jp/c_pal8942e.html#spec_pal8942M81" target="_new">Just making it clickable.</A>

That is 0.23C/W using the <A HREF="http://www.deltaww.com/products/dcfans/pdf/AFB8080254.pdf" target="_new">Delta Electronics AFB0812SH-F00</A>. That is a 80mm^2 x 25.4mm, 40 dBA, 80 gram, 46.6 CFM or 1.32mm^3/min fan. Not like that dual bladed fan on the <A HREF="http://www.swiftnets.com/products/mcx462.asp" target="_new">Swiftech MCX462-U</A> which uses the <A HREF="http://www.deltaww.com/products/dcfans/pdf/FFB808038.pdf" target="_new">FFB0812SHE-F00</A>. (One loud and powerful beast.)

You can use a lower dBA and CFM 80mm fan and still get great results. Using the <A HREF="http://sanyodb.colle.co.jp/product_db_e/coolingfan/dcfan/dc_fan_detail.php?master_id=59" target="_new">Sanyo Denki 109P0812H702</A>, which is a 12V, 80mm^2 x 15mm, 68 gram, 31 dBA, 32.16 CFM fan, it achieved a 0.26C/W.

Many of you know that I have always been biased towards the Alpha over the Swiftech the results prove themselves here. It is a great cooling solution for P4.

<b>"Sometimes you can't hear me because I'm talking in parenthesis" - Steven Wright</b> :lol:

 

[Vince604]

Okay thanks.

I'm not too sure but doesn't the fan play the other half of the performance of the heatsink?..
and would it ever be worthwhile to get a 92mm fan instead of a 80mm? or using a 80mm would have better air concentration onto the heatsink?

 

[FatBurger]

Get an 80mm fan instead of an adapter and 92mm fan. But I'm telling you <b>use the heatsink that comes with the P4</b>. It works great for overclocking, and you can always get something later if you want.

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[Vince604]

Alright then I will.
Thanks.

But generally would an adapter and 92mm fan give a better performance?
I'm just trying to find a way to cut down the fan noise...

 

[FatBurger]

From my personal experience, fan adapters don't work at all. Other people have had better experiences though, so it's up to you.

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[cakecake]

It depends mostly on what kind of fan adapter and how much power the fan uses up. Some fan adapters, for instance, cannot go past 5W. But a high speed 120mm fan shouldn't even require this much power. The fanmate is rated to work with anything 5W or lower, so you should really have no problem unless you're trying to use it with a very large fan, in that case you want a baybus.

All fan adapters (rheostats) do lower the overall RPM however. It's usually 5%, but can be lower. This means that if you hook it up to one of your fans and turn the setting up to max it will only spin at 95% the speed it would spin at if there was no fan adapter.

Censorship makes us so much more creative.

 

[10GHZ]

well then, i've been corrected.

 

[FatBurger]

Fan adapters as in putting a 120mm fan on a 80mm heatsink, not as in adjusting the power. We're talking about two different things.

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[bum_jcrules]

What fatburger is talking about is a funnel loking contraption that channels more air into a smaller opening and then onto the heatsink. See an <A HREF="http://www.coolerguys.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=001&Category_Code=F-FAD" target="_new">example here</A>.

You are correct about Rheostats, but that is not what Fats is talking about.

<b>"Sometimes you can't hear me because I'm talking in parenthesis" - Steven Wright</b> :lol:

 

[CompIliterate]

I'm looking for a heatsink for my Abit KX7-333 RAID. I want a good and quiet one with a fair price and a few good fans also. Any recommendations?

 

[kai_kai]

i have volcano 7+ fan. its way TOO NOISY!!! i was told myabe my fan runs @ full speed and im able to change its speed. how? anyone?

 

[cakecake]

My mistake, didn't even know those things existed.

This little cathode light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine!

 

[10GHZ]

find out how 2 change the speed
http://www.computerchaos.net/vol7+.html

 

[kai_kai]

Thank u soooo MuCh...im goin to read that now...hopefully im havin a good sleep tonite =d~

 

[FatBurger]

My mistake, didn't even know those things existed.

They shouldn't...

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