Vantec Aeroflow Good enough for overclocking?

[brendini]

I'm looking to setup an Nforce2 computer with a 1700 in a ThermalTake Xaser III case. Will the Aeroflow provide good ocd'ing options? If not then I'll just go all out and get a thermalright SLK900 and a vantec tornado, and have a fan speed controller on the tornado. Thanks to all who respond!

<Brendini>

 

[jankphil]

be carefull about the 900, it won't fit some mobo's, including nForce2 boards. I'm running that aeroflow heatsink now on my system right now, it does a good job, i oc'ed my 2100+b to 2800+ and it goes around 37~44C. I'd call it a decent cooler

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[brendini]

Wowzers!! Unless I'm grossly mistaken, that sounds great! I would definatley go for the Aeroflow then. I won't have to deal with CPU shims and all of that complicated mounting crap that those massive heatsinks require. What fsb speed are you running at? I want (if possible) to get my 1700 to a fsb speed of 333 so it's identical to the RAM speed. Thanks for the response

<Brendini>

 

[jankphil]

i'm running a 2100+b @ 166*13.5, so yes i'm running the FSB at 166 or 333 ^_^

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[error_911]

well dude, the aeroflow is still big enough that i think it needs a shim, i've got one and i don't doubt that a few other people have 'em too - its just a lil more safety for under 10 bucks. But i dunno, I mean i'm usin a palamino 1600 core @ 1.4 and i hit temps of about 36*C on idle and up to 45*C under load and its ohk but load... i've got it plugged into my vantec nexus fan controller, and if i turn it down (to 7V) its silent enough, but the cooling is sh*t - i mean i can hit above 40*C on idle... thats why, slap on an slk800/900 and a nice n quiet panaflo and you can keep yur idle temps below 40*C definitely... i duno, if i had the choice again... not to say that the aeroflow is a really nice heatsink, i think that it just needs to be a bit bigger in size, a lil more copper and a better fan (yeah, i know i might be the only person to not like TMD fans but i've tried and tested so yeah..).

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[svol]

I don't like TMD fans either as they seem to be much more fragile. And the first TMD fans had a high failere rate.

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[jankphil]

i do have to agree with you, if their going to stick a fan on there, it needs to be 80mm, otherwise the aeroflow is fine, and i haven't seen any heatsink that requires a shim, acually i recomend against them -_- Either way it's a good fan, maybe i'll get a vantec stealth 80mm fan and find a way to stick it on top of the heatsink...

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[error_911]

it wouldn't be that hard to do... the way the heatsink is designed you could probably mount it with some metal wire or even elastic bands... but make sure to put a foam rim between fan and heatsink - lower your noise level

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