- Joined
- Apr 17, 2002
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Hello all,
nice to see you again after a lengthy (8 months! ) break... Hope I'm back to kick some major CPU butt
A year ago I had a CeleMine 633 and bought an OCZ Goliath with Delta 80x80x38 EHE - an 80CFM monster vacuum cleaner It was wayyy too much for that CPU, so I had to rheo him down.
However, now I've upgraded to a shiny new Athlon XP 1700+ Thoroughbred-B, and AFAIK this CPU has some great potential. Naturally, I decided to revise my cooling system. However, I was more than disappointed:
- heatsink: nothing better. Mine is all copper, thin fin, big surface, fine-polished - seems that only Thermalrights will be slightly better, but not more than some 1-2 degree.
- fan: nothing better. The only stronger fan available is Vantec Tornado, and it scores 84 CFM against my 80 - no big deal.
- thermal compound: the only thing I see necessary to be upgraded. I use AS3, but tests seem to place Shin Etsu higher... (BTW, could someone PLEASE tell me an online store where I can buy it? I can't find it anywhere )
Any advice? Maybe there is something I'm overlooking? Please bear in mind that I'm not into watercooling - too expensive for me.
Thanks in advance!
nice to see you again after a lengthy (8 months! ) break... Hope I'm back to kick some major CPU butt
A year ago I had a CeleMine 633 and bought an OCZ Goliath with Delta 80x80x38 EHE - an 80CFM monster vacuum cleaner It was wayyy too much for that CPU, so I had to rheo him down.
However, now I've upgraded to a shiny new Athlon XP 1700+ Thoroughbred-B, and AFAIK this CPU has some great potential. Naturally, I decided to revise my cooling system. However, I was more than disappointed:
- heatsink: nothing better. Mine is all copper, thin fin, big surface, fine-polished - seems that only Thermalrights will be slightly better, but not more than some 1-2 degree.
- fan: nothing better. The only stronger fan available is Vantec Tornado, and it scores 84 CFM against my 80 - no big deal.
- thermal compound: the only thing I see necessary to be upgraded. I use AS3, but tests seem to place Shin Etsu higher... (BTW, could someone PLEASE tell me an online store where I can buy it? I can't find it anywhere )
Any advice? Maybe there is something I'm overlooking? Please bear in mind that I'm not into watercooling - too expensive for me.
Thanks in advance!