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ConanX
04-14-01, 12:17 PM
in about 5 days I will have a T-Bird 1200 on a KT7 Turbo.
I'm wondering if a Orb cooler would be good.
if so wich Orb cooler is the best?

thx for helping
SharkyTM
04-14-01, 12:22 PM
no, orbs suck ass. Get an alpha, its worth the money, or pick up a fop
SharkyTM
Aman99
04-14-01, 12:29 PM
ConanX (Apr 14, 2001 12:17 p.m.):
in about 5 days I will have a T-Bird 1200 on a KT7 Turbo.
I'm wondering if a Orb cooler would be good.
if so wich Orb cooler is the best?

thx for helping


Well If you must go with an orb, go with a SuperOrb. I don't recommend any orbs though. If you don't care about noise or money, go with a Swiftech 462. If you don't care about noise and want something cheaper, go with a Thermoengine with a delta fan. And lastly if you care about noise and price, go with maybe a Thermaltake Volcano II , GlobalWIN FOP32, or a Thermoengine with the standard fan.

I can tell you were u can get any of these fans just let me know which one you want.

Aaron
kat
04-14-01, 12:35 PM
dont buy an orb of any type for a 1.2 you`ll be wasting your money take a look at this site they do a good job of testing

http://trainwrecker.com/Reviews/cop_data/COPdata3.htm
TT120
04-14-01, 12:38 PM
ConanX (Apr 14, 2001 12:17 p.m.):
in about 5 days I will have a T-Bird 1200 on a KT7 Turbo.
I'm wondering if a Orb cooler would be good.
if so wich Orb cooler is the best?

thx for helpingDon't buy an orb, they don't work good enuff for that processor and also, the Super orb won't even fit on that motherboard without modification. Get an Alpha or a WBK or a FOP. They are the best air coolers out there.
Innoka
04-14-01, 03:51 PM
Had an orb for my slot A. I don't think much of it. The bases are poorly machined, and their attachment mechanism has been known to crush many socketed chip cores. The cooling is not good either, my Athlon 600 0.18 micron was running at 52.5-60C without an extra case fan. The smaller orbs are quiet, that's all in their favor.
Johnniest5
04-15-01, 12:38 AM
Read my post awhile back. SuperOrb sucks. Don't buy it. Unless you are not scared of chipping your CPU's die. I chipped my 1.2 Ghz 266FSB awhile back and I'm still pissed off. SuperOrb is super hard to get it off once you seated it.

There are other better coolers with better clip than SuperOrb. Besides, SuperOrb rate last or next to last in term of performance. It consistently give you roughly 51-58 C degrees. That's not a good rating by any means in comparison to other coolers where the temp is 35-48 C degrees.

My recommendation? Go with Swiftech MC462A if you can afford it and if your mobo has the 4 mounting holes. If not, go with a ThermoEngine, GW WBK38, Alpha PE66T or Swiftech 370A. These all perform much, much better than the SuperOrb.

Also, I heard that Vantec's new 6420D (can't quite remember the exact name) is also very good with the easier clip mechanism of all the coolers.

Good luck and don't chip your CPU like I did!
ConanX
04-15-01, 03:00 AM
thx all for helping
A Little Green Man
04-15-01, 04:30 AM
Only the newest ORB, the copper ORB is really, really good.
All the others suck big time by modern day standards.


RJ
kat
04-15-01, 07:00 AM
A Little Green Man (Apr 15, 2001 04:30 a.m.):
Only the newest ORB, the copper ORB is really, really good.
All the others suck big time by modern day standards.


RJ

to little to late thermal take`s latest greatest the best fans have a ccw rating at or near .20
wildone
04-15-01, 07:42 AM
I didnt tthink my super orb done a terrible job of cooling ,its removeing them thats so dangerous , search my post for the way to remove an orb if you wanna take it off in a few weeks WILDONE
wildone
04-15-01, 08:00 AM
I didnt tthink my super orb done a terrible job of cooling ,its removeing them thats so dangerous , search my post for the way to remove an orb if you wanna take it off in a few weeks WILDONE
-=UR=- Ranger
04-15-01, 01:59 PM
Donīt waste your money on buying ORBs of any kind.
Go with Global Win or Alpha instead, they are worth the money
jordan
04-15-01, 03:45 PM
dont ever buy any orb products!!! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!!!
Sirfin
04-15-01, 03:56 PM
Have heard terrible things about orb coolers in general. Never tried one myself. Using the Vantec fce-62540d w/ sunon 60mm fan sitting on top and getting consistent high 30's celsius idle and low 40's celcius under full load. Try it you will like it. Only $20- at coolerguys. :-)

http://www.coolerguys.com/CPUCOOL/Duron.htm

Sirfin~
Sirfin
04-15-01, 03:57 PM
Have heard terrible things about orb coolers in general. Never tried one myself. Using the Vantec fce-62540d w/ sunon 60mm fan sitting on top and getting consistent high 30's celsius idle and low 40's celcius under full load. Try it you will like it. Only $20- at coolerguys. :-)

http://www.coolerguys.com/CPUCOOL/Duron.htm

Sirfin~
proze
04-15-01, 04:13 PM
jordan (Apr 15, 2001 03:45 p.m.):
dont ever buy any orb products!!! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!!!

i wouldn't say that. the golden orb was and is quite a good performance-for-your-money cooler for socket 370 intel chips, and the blue orb is a very good little gpu cooler.
proze
04-15-01, 04:15 PM
jordan (Apr 15, 2001 03:45 p.m.):
dont ever buy any orb products!!! NEVER, NEVER, NEVER!!!

i wouldn't go that far. the golden orb was and is quite a good performance-for-your-money cooler for socket 370 intel processors. and the blue orb is a good little gpu cooler.

it's really just the socket 462 'solutions' that really suck.. or was it blow...? :)
QuietOne
04-16-01, 12:49 AM
ConanX (Apr 14, 2001 12:17 p.m.):
in about 5 days I will have a T-Bird 1200 on a KT7 Turbo.
I'm wondering if a Orb cooler would be good.
if so wich Orb cooler is the best?

thx for helping

Bad clamp design, i almost busted cpu trying to take it off.
i personally use Global win
ConanX
04-16-01, 04:58 AM
thanx for the advise you all
it was really helpfull in my dicision.
it's going to be...
....
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The Globalwin WBK38 :)