- Joined
- Dec 17, 2002
- Location
- Toronto
Like the subject says, I've got a Volcano 7+ and its running my 1800 DLT3C @ 2350 @ 1.78v. When the fan is running full bore, idle temps are about 37ish C (and 22C case) load rising accordingly. Using Speedfan, the computer can stay 46C idle with only 10% juice (reported by the program, but I doubt its actually this low) to the cpu fan so its just about silent, except my 2 120mm fans (need to cut out that grill at the back of my Sonata, you can hear the turbulance most).
My Question is whether a upgrade to a Thermaltake Volcano 12 Extreme or Thermalright is the right direction. Since I'm up in Toronto, thermalright sinks are VERY expensive to come by, while I can walk in to a local store and pay 45 cdn (35usd) for the Volcano 12. Another reason I'm interested in the Volcano is because it looks like its fan draws less power than the 7+ (5.4W vs 6.6W), as well as pushing more air, so it would be safer in the cpu header of my Abit NF7-S v2.0. However, since the fan doesnt spin up unless under load now, is this power draw an issue?
In reference to thermalright availability, I've yet to see a place that sells $20usd SLK800/900s who ship to Canada. The best prices I've found (which will ship up here) are 28usd for a 800U and about 32usd for a 900A. I've found a Canadian store out in BC (vipe computers) who have SLK 800/900s @ 40cdn/30usd (on sale), but cheapest shipping is 17CDN, and I'd have to pay 7% tax.
So the options are a local pickup Volcano 12 Extreme for 45cdn+15% tax is $52. Or a $40cdn+$15 shipping for a SLK900, and I still would need a fan +$10, which totals about $65 which would rise if i bought from canada (+7% sales tax) or from the US (get hit with brokerage fee). So its $52 for a Volcano 12 vs $70-90 for a slk-900a. There is one local store which stocks thermalright sinks that I know off, and its bigfootcomputers, however, they charge a premium--55cdn for a 800a, 65cdn for 900a or 947u. With tax, that's concievably $64, $75 respectively, and still would need a fan (+15cdn).
Then there's that question of by spending $60-100 on a new heatsink combo, how much of a higher clock will there be to gain over the 7+? Right now the system maxes out with fan on full bore at [email protected] with pretty high temps. Would it plausable I would get another 100mhz with a newer cooling solution?
Just need help organizing some thoughts,
Thanks
My Question is whether a upgrade to a Thermaltake Volcano 12 Extreme or Thermalright is the right direction. Since I'm up in Toronto, thermalright sinks are VERY expensive to come by, while I can walk in to a local store and pay 45 cdn (35usd) for the Volcano 12. Another reason I'm interested in the Volcano is because it looks like its fan draws less power than the 7+ (5.4W vs 6.6W), as well as pushing more air, so it would be safer in the cpu header of my Abit NF7-S v2.0. However, since the fan doesnt spin up unless under load now, is this power draw an issue?
In reference to thermalright availability, I've yet to see a place that sells $20usd SLK800/900s who ship to Canada. The best prices I've found (which will ship up here) are 28usd for a 800U and about 32usd for a 900A. I've found a Canadian store out in BC (vipe computers) who have SLK 800/900s @ 40cdn/30usd (on sale), but cheapest shipping is 17CDN, and I'd have to pay 7% tax.
So the options are a local pickup Volcano 12 Extreme for 45cdn+15% tax is $52. Or a $40cdn+$15 shipping for a SLK900, and I still would need a fan +$10, which totals about $65 which would rise if i bought from canada (+7% sales tax) or from the US (get hit with brokerage fee). So its $52 for a Volcano 12 vs $70-90 for a slk-900a. There is one local store which stocks thermalright sinks that I know off, and its bigfootcomputers, however, they charge a premium--55cdn for a 800a, 65cdn for 900a or 947u. With tax, that's concievably $64, $75 respectively, and still would need a fan (+15cdn).
Then there's that question of by spending $60-100 on a new heatsink combo, how much of a higher clock will there be to gain over the 7+? Right now the system maxes out with fan on full bore at [email protected] with pretty high temps. Would it plausable I would get another 100mhz with a newer cooling solution?
Just need help organizing some thoughts,
Thanks
