Whats this?

[Staz]

Does anyone know what kind of HSF this is. I found it on an electronics surplus site. They call it a 12VDC fan with attached aluminium heat sink. They also say that it mounts with four post 2"x2 1/2". Is that the same size as the AMD motherboard mounting holes?

I did search for the fan and the only thing that came up was this

http://www.overclockers.com/articles55/

(incidently they also have that HSF for $22.50)

I know this is an Orb which generally suck. But I have never seen an Orb that mounts to the motherboard befor. That and it looks cool.

[CrystalMethod]

That fan is for your northbridge or your GPU. It's not a CPU a HSF.

[Staz]

Originally posted by CrystalMethod
That fan is for your northbridge or your GPU. It's not a CPU a HSF.

I think it is a little big for a GPU or a northbridge.

If those screws are centered 2" x 2 1/2" that would make the base about 2 1/2" x 3". That would be closer to a CPU cooler. My MC462-A is 3"x3"

Does anyone know if the AMD mounting holes are center the same as those (I really don't want to take off my HSF just to measure)?

[Silversinksam]

Panasonic search turned up zip, but I found it for you cheaper than what you found ;)


You can buy this for $14 here:
http://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=220500&item=CF-103&type=store

12VDC HI-EFFICIENCY FAN W/HEATSINK


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Panaflo FBA06A12H fan embedded in a 2.75" diameter x 1.25" high heatsink. Heatsink sits on a 2.6" x 3.08" x 0.2" thick aluminum base with a 2.2" diameter raised mounting surface that adds an additional 0.15" of thickness to the base. Four mounting screws on 2" x 2.5" centers.
CAT# CF-103

[Staz]

Thnx SilverSinkSam

[Owenator]

Staz,

I believe that is an hp UNIX workstation CPU cooler. I have one of the "Panaflo Orbs" (the big solver one shown in the article you mentioned) that I took off an hp9000 series workstation and it is a similar design. The AMD spec on the mobo holes is 1.423x2.602 as far as I can read from their spec sheet. The spec sheet is article number 23794. I got it as a pdf if you want me to email it to you (1.16 MB). I tried to figure out how to mount my "Panaflo Orb" and it takes a bit of thinking because it's pretty huge. All Electronics used to have them to. I actually have replaced the fan in mine with a YS Tech and a Delta but I am water cooling now anyway. I plan on parting out an hp at work next year I may get another "Panaflo Orb" then. They work really well, it felt cold to the touch in me tests even with the standard fan (about 20cfm as I recall). Drop me a line if you have any more questions about it owen.stevens@pseg.com. I have some spare time at work usually.

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[Staz]

Thnx for all the good info Owenator.

I had read that tech dock also but was having a hard time decifering it. I finally too the fan off of my heatsink and measured the screwheads. That's exactly what hole are centered (1.4"x2.6").

I was just thinking that if I ever did a case mode with a window in it that would look really cool covering the cpu. Kind of hard to mount though.

I think I ever do order from them, I'll tack on that HSF just to play with it.

Thnx Again
Staz