xp1800 needs some decent air cooling

james.miller · Jul 8, 2002

ive got a xp1800 and im gonna overclock this baby as far as i can while i wait for the barton.

whats tha best h/s and fan combo to put on the chip, aswell as the case fans.

i currently have a bog-standard coolmaster fan on the processor
80mm coolmaster at the front bottom of the case and a stock 80mm at the middle-rear

temps are currently 43-45c idle and around 51 underload

appreciate any help guys

EDIT* wohoo look guys. i've got two stars now!!!! YEEEESSSS!!!!

Arkaine23 · Jul 8, 2002

heatsink

AX-7 with a high volume 80mm fan- any fan with 48 or more cfm...

james.miller · Jul 9, 2002

will do cheers.

Gnufsh · Jul 9, 2002

An SLK-800 with a tornado 84cfm 80mm fan will really rock. Even beat the AX-7.

james.miller · Jul 9, 2002

even better mate.keep em coming

ThePunkGeek · Jul 9, 2002

watercooling with a pelt yep thats the next step for me

pby5cat · Jul 9, 2002

watercool it, two stars sooo bright

james.miller · Jul 10, 2002

definatly gonna watercool it,but not untill ive got the money for it.im just looking for the best air-cooling till i get that barton (mmmmmmm barton)

Penguin4x4 · Jul 10, 2002

This fan at least. Works anywhere between 20 and 76 CFM. The SLK-800 Heatsink. I would suggest the Tornado, but I have yet to see a third party inline thermal sensor that'll do more than 2.5W.

james.miller · Jul 10, 2002

that'll shift some air! but i think its a little too loud.i think

Penguin4x4 · Jul 10, 2002

Only at extremely high temps, 55C!

james.miller · Jul 10, 2002

what do you think my idle temp would be with this h/s and fan?

Penguin4x4 · Jul 10, 2002

Should be around 28-38. I mean seroiusly, is your CPU going to get to 131 degrees farenhiet?

james.miller · Jul 10, 2002

well its 108 F (42c ) idle at the mo.

masitti · Jul 10, 2002

Save yourself the trouble, I hear the smart fans suck. I'd get a nice fan, like a Mechtronics, Sunon, Panaflo, Delta, any of those, then if it is too loud, get a mini rheostat. The mini rheostats are like $20, and can control all your case fans as well.

james.miller · Jul 10, 2002

sound more like it.i want the best cooling that i can get without it being to loud.isnt there just some big fat heat sink that i can slap i nice big (quiet) fan on?

Penguin4x4 · Jul 10, 2002

Well, that heatsink should drop it to around 34-37. I still like that fan, though, since when You actually here it, you know somethings wrong!!!

james.miller · Jul 10, 2002

hhmm.its a tuff decision really.there should really be a poll about this.that way we could really find out what h/s and fan worked best by asking what temp people are getting.what do you admins think?

masitti · Jul 10, 2002

james.miller said:
hhmm.its a tuff decision really.there should really be a poll about this.that way we could really find out what h/s and fan worked best by asking what temp people are getting.what do you admins think?

It would be hard to find someone with the same exact mobo, CPU, and heatsink to do the comparisons. You know, otherwise you get variables which could throw off the temps a lot.

Maybe if one person had an AX-7/PAL8045, they could collect popular fans from someone and run tests.

Penguin4x4 · Jul 10, 2002

The AX-7 is a damn tough act to follow, especially when you can get it with a Panaflo for ~@$40 shipped

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