question about dragon orb's

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sabwafare2001

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• Jul 23, 2002

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Are these good coolers? I have the one with the aluminum base, 7000rpm. Also I don't overclock and it does not matter if it is noisey. I just wanted to get a HSF in the $10.00 to $22.00 range. I have an Athlon Xp1800+.

 

Last edited: Jul 23, 2002

JFettig

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• Jul 23, 2002

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well they aint terrible but they aint great either, but if your not gonna overclock dont worry about it if the fan doesnt bother you

 

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• Jul 23, 2002

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i agree with masked geek, they are not the bottom of the barrel, but there are many better hsf's that you could get if you spent an extra 10 bucks

 

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• Jul 23, 2002

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7k is loud....anoyingly loud, I was willing to spend 150 bucks to goto watercooling to avoid the noise of my old 7k rpm fan...well that and better temps but mainly i wanted quiet! an AX7 with fan can be had for like 35 w/o shipping...

 

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• Jul 23, 2002

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i have the Dragon Orb 3 (the one with a pound of copper for the base) and it runs pretty well. so far i've ocerclocked my XP1600 to 1.48Ghz and it's staying at 39-40C under load.
i origanlly bought it to overclock my old Duron (750Mhz @ 1.1Ghz) but it works well with the new proc until i can get a better HSF

 

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• Jul 23, 2002

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They aren't the absolute bottom of the barrel, Antec grabs that honor, but they aren't exactly the typical midrange cooler either. They're close enough to be the worst that I wouldn't touch them

 

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• Jul 23, 2002

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10$ - $22 range. I have a better cooler suggestion for ya :

Dr. Thermal TI-V77L 3800 RPM fan - $18.00
Dr. Thermal TI-V77N 5000 RPM fan - $19.00

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=62&manufactory=1488&DEPA=1

These really are great performing HSF. I would HIGHLY recommend getting the 3800RPM model for lower noise. I use the TI-V77N (fans runs at 5400RPM) and sound is loud enough to be anoying. Also, these HSFs have A+ mounting hardware. Here are 2 reviews of both units.

TI-V77L
TI-V77N