Hey, i'm curious as to what heat sinks fan combos you guys are using. watercooling is too expensive for my budget, so thats out. I'm curious becuase i'm not sure if there is enough room in there to put two big heat sinks. any ideas and recommmendations would be welcome!
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MSI master-L with 2100+ MPs... which HSF??
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SLK-800s are the best...they actually fit unlike the AX-7s(you have to chop them up with a dremel to fit them in) and are supposadly better than the AX-7s...
go for them for the 800s....any any fan is ok...try to get like a 40CFM fan or so
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go for them for the 800s....any any fan is ok...try to get like a 40CFM fan or so
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Either heatsink will be great. I suggest you get Enermax manually adjustabe 80mm fans for them. You can dial in just the right amount of cooling/noise ratio and they are fairly quiet at all but the highest speed.
Also, make sure you have a case with good airflow, preferably, with at least two exhaust fans in addition to the PSU. Can't say enough about that, because you've got two, highly efficient heaters inside that case keeping things pretty toasty for all of your components and they can only get as cool as the air around them.
Also, make sure you have a case with good airflow, preferably, with at least two exhaust fans in addition to the PSU. Can't say enough about that, because you've got two, highly efficient heaters inside that case keeping things pretty toasty for all of your components and they can only get as cool as the air around them.
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yes the AX-7 is very good....but you have to have a dremel and the balls to hack away at the heatsink since it will NOT fit the MSI nor many other boards....it is just so damn big
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yes....Everyone I have talked too with the MSI and 800s say they fit
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SK6's with rotated 80MM fans are pretty good for about half the price of SLK800's.
SLK600's would be worth mentioning as well.
SLK600's would be worth mentioning as well.
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Volcano 9's from thermatech fit my MSI k7D board. Easy fit, keeps my procs cool, am at 10.5 *150 FSB stock voltages.
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2100+ CPUs at stock speed don't need a whole lot of HSF themselves, just a lot of case cooling when run in pairs.
If you're not overvolting or overclocking much then the retail AMD HSFs will work fine. Otherwise some nice lightweight beefier aluminum HSFs will serve well, like a Glaciator Lite or the Taisol monsters.
The best that would be guaranteed to fit would be the Millenium Glaciator II.
If you're not overvolting or overclocking much then the retail AMD HSFs will work fine. Otherwise some nice lightweight beefier aluminum HSFs will serve well, like a Glaciator Lite or the Taisol monsters.
The best that would be guaranteed to fit would be the Millenium Glaciator II.
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TheSanch said:
You could watercool for very close to the price of two SLK-800's and the fans:
http://becooling.safeshopper.com/
Radiator $ 28.99 $ 28.99
Tygon R-3603 Lab Grade 3/8' Tubing $ 2.35 $ 11.75
6pk of Hose Clamps $ 3.99 $ 3.99
HWLabs Blaze and Clip $ 29.99 $ 59.98
Assembled Via Aqua 1300 --
Barbs : 1/2" $ 21.99 $ 21.99
Delta 120mm Fan Low/High speed with 4 pin connector --
Hookup : 7v 80CFM $ 13.99 $ 13.99
(+~$10 S&H - yes, their shipping is that low.)
= $ 150.69
www.Newegg.com
2 SLK800 = $90
2 Vanatec Stealth = $24
Shipping = $22
= $136
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Well, i do plan to overclock them, so a little extra cooling will be nessary. I also plan to go with a Cheiftec case with a side intake fan from newegg.com.
this is my mothers computer too so watercooling is out of the question. maybe later in the future.
this is my mothers computer too so watercooling is out of the question. maybe later in the future.
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sk6 can be had for $13 at newegg.
edit: are there no long term side effects of having two heavy heatsinks on a dual motherboard?
edit: are there no long term side effects of having two heavy heatsinks on a dual motherboard?
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