Slk-800.... Wow !!!

Loggitt · 01-12-03, 12:24 PM

Look no further if you want the best AMD air cooler on the market!!! ThermalRight SLK-800. This site rates it at the top of the list and for good reason. I installed one in my system (see sig below) and my processor temps dropped 20 degrees F idle and 25-30 degrees F in games!! I formerly had an all copper heatsink from OCZ called the Gladiator with an 8,000 rpm YTech 60mm fan. I'm running a ThermalTake II 80mm fan at only 3,300 rpm to get these reduced temps!! Arctic Silver 3 was used on both setups. "Mommie, why is that man pink?" "Well, I guess he's tickled!"

OSUmaxx · 01-12-03, 01:54 PM

That's a HUGE temp drop, but yeah, the slk-800 is great!

ManOfKnight · 01-12-03, 01:58 PM

i might have to get me one...but my temp drop wouldn't be really THAT great...prob 3-4C i still might go with one soon though

rustymaitland · 01-12-03, 03:16 PM

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Originally posted by Loggitt
Look no further if you want the best AMD air cooler on the market!!! ThermalRight SLK-800. This site rates it at the top of the list and for good reason. I installed one in my system (see sig below) and my processor temps dropped 20 degrees F idle and 25-30 degrees F in games!! I formerly had an all copper heatsink from OCZ called the Gladiator with an 8,000 rpm YTech 60mm fan. I'm running a ThermalTake II 80mm fan at only 3,300 rpm to get these reduced temps!! Arctic Silver 3 was used on both setups. "Mommie, why is that man pink?" "Well, I guess he's tickled!"

congrats! the slk is the best air cooling solution out now!
some have said that the delta or the tornado is an even more awesome combo with the slk.
that's if you can handle the noise!!

Akumu X · 01-12-03, 03:19 PM

just remember to lap the thing after about every....2 or 3 CPU changes.

Copper is kinda soft...it'll help, trust me.

slater3333uk · 01-12-03, 03:55 PM

id lapp it after every cpu change

i would buy one but ive got H2O plans

rustymaitland · 01-12-03, 04:48 PM

you guys serious? after every couple of changes? hmm. interesting. that much of a difference. then i am due since i went from an 1700+ to the 2000+.

Loggitt · 01-12-03, 06:38 PM

Ye, the noise of the 8,000 60mm fan was kinda annoying.

With the OCZ heatsink when playing SS2 and a main board temp of 80 F, the cpu was peaking as high as 132 F. Today, it was peaking at 105 F. That's with the ThermalTake II running nearly silent at 3,300 rpm. That peak is only 5 degrees F higher than the idle temp. Also, I noticed the copper OCZ heatsink I took off had the text of the 1800+ imprinted into it. Lapping after every change sounds like excellent advice. I even lapped the SLK-800 before I put it on. If only the manufacturers would spend the extra few minutes to lap the cutting tool marks out of the mounting surface for us. They could do it easily with a machine.

cryogen97 · 01-12-03, 07:44 PM

I got one a little while ago. temps dropped about 4 degrees C, while switching to a low RPM fan at the same time.

Cheezboy · 01-12-03, 08:24 PM

ya i got a 10-15 degree C drop when i switched over but that was because i had a crappy HSF before and no arctic silver

Yodums · 01-12-03, 08:38 PM

Yep, the SLK800 is an impressive heatsink. When people ask what heatsink to buy, I refer them to SVCompucycle's 30.00 SLK-800 on sale from 50.00. AMD's best cooler for 30.00...

DManeKid · 01-12-03, 08:44 PM

i just got a couple myself, im currently only using one of them on my tbird at 1.1 mhz (a temp till i get my cpu's for my dually) and the case temp is 25C and the cpu temp is 33C LOAD!!

01-12-03, 12:24 PM	Thread Starter #1
Loggitt Registered Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Springfield, IL	Slk-800.... Wow !!! Look no further if you want the best AMD air cooler on the market!!! ThermalRight SLK-800. This site rates it at the top of the list and for good reason. I installed one in my system (see sig below) and my processor temps dropped 20 degrees F idle and 25-30 degrees F in games!! I formerly had an all copper heatsink from OCZ called the Gladiator with an 8,000 rpm YTech 60mm fan. I'm running a ThermalTake II 80mm fan at only 3,300 rpm to get these reduced temps!! Arctic Silver 3 was used on both setups. "Mommie, why is that man pink?" "Well, I guess he's tickled!"
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01-12-03, 01:54 PM	#2
OSUmaxx Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oregon	That's a HUGE temp drop, but yeah, the slk-800 is great! __________________ My heatware \| What's that? You're not folding yet? Join us!
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01-12-03, 01:58 PM	#3
ManOfKnight Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Back in Iowa :( Come on Gators, Get up and Go!	i might have to get me one...but my temp drop wouldn't be really THAT great...prob 3-4C i still might go with one soon though __________________ Laptop: XPS m1530 \| T7700 2.2Ghz \| 2048MB GSkill DDR2 \| NVidia m8600GT 256MB DDR3 :D \| 120GB 7200rpm Project Caesar: Q9450 @ 3.4Ghz \| Maximus Formula \| 8192MB OCZ Reaper \| eVGA GTX260 \| XFX 8800GTS for F@H \| 2780GB Total Sata Project Jessks: e8400 @ 4.2Ghz \| P5KE-WiFi/AP \| 4096MB GSkill Red \| ATi HD4850 (folding) \| 74GB Raptor \| 1.5TB Green WD Project Fileserver: Phenom 9850 \| Biostar 790GX \| 2048MB GSkill \| (4) 1.5TB Green WD Computers are running 24/7 World Community Grid and Folding@Home for My Mother, My Sister, Julie Stutzman, Gary Janssen, and Shelly Laborde My Heatware 30-0
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01-12-03, 03:19 PM	#5
Akumu X Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Near Pittsburgh	just remember to lap the thing after about every....2 or 3 CPU changes. Copper is kinda soft...it'll help, trust me. __________________ *"Without order nothing can exist - Without chaos nothing can evolve."*
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01-12-03, 03:55 PM	#6
slater3333uk Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Suffolk, UK	id lapp it after every cpu change i would buy one but ive got H2O plans
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01-12-03, 04:48 PM	#7
rustymaitland Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Toronto, ON	you guys serious? after every couple of changes? hmm. interesting. that much of a difference. then i am due since i went from an 1700+ to the 2000+.
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01-12-03, 06:38 PM	Thread Starter #8
Loggitt Registered Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Springfield, IL	Ye, the noise of the 8,000 60mm fan was kinda annoying. With the OCZ heatsink when playing SS2 and a main board temp of 80 F, the cpu was peaking as high as 132 F. Today, it was peaking at 105 F. That's with the ThermalTake II running nearly silent at 3,300 rpm. That peak is only 5 degrees F higher than the idle temp. Also, I noticed the copper OCZ heatsink I took off had the text of the 1800+ imprinted into it. Lapping after every change sounds like excellent advice. I even lapped the SLK-800 before I put it on. If only the manufacturers would spend the extra few minutes to lap the cutting tool marks out of the mounting surface for us. They could do it easily with a machine.
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01-12-03, 07:44 PM	#9
cryogen97 Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: SW Michigan	I got one a little while ago. temps dropped about 4 degrees C, while switching to a low RPM fan at the same time.
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01-12-03, 08:24 PM	#10
Cheezboy Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Florida	ya i got a 10-15 degree C drop when i switched over but that was because i had a crappy HSF before and no arctic silver
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01-12-03, 08:38 PM	#11
Yodums Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ottawa, Canada	Yep, the SLK800 is an impressive heatsink. When people ask what heatsink to buy, I refer them to SVCompucycle's 30.00 SLK-800 on sale from 50.00. AMD's best cooler for 30.00... __________________ Peter Gibbons: Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you're not feelin' real well, does anyone ever say to you, 'Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays'? Lawrence: No. No, man. ****, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.
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01-12-03, 08:44 PM	#12
DManeKid Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Brick, NJ USA	i just got a couple myself, im currently only using one of them on my tbird at 1.1 mhz (a temp till i get my cpu's for my dually) and the case temp is 25C and the cpu temp is 33C LOAD!!
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