vantec aeroflow

xcelerator · Jun 23, 2003

is this cooler good enouph for overclocking?

login211 · Jun 24, 2003

lotta ppl love it

i'd say it's slightly better than the volcano 9 and quiter too

but if you want a good overclocking cooler go for a thermalright, i'd say slk-800 or slk-900u, you can grab a slk-800 for $34 from svc.com which is about the price of a vantec aeroflow

http://www.svc.com/therslsoc462.html

Mizzery · Jun 24, 2003

Is it good enough for you?

Aeroflow = ~~26 w/ fan

texuspete00 · Jun 24, 2003

My personal pref. is thermalright as well. I think the cheap sk7 is a good option too if strapped for cash and not try to eek out every last drop.

nerdlogic · Jun 24, 2003

I'd have to agree. Thermalright has top-of-the-line products in terms of heatsinks. Granted the aeroflow is a good cooler, especially the P4 version, but the Thermalright is better.

xb-70 · Jun 24, 2003

The fan on my aeroflow died so i would really reccommend against it, id go with the thermalrights, more flexible, higher performing, and more secure mounting, for the U series of thermal rights that is.

hitechjb1 · Jun 24, 2003

I estimated an aeroflow would lose about 200-300 MHz compared to a SLK-800/900 when overclocking an AMD CPU such as a Tbred B 1700+ DLT3C on air. Pls take a look at those numbers, and see whether the results are correct at least to the first order.

Originally posted by hitechjb1 (06-22-2003 08:18 PM)
This is a summary of the indiividual results posted before.

Comparing some HSF's on CPU overclock frequency on air

Reference HSF:
HSF 0.23 C/W e.g. SLK-800(U)
Tbred B 1700+ DLT3C 2500 MHz, 1.9 V, 50 C load
5 C rise in ambient, lower CPU overclock frequency by 5.3%

HSF 0.25 C/W e.g. SK7
CPU overclocks 30 MHz lower compared to SLK-800(U).
5 C rise in ambient, lower CPU overclock frequency by another 5-6%

HSF 0.30 C/W e.g. Vantec Aeroflow, Volcano 7+
CPU overclocks 212-300 MHz lower compared to SLK-800(U), to 2200-2288 MHz
5 C rise in ambient, lower CPU overclock frequency by another 6.7%

HSF 0.36 C/W e.g. Volcano9, Volcano 11
CPU overclocks 347-433 MHz lower compared to SLK-800(U), to 2067-2153 MHz
5 C rise in ambient, lower CPU overclock frequency by another 6.7%

How are the details about how above numbers were estimated:
Reference:

Impact of higher ambient temperature on CPU clock frequency (page 6)

Comparing different HSF's and impact of ambient temperature on max CPU frequency (HSF 0.3 C/W) (page 6)

Comparing different HSF's and impact of ambient temperature on max CPU frequency (HSF 0.36 C/W) (page 7)

of Tbred B 1700+ DLT3C 2.5+ GHz air results

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