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what is the best heatsink for pentium4?
- Thread starter nokiaXP
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Try looking at the HS ratings on www.overclockers.com
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Probably most people will tell you the Alpha. I have 2 of the Vantec Aeroflows and absolutey love it. Well, I have 1 and the other one will be here tomorrow.
I wouldn't mind trying the Alpha but you have to remove your motherboard to mount it.
I wouldn't mind trying the Alpha but you have to remove your motherboard to mount it.
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get the alpha...
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I'd say get the Aeroflow. It performs about the same and is way quieter. If you put a fan on the Alpha that produces the same level of noise, the Aeroflow will be ahead in terms of performance.
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SLK-900.
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Maybe the SLK-900 is cheaper down south, but around here it's a waste of money as it costs about $85 CAD with no fan. If you put a fan on it that produces the same level of noise as the Aeroflow, they will perform about the same. Considering that the Aeroflow cost me $37 CAD with the fan, it's difficult to justify the SLK-900's price.
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i think get the latest zalman that looks like a flower 
BUT look at the mobo conflict first
BUT look at the mobo conflict first - Joined
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the Z4 waterblock. Sounds hard to do. But man it's easy. And boy does it work.
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Dont get any pf the slk's as ive been hearing some bad results because of the narrow base of the sink
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i hear those new zalmans that look like giant orbs are good
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This is true that the base does not cover the entire die. I was very skeptical of this when I installed the SLK-900U two days ago.boffin2163 said:
I used this to replace my Alpha 8942 as I had read that it does perform better than the Alpha. I ran extensive tests using the same ambiant temps with everything running the same on both heatsinks.
The SLK-900U does outperform the Alpha 8942 on my system. It reduced my idle temps by 3C and under heavy load (Prime95 for 3 hours) it reduced the load temps by 4C. This was using the same fan on both with ASIII.
I am now testing this new Shin-Etsu Thermal Compound. Initial install temps have come down by another 1C idle and 2C load. Supposedly this Shin-Etsu takes 3 days to settle in for best perfomance. We shall see.
This Shin-Etsu is a pain to spread. It will glob up on the die and does require careful use of a credit card laying almost flat to get an even application. That said it is outperforming the ASII as advertised.
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Take a look at Zalman cnps7000-Cu
Just ordered a zalman cnps7000-cu since i just need some 6-7c better cooling, and hate high noise fans "well my gf does :|" will post results when it arrives, but from the test i saw with it vs. the standard intel heatsink with copper, it cools some 7-8c better during load, hope this is so
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