Thanks to some help over in the Intel CPUs forum, I'm probably going to be picking up a Celeron 600 soon, with hopes of getting it up over 900, possibly over a gig.
I'm on a bit of a budget on this project, and would like to know people's opinions and experiences with heatsinks so I can get the most cost-effective HSF for my purposes. I'm hoping to not spend much over $30 (including shipping), and the lower the better. But, I don't want to get so cheap of a HSF that my CPU gets toasted.
I've found several HSFs that seem to have done relatively well in the tests/articles on the main page that I've pretty much narrowed it down to and fall within my budget:
Tf Gold Orb
Alpha PAL6035
Globalwin FOP32/38
I'm mainly interested in how these do under the application I'm looking at- a Celeron 600 running b/w 900-1Gig. The FOP38 seems to be one of the better cooling-wise, but will it be overkill and drive me smegging nuts from the noise? I've seen at least a few people who apparently use GOrbs on their Celerons, but am I better off with a better one? Also, the PEP66 isn't -too- far away from my budget (about $38 shipped), but I kind of think it would be a bit overkill.
I plan on using the Cel600 on a Slotkey on my MoBo, which has both a slot 1 and a socket, so clearance -shouldn't- be a problem. I'm also quite open to any HSFs in my price range that I've overlooked, as well as suggestions to get them fairly cheaply. Thanks!
I'm on a bit of a budget on this project, and would like to know people's opinions and experiences with heatsinks so I can get the most cost-effective HSF for my purposes. I'm hoping to not spend much over $30 (including shipping), and the lower the better. But, I don't want to get so cheap of a HSF that my CPU gets toasted.
I've found several HSFs that seem to have done relatively well in the tests/articles on the main page that I've pretty much narrowed it down to and fall within my budget:
Tf Gold Orb
Alpha PAL6035
Globalwin FOP32/38
I'm mainly interested in how these do under the application I'm looking at- a Celeron 600 running b/w 900-1Gig. The FOP38 seems to be one of the better cooling-wise, but will it be overkill and drive me smegging nuts from the noise? I've seen at least a few people who apparently use GOrbs on their Celerons, but am I better off with a better one? Also, the PEP66 isn't -too- far away from my budget (about $38 shipped), but I kind of think it would be a bit overkill.
I plan on using the Cel600 on a Slotkey on my MoBo, which has both a slot 1 and a socket, so clearance -shouldn't- be a problem. I'm also quite open to any HSFs in my price range that I've overlooked, as well as suggestions to get them fairly cheaply. Thanks!