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- Apr 27, 2004
Ok. I've been in love with my XP-120 for the past few months that I've had it, really bad *** temps. With my Opteron 165 @ 1.488vcore 290x9, About 27 ~ 28C Idle & 42 ~ 44C Load. Very nice temps on air for a dual core opty eh? I'd say so.
My buddy Rattle found this Dynatron A51 pure copper passive heatsink on NewEgg ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835114033 ) and seeing the logic in it, he thought it would be a good HS if you throw a fan on it.So he took the hit and ordered one for about 22$ shipped. Got it, threw it on, put 2x stock amd fans, and got the same exact temps as his XP-120 w/ lower speed fans & 40$ back in his pocket. So I ordered me one and tried the same. Idle is nearly the same as my XP-120, 30C. But when I dual prime load it...it spikes all the way up to 63C...with 2 fans...I even tried a 120mm fan moving 119CFM, same temps. I remounted it a few times, perfect ammmount of AS5, really tight, really loose, right inbetween, same friggin temps.
You'd think this huge piece of copper would at least be able to match a stock HSF. Anyone gotta clue to my troubles?
Edit: Some more info, I mounted it on a DFI Ultra-D - nothing was getting in the way of it going down, perfect clearance. I stuck 2 stock amd hsf's on it, even raised so more direct airflow. Ambient was really low and the case was wide open.
My buddy Rattle found this Dynatron A51 pure copper passive heatsink on NewEgg ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835114033 ) and seeing the logic in it, he thought it would be a good HS if you throw a fan on it.So he took the hit and ordered one for about 22$ shipped. Got it, threw it on, put 2x stock amd fans, and got the same exact temps as his XP-120 w/ lower speed fans & 40$ back in his pocket. So I ordered me one and tried the same. Idle is nearly the same as my XP-120, 30C. But when I dual prime load it...it spikes all the way up to 63C...with 2 fans...I even tried a 120mm fan moving 119CFM, same temps. I remounted it a few times, perfect ammmount of AS5, really tight, really loose, right inbetween, same friggin temps.
You'd think this huge piece of copper would at least be able to match a stock HSF. Anyone gotta clue to my troubles?
Edit: Some more info, I mounted it on a DFI Ultra-D - nothing was getting in the way of it going down, perfect clearance. I stuck 2 stock amd hsf's on it, even raised so more direct airflow. Ambient was really low and the case was wide open.