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Hi,
I am looking for a heatsink for an AMD socket AM2 that is as quiet as possible (not a watercooler) Up to 12cm high for my new HTPC under construction. I found: - Scythe Mini Ninja CPU Cooler - Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Can anyone advise me on a good heatsink? Thanks |
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wrote in message ... Hi, I am looking for a heatsink for an AMD socket AM2 that is as quiet as possible (not a watercooler) Up to 12cm high for my new HTPC under construction. I found: - Scythe Mini Ninja CPU Cooler - Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Can anyone advise me on a good heatsink? Thanks http://www.zalman.com/ENG/product/Pr...ad.asp?idx=278 |
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Somewhere on teh intarweb " typed:
Hi, I am looking for a heatsink for an AMD socket AM2 that is as quiet as possible (not a watercooler) Up to 12cm high for my new HTPC under construction. I found: - Scythe Mini Ninja CPU Cooler - Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Those aren't heatsinks, they're heat transfer devices coupled with radiators. "CPU coolers" for short. A heatsink is something that actually "sinks" the heat, like a lump of aluminium, then slowly dissapates it, usually assisted by fins. They stopped being used in 486 days. Hybrid devices came next, where the heatsink had a fan attached (Often refered to as a "HSF" assembly.) or were deliberately designed so they were mounted in chassis airflow to increase effectiveness. Can anyone advise me on a good heatsink? I don't use AMD these days but I'm more than happy with my Thermaltake Mini Typhoon CPU cooler which I believe also fits AMD sockets. The room temp is 24°, the CPU is an E4500 (2.2GHz) currently clocked at 3.2GHz and CoreTemp is giving me readings of 29 and 27°. Mind you, I *do* have a bloody great big 25cm fan built into the side of my case blowing directly onto the whole mobo. -- Shaun. |
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http://www.silentpcreview.com/article754-page1.html
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article285-page1.html http://www.silentpcreview.com/article30-page1.html --- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel: http://realnews.com Bring the Troops Home: http://bringthemhomenow.org http://antiwar.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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Forgot one thing.
The Ninja suffers from not being held tightly enough to the cpu and thus letting it heat up more than it should. They say to get the Thermalright LGA775 spring-loaded bolt-thru kit. Maybe this applies to the Mini Ninja too. Of course that is for Intels. I don't know how the AMD clip fares. Although in an HTPC the motherboard might be horizontal and so the Mini Ninja wouldn't be hanging off it like it would if it was vertical in a tower. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article805-page6.html http://www.coolerguys.com/840556063025.html --- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel: http://realnews.com Bring the Troops Home: http://bringthemhomenow.org http://antiwar.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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Ed Light wrote:
http://www.coolerguys.com/840556063025.html Well, that says AM2. It's supposed to be 775. Maybe a misprint. --- Ed Light Better World News TV Channel: http://realnews.com Bring the Troops Home: http://bringthemhomenow.org http://antiwar.com Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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Somewhere on teh intarweb "Ed Light" typed:
Ed Light wrote: http://www.coolerguys.com/840556063025.html Well, that says AM2. It's supposed to be 775. Maybe a misprint. Nah, it's not a misprint. I have the Thermalright 775 bolt-thru kit on my Thermaltake Mini Typhoon and it looks quite different to that. Cheers, -- Shaun. |
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