It's a good bargain, you paid for AlCu and get Cu

But 755g for trips of 500 miles

You must think it very well !!!!!!

It's strange that you feel surprised of that incompatibility, because i'ts clearly stated Incompatible on Zalman site:

http://www.zalmanusa.com/product/cooler ... st_eng.htm

For someone who was that concerned about methodology and "real comparisons", that's a pretty half-assed test you've done there: You haven't read my previous posts (even the title of the topic where you are replying), I'm not doing a general test , but a comparison between 3 heatsinks in my rig , wi...

First results with the SI-97: Testing configuration: Antec SLK-3700 (damped) - 2 x 120mm Globe fan (in/front & out/rear) LC power 420W - modded with 120mm Globe fan Abit NF7-S, passive northbridge cooling, Zalman NB47J Athlon XP 2600+ Thoroughbred (2083Mhz) - FSB 333Mhz - 1.65V 2 x Samsung PC3200 DD...

so we can extrapolate interpolate :wink: No, no I confirm, extrapolate ;) Useful blowing area of a 92mm fan: 6217 mm² Useful blowing area of a 120mm fan: 9785 mm² - it's 50% more than 92mm fan For that calculation i didn't extrapolate the hub diameter of a 92mm, just took the 80mm fan diameter. The...

sim`on wrote:nay, it's currently running with the stock fan at ~1000 RPM

The 80mm stock fan?

sim`on wrote: i just changed my thermalright SP-97 for a aerocool ht-101 tower-cooler, and i'm quite pleased with it.

Do you use it fanless?

if surface area (top) of the heatsink is only 92^2 mm^2 and the fan area is 120^2 mm^2, maybe at the perimeter (incidentally where there is max airflow) it is wasted on the si-97? or you are planning to build a sort of 'funnel' to pipe the 120 down onto the smaller top of the heatsink? The mesured ...

Better than all my confuse explanations in bad english, herre is a useful link to identify all AMD's CPU models: http://www.amd.com/gb-uk/assets/content_type/DownloadableAssets/Processor_Recognition_Rev05_ENG.pdf 1) The stepping it's another thing, and except week, year of place of manufacture, ther...

I'm debating a CPU upgrade from my Athlon XP 2000+. http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-482&catalog=23&manufactory=BROWSE. The link you give is a DTR model, so as far as I know DTR models consumption is 72W. Other models 2400M, 2500M & 2600M (not DTR) have a lower consu...

@ Jojo540 if you use a 120mm Globe, you won't be able to use that on the zalman too.. :( Silentboost have a 80mm stock fan, Zalman a 90mm stock fan and my SI-97 modded a 120mm fan, so I know that I'll compare 3 heatsinks with 3 different diameter fans. BUT , don't forget that the SI-97 is only a he...

The test data for the SI-97 is in my hands and what's required is for me to pull it all together into a review article. This should happen within a week. Anyone wanting to go out and buy one NOW -- just go ahead. If you are looking for a top socket A cooler, you won't lose; it's at least as good as...

Rusty075 wrote:Perhaps if the users who clamored for faster turn-around time on reviews would actually donate to help support the reviewers, things would be faster.

Why don't you like the word "when" ?


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Rusty075 wrote:that's the beauty of having a consistent methodology.

So using your consistent methodology when can we expect your review of SI-97?

Many people is waiting for your review before buying SI-97.

Markp.com wrote:
I'll be mounting mine about 1cm from the base of my case, that way, if they do slip, its a short trip to the ground.

By comparing the °C/W numbers, which are really a measure of its design efficiency, independent of its compatibility. Ok, but it's only an "intellectual comparison", but not a real comparison in same conditions, with same CPU, comparing the temperature results. We hope that in your announced future...

Rusty075 wrote:
The SI-97 outperforms the XP-90 across the board.

How can you compare SI-97 ans XP90? they are not for the same socket.

SI-97 ONLY socket A
XP90 for socket 478/754/939/940, but NOT socket A.

Is this for a Socket A system? I expect the SI-97 should win* - the XP-90 is aluminium, but still manages to beat just about every all-copper cooler out there. *That's ThermalRight's new Socket A aluminium HS with heatpipes, similar to the XP-90 design, right? XP90 doesn't feet socket A, and XP90 h...

I used the Ceramique on both the SilentBoost and SI-97. Belive me, uprade to the SI-97 and a quiet fan like the Nexus or one of your preference, and you will be running cooler and a lot, lot quieter. And I am using the copper shim also on the SI-97 right now. I plan to upgrade to a SI-97 and mod it...

Good question!

I would like to see an article comparing these 3 heatsinks too!

So we can say that both, Silentboost and Nexus where in the same conditions 12V, so you won 2°C with the SI-97.

Which thermal paste do you use?

Sorry for so many questions, but I have now a Silentboost, and plan to buy a SI-97, it's the reason why of my interest in your results

One more question, what is the voltage of the Silentboost and the Nexus?

Three simultaneous posts saying that that thing only has three heatpipes, I think some people might get the false impression that we have something against thermalfake. :lol: It's not false, just say Thermaltake and you'll have at least 3 or 4 posts telling you it's BS, these 3 or 4 posts allways p...

It as 6 heatpipes, but nothing on Thermaltake there is nothing about the weight :( No, that page says under specs "Heatpipe Copper Tube ( 6 mm) x 3pcs" I think I saw the weight stated somewhere as around 900g without a fan. How many pipes do you see here? 3 or 6? http://www.thermaltake.com/images/c...

Arrgh!!!! Assuming than the ratio between Al & CU model will be about 1.8 to 1.9, (for Zalman 7000 it's 1.7, but the AlCu as some copper) the Cu model weight can be estimated to +/- 1,.1 to 1.2 Kg :shock: 1.2Kg & a length of 14.5cm, my motherboard will not resist to this lever :!: So i'll have to wa...

mathias wrote:It also looks capable of breaking your MB. And this one only has 3 heatpipes, compared to 6 on the huge coolermaster tower.

It as 6 heatpipes, but nothing on Thermaltake there is nothing about the weight

Your link gives an error 404 page

Does anybody knows something about this CPU heatsink?

http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/comb ... wer112.htm

It looks as capable to be used without fans