Thermalright XP-120 on AMD 3000+

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Thermalright XP-120 on AMD 3000+

Post by jameslee » Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:06 am

I'm going to buy the Thermalright XP-120 and attach a Panaflo FBL12G12L1A fan onto it when I get my 3000+ through.

I'm going to be doing some OCing (not too much) on the 3000+ and wondered if this heatsink/fan set up would work ok? It's also going to be on a Abit Fatal1ty AN8 motherboard, and wondered if anyone could forsee some installation problems? The heatsink and fan obviously take up some room :)

Comments would be much appreciated.

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Post by NeilBlanchard » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:32 am

Greetings James,

The XP-120 might be able to cool that CPU passively, even if you oc it. It is a fine HS, if a little bit harder to install than some others. You'll need a fair bit of room around the socket. And if the XP120 is too tight, then the SI-120 is a better possibility to fit...

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Post by jameslee » Thu Jan 05, 2006 6:47 am

Looking at the new SI-120 I think I may well go for it. With the new design, it'll be much easier to fit in by the looks of it.

As for the fan, I figured I'd go for it seen as it has been recommended by thermalright. Only thing is, I'm having some difficult finding where to purchase it from :D

Any other similar fans that will suffice?

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Post by Tibors » Thu Jan 05, 2006 7:23 am

Almost any fan that moves a little air will be enough. The most quiet ones are listed in this sticky:
The Top SPCR Quiet 120mm Axial Fans Compared + 120mmAC Fans.

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Post by ronrem » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:22 pm

You want to get a 120 fan dow to 1000 rpm,or less. Some fans are a little quieter at a given RPM,but the fan speed is the main deal. One of the front panel things that gives you temps and can control fan speed too can let you adjust to where its as slow as possible without overheating the cpu.

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Post by Cams » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:53 pm

I have an XP-120 on a 3500+ Winchester with a Nexus 120mm fan at the lowest fanmate setting, whatever that is. I've overclocked to 220 FSB @ 11 so am at 2.42GHz. Temps under load are around 40ºC.

It is a bugger to put on and remove though. I almost put a screwdriver right through the motherboard trying to unclip it during a rebuild. Those things are tight!

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Post by JVM » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:24 pm

I noticed Thermalright recommends a 120x38 size fan for the heatsink and does the Nexus 120x25 fit all right?

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Post by acaurora » Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:28 pm

Forwarding you to: http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=28330 RE: Nexus 120mm fit.

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