vapor chamber heatsinks - yay or nay?
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Gripes - noisy fan that rattles and wooshes in part due to the plastic(!) shroud-like mounting to the HS. Speedfan helps, but I don't seem to be able to keep the fan constantly on (at low revs), or have it gradually ramp up (probably some setting I've overlooked in speedfan).
I'm still investigating my options but I have found that the resistor pack that zalman do to slow fans down works well (quiet) enough for me. Panaflo fan and zalman northbridge HS (nforce4 boards are noisy!!) are on the way.
Sadly it seems that the Nforce4 boards that I've seen don't have PWM capable fan headers (i.e. 4 pin fan headers) so undervolting / extra resistance seems to be my only options.
-Quikkie (silencing newbie)
on my X2 3800 with the exteme variant of this HS and the stock fan (92mm fan at ~3000 RPM) it keeps the temps at 31C @ idle and 44C with two cpuburn processes running.Nightwatch wrote:Anyone using this HSF yet?
If so, what is your impression?
Gripes - noisy fan that rattles and wooshes in part due to the plastic(!) shroud-like mounting to the HS. Speedfan helps, but I don't seem to be able to keep the fan constantly on (at low revs), or have it gradually ramp up (probably some setting I've overlooked in speedfan).
I'm still investigating my options but I have found that the resistor pack that zalman do to slow fans down works well (quiet) enough for me. Panaflo fan and zalman northbridge HS (nforce4 boards are noisy!!) are on the way.
Sadly it seems that the Nforce4 boards that I've seen don't have PWM capable fan headers (i.e. 4 pin fan headers) so undervolting / extra resistance seems to be my only options.
-Quikkie (silencing newbie)
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I can't tell you what the stock cooler temperatures are, because I specified this cooler as part of the system build. This is the first computer I've had built for me, the previous three I built myself...
As for noise I still have some work to do
For those who are vaguely interested I got the Gladiator Computers Trident X2-3800 rig with the antec slk3800 case/PSU and the asetek HSF.
As for noise I still have some work to do
- on the antec slk3800 with some vibration,
sealing up of vents and such
the nforce4 chipset cooling and
replacing the fan on the heatsink
For those who are vaguely interested I got the Gladiator Computers Trident X2-3800 rig with the antec slk3800 case/PSU and the asetek HSF.
here's a review of the Asestek Vapochill Micro (Ultra low noise) as compared to the stock amd cooler clicky
From the point of view of noise this review is no good - it mentions that the cooler is quiet however there are no quantative readings of the noise level. What it does give you is the temperature differences between this cooler and the stock AMD cooler at idle and running prime95 both at stock frequencies and while overclocked.
From my own experiences with this cooler and a stock 92mm panaflo M1A speed controlled by the BIOS, this cooler never lets the CPU (in my case a X2-3800) go above 45C (two cpuburn instances or similar)
I'd have no problems recommend this cooler as an quiet-on-a-budget cooler, similar to the Arctic Cooling Freezer
-Quikkie
From the point of view of noise this review is no good - it mentions that the cooler is quiet however there are no quantative readings of the noise level. What it does give you is the temperature differences between this cooler and the stock AMD cooler at idle and running prime95 both at stock frequencies and while overclocked.
From my own experiences with this cooler and a stock 92mm panaflo M1A speed controlled by the BIOS, this cooler never lets the CPU (in my case a X2-3800) go above 45C (two cpuburn instances or similar)
I'd have no problems recommend this cooler as an quiet-on-a-budget cooler, similar to the Arctic Cooling Freezer
-Quikkie
Here is a review
http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/coolin ... vapomicro/
http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/coolin ... vapomicro/