Best 939 opteron heatsink

[Max0r]

Discuss!

[King Speedy]

I take it you're concerned with a tower setup as opposed to rack-mount?

[RacerX]

Watercooling? Air w/ heat pipe? Cost? Noise issues? Overclocking? King Spanky covered your case's form factor.....

If you started a thread like "Best tits to play with....Discuss!", you might get a more vigorous response.

But this heatsink thing requires that you give a little bit of insight into your setup, your level of tech skilz, and your budget.

[unskinnybob]

Remove Opteron chip and replace with FX-55. It comes with a heatsink.

[Max0r]

Watercooling? Air w/ heat pipe? Cost? Noise issues? Overclocking? King Spanky covered your case's form factor.....

If you started a thread like "Best tits to play with....Discuss!", you might get a more vigorous response.

But this heatsink thing requires that you give a little bit of insight into your setup, your level of tech skilz, and your budget.

Air, cost not a factor, can be very loud but able to turn it down somewhat via 5v/12v flip switch without going molten while maintaining a good overclock. Maximum OC on air. Full tower wiff lots of pretty fans that push good CFM. I really don't want to be making my own controllers and doing soldering, but other than that I am pretty up there in the techizzlez. Just been broke and uninterested in putting together a new system until now ;) haven't dealt with the new shit, so looking for those who have.

Good point about the tits.

FX-55? Are you fucking serious? No you can't be ;)

Edit: A really nice feature to have but not necessary is the heatsink being able to keep the processor at decent temps with silent or near silent fan operation.. this would be for those times when I'd clock down to stock, turn all my fans low n shit so I can enjoy the subtle nuances of some music or playing yet another under-audible DivX/XviD movie. This may eliminate the Swiftech MCXV6400 =( in favor of the heatpipe/massive paperthin copper blade variety HS.

[RacerX]

I've got a Thermalright SLK-800U all copper cooler with an 80mm 4800RPM fan. I have a fan controller so I can dial down the RPM and the noise. My CPU is an AthlonXP Barton core 2500+ which is a stock 1833MHz. I have it o/c to 2300MHz (11.5x200) and under load I hit about 49°C if my room temperature is about 24°C. When I say "under load", I mean running things like BF2, 3DMark05 & 03, NFS:MW, Doom3, Far Cry, & HL2.

The heatsink I have doesn't even have any heatpipes in it and it still performs very well. Although, when I'm running the fan at top RPM, it is loud - I just turn up the speakers or put on the headphones.

I really like overclockers.com for this sort of info. They have comaprison charts for lots of air heatsinks and results are shown for different fan CFM ratings. Here is their latest article and it looks like a good cooler although it is a little tall. With air cooling you always have to worry about leverage on the CPU socket from the size, shape, and weight of a cooler/fan solution.

http://overclockers.com/articles1277/

[King Speedy]

How well do the Opterons even overclock? Those chips are built more for rock-solid stability rather than overclocking.

[RacerX]

How well do the Opterons even overclock? Those chips are built more for rock-solid stability rather than overclocking.
They actually o/c fairly well - I've read about - since I've never owned one. As long as you have a motherboard with a multiplier unlock on it, you should be able to have some MHz gains. My AthlonXP is locked but my mobo allows a multiplier unlock. In contrast to raising the multiplier, overclocking the bus has great benefits but it is also very strenuous on the chipset and RAM.

[Max0r]

Clock for clock opties and A64s perform equally. Opties use less power and produce less heat. A 2 GHz opteron 146 for $173-205 can do 2.6 to 3.0 GHz on strong air.

The same trend goes for the dual core variety in comparison with the X2.

[WhoGivesARatsAss]

Stock HSF FTMFW!

[Max0r]

I've been researching this lengthy eclipse and I believe it to be the work of Claw Vipers...

Tt Sonic Tower w/3 fans FTMFW?

[TopSecretBoy]

Clock for clock opties and A64s perform equally. Opties use less power and produce less heat. A 2 GHz opteron 146 for $173-205 can do 2.6 to 3.0 GHz on strong air.

The same trend goes for the dual core variety in comparison with the X2.

I can vouch for all of this.

[iplayguitar]

They actually o/c fairly well - I've read about - since I've never owned one. As long as you have a motherboard with a multiplier unlock on it, you should be able to have some MHz gains. My AthlonXP is locked but my mobo allows a multiplier unlock. In contrast to raising the multiplier, overclocking the bus has great benefits but it is also very strenuous on the chipset and RAM.
amd64 and opterons are multi locked, only fx's are unlocked.

[RacerX]

amd64 and opterons are multi locked, only fx's are unlocked.
Yes, I know the chip multiplier is locked but I think there are some motherboards that can "unlock" it. I know that is true for socket A but I haven't looked for socket 939.

[iplayguitar]

Yes, I know the chip multiplier is locked but I think there are some motherboards that can "unlock" it. I know that is true for socket A but I haven't looked for socket 939.
thats what im saying. the socket A past a certain week and all new amd chips are hard locked on the chip. the motherboards cant unlock em.

*edit*
they are locked up, not down. so you can lower your multi but not raise it.

[Max0r]

they are locked up, not down. so you can lower your multi but not raise it.

Exactly. Fortunately the obstacle is only one of extra mathematical calculation (don't fully understand it yet, will when I get the parts and play with them... he he he). With an FX you're basically paying extra hundreds of dollars to avoid punching some #'s in the calculator... that and a higher overclock potential. But does an extra $100 or per extra 100 MHz really justify it? Perhaps if you have lots a' lots a' money. :rolleyes: :( gimme money :)

[Jwr5]

http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/det...tion~Detail.asp
this is a sweet heatsink. My whole case is cool to the touch. It is a heat pump.
I was able to oc my cpu from 1.8 to 2.6