James,
What is your opinion about using the ThermalTake BT in mid-tower cases
where the m/b lives perpendicular; the cooler hangs out in the air and torques
the mounting? (so weight is a bid deal to me, not the mounting!)......
Have studied the specs. I now use ThermalRight SLK-800U(s) on my
AMD Bartons (2) and AMD TBird 1400M (1).
Thinking about this............. :)
Best,
Duncan
At 10:51 12/11/2007 -0800, JM wrote:
Fred,
I purchased the Thermaltake Big Typhoon for an AMD 64 3700+ San Diego that
was routinely overheating with the stock AMD cooler. With the Big Typhoon, I
routinely ran at 25 degrees C at idle, with high cpu usage, it ran about 35
degrees, and if screaming on a hot summer day, maybe 40 degrees. I upgraded
the AMD 64 to an Opteron 185 dual processor that came with a 4-heat pipe
stock AMD hsf. I used the Big Typhoon with the new Opteron (and am running
about the same temps, 25 idle, 40 screaming) and used the stock Opteron on
the AMD 64 3700+. The stock AMD hsf keeps the cpu about 27-30 degrees at
idle and under 35-40 at high cpu usage (i.e.,rendering a Xvid from mpeg). It
is also quiet, although not as quiet as the Big Typhoon.
So, while I cannot give you a db for the AMD stock 4 pipe HSF they use with
the Opteron, I will say is is almost as quiet as the Big Typhoon which is
advertised at 16 dB. And it cools almost as well. That being said (too
almosts in the same sentence :), I would purchase a Big Typhoon or similar
again. It is BIG, but has worked very well for me. The best $45 I spent for
my computer and ears.
HTH,
Jim Maki
> -----Original Message-----
> From: FORC5
> Any one know what the db is on AMD stock fan/heatsinks ?
>
> Model in question is a 6000 x2, sink has thermalpipe tech on
> it. Thinking of upping the fan and not sure it would be worth
> spending $30/40. Looking at A thermaltake Silent 939 k8 think 19db
>
> Thanks
> Fred
>
