anyone got any recommendations? i need a quiet/silent heatsink that will chill a XP 1700+ pretty good. I plan on overclocking more (currently at 1.7ghz with a Volcano 5@ 63 deg under load). also keep it cheap

I cannot, in good conscience, recommend ANY silent heatsink for use in serious overclocking. If you were running at stock speed, or not too much over, I'd suggest the Zalman Flower, along with a bracket-mounted 92mm fan.

63C now, and you wanna run it silent?! Be prepared for total meltdown.
If you could keep it under 50C that would be a good start. Maybe you should look into watercooling if you want to get it silent.

well i have a crappy HSF...its AL. maybe getting a desent Cu heatsink?

have u tryed lapping the HSU?

I don't think lapping a crappy aluminum heatsink is going to help much. I would suggest trying a decent copper heatsink, after lapping it, of course. :wink:

The Thermalright SLK 600 or 800 would be good choices and you can decide how deaf you want to be by picking damn near any fan you want to use with them, too.

well its the cheapest way i know, and LiLmoonee said"also keep it cheap" :P

PS: how about this [url=http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=S457-1002]here

Lapping a cheap aluminum heatsink would make it work better than an unlapped aluminum heat sink. Aluminum will never reach the performance of copper though as aluminum has 1/2 the thermal conduction propertys of copper. Copper will conduct .99 calorie per sec per sq centimeter aluminum will only conduct .5. Considering the cost of a good copper heatsink compared to a 1700 processor it would be a good investment

aluminum with embedded copper works great too.. look at the Alpha PAL 8045U like mine.... works fantastic.

you want silent, you are gonna need a koolance case with the cpu water block.

water. or volcano 7-9 on low fan speed is my suggestions

hey u get into contact with me ill hook ya up with this fan for anothing its brand new from a computer shop here in satx, i have the little bit biger one and its a great fan i love it its alittle loud but for it being a copper and etc it runs great.....

4200rpm fan mine is like 47 or so....

and 42cfm and mine i think pushs alittle more then that one not much though ive been told its a pretty nice little fan for the cost and etc.....

let me know and ill be happy to take care of ya

or if ya want a valcano 9 i can get it also for the same price

My current HS is alu, and it does an ok job, but I need something that works better. I would really like the one heatsink on Xoxide, the one that has a heat pipe.

edit: here it is.
http://www.xoxide.com/taisk7heatpi.html

that thing looks HUGE and heavy

Specifications:

Fan Size 70 x 70 x 15mm, 1 ball
Rated Voltage 12 VDC
Input Current 0.14 (Max. 0.24) A
Input Power 1.68 (Max 2.88) W
Speed 3300 RPM
Max Air Flow 28.1 CFM
Fan Life 40,000 Hours
Noise Level 30 DBA
Connector 3 Pin-Molex
Approved UL,CSA,VDE,CE
Heatsink Material AL6063-T5 and Heatpipe
Dimension 90 x 86 x 86mm
Weight 330gm


Not too heavy, but fairly big and tall. You'd want to check all of your clearances before spending the money on it.

thx...i missed the weight.....now i see it on the page