Which heatsink...

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  1. Loz

    Loz Blah Blah

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    I'm considering buying a decent heatsink and I was wondering which of these two to get:

    1)Cooler Master Heat Pipe HHC-001
    2)Alpha PAL8045

    I've heard that the coolermaster is quite good with the heat-pipes, but absolutly everyone reccomends the alpha :)

    Which would provide the best performance and what are the possibilities for sticking a 120mm delta on either? :D

    ~Sepherus
     
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  2. Loz

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    While I'm posting, whats the TS Heatronics Zen CPU Radiator like? Theres no real chance of me getting this (look at the price) but I'm curious :)

    Any probs fitting any of these three to my mobo? (KR7A-133R)
     
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  3. wip3out

    wip3out What's a Dremel?

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    I too am looking at geting a PAL8045 and fitting it sometime in the future when i have thhe time to dismantle my whole computer. :sigh:

    A few questions :-

    Should I get a CPU shim for use with it (OCS says i should but i think this might be to make more money :lol:??

    How exactly do the fans attatch to the heatsink and are 80mm the standard size??

    Will I have any problems fitting it with an Asus A7V266-E revision 1.07 board???

    Thanks
     
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  4. George

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    get the Alpha, and yes 80mm is the standard size for these HS's.

    .icecube
     
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  5. George

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  6. Lazy

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    a shim is used to protect the core of the chip from being crushed. As the alpha pal 8045 bolts on to the motherboard there is no need for a shim.

    You can get 80 > 120mm adpaters if you live in the US as i have seen them on a website a while ago.

    I would recommend the alpha pal 8045 :D
     
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  7. wip3out

    wip3out What's a Dremel?

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    I think my version of the A7V266-E doesn't have this problem I'll find a pic later to show you what i mean. Anyone one have a 8045 and an A7V266-E??

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    ^ my mobo has a diffrent layout of the capacitors

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    ^My mobo capacitor layout
     
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  8. IsaacSibson

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    Look through the archives of this forum for a thread called "Dangerous Heatsinks".

    Then buy the Alpha.
     
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  9. Lazy

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    why don't you make a sticky just saying - buy the alpha pal 8045 as i seem to be telling people a lot lately. :D

    Also make the dangerous heatsink list a sticky as that would probably help a lot of people.
     
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  10. IsaacSibson

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    Ok. I'll do that....at the time I did ask if people wanted it that way, but didn't get a lot of response.
     
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  11. felix the cat

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    wipeout...it does fit on the asus...look at my sig...

    ASUS plus ALPHA....:D
     
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  12. wip3out

    wip3out What's a Dremel?

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    what capacitor layout have you got near the zif socket flix? the top picture or the bottom one??
     
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  13. GunDam

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    With all the recommendations of the Alpha sink we all make here, we should get an Alpha/Bit-tech special price like the Matrix Orbital/Bit-Tech LCD :D
     
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