That heatsink Kony mentioned is awesome but that Thermaltake heatpipe is truly bizarre

Heres the one Kony mentioned
http://www.svc.com/thslsoco.html

Heres the heatpipes
http://www.pctoyland.com/Merchant2/...gory_Code=amdp3

Anyone see a review of it? I mean is that mainly for looks or is it
substantially better than a plain old heatsink?

John@Smith.com wrote:
> Heres the one Kony mentioned
> http://www.svc.com/thslsoco.html
>
> Heres the heatpipes
>
http://www.pctoyland.com/Merchant2/...roduct_Code=THT
K-P0025&Category_Code=amdp3
>
> Anyone see a review of it? I mean is that mainly for looks or is it
> substantially better than a plain old heatsink?

I saw a review of it, (can't remember the URL, and I'm sick of trying to
save them all, sorry. Try Google), and it's actually pretty dismal,
especially for the price.

There is a similar type of HSF that came out just recently, the Coolermaster
Hyper 6, that is heaps better. Toms did a review on it and I *do* have URLs
for that:

http://www.tomshardware.com/firstlo..._cooler-01.html
http://www.ocworkbench.com/2004/coo...r6/hyper6-1.htm

There are heaps more reviews or it out there, I just Googled Coolermaster
Hyper 6.

I like it because, unlike the ThermalTake, it actually has quite a bit of
metal at the base, with fins, as well as the heatpipes. Also, the fins are
copper, not aluminium. The downside (for me) is that it's not for socket A,
just P4s and K8s. Apparently it can be run without a fan but both of the
reviews above point out that it's not a wise move. (Unless you ducted it
somehow. I pretty-much always duct my HS's so they get fan-forced air from
outside the case, it usually gives me a temp drop of 5°C plus over
recirculated air).

It looks like a good HS/F. It weighs in at a kilo however but that shouldn't
be a problem as long as you're not throwing your case around the place or
shipping it.
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~misfit~

~misfit~ wrote:
> John@Smith.com wrote:
>> Heres the one Kony mentioned
>> http://www.svc.com/thslsoco.html
>>
>> Heres the heatpipes
>>
>
http://www.pctoyland.com/Merchant2/...roduct_Code=THT
> K-P0025&Category_Code=amdp3
>>
>> Anyone see a review of it? I mean is that mainly for looks or is it
>> substantially better than a plain old heatsink?
>
> I saw a review of it, (can't remember the URL, and I'm sick of trying
> to save them all, sorry. Try Google), and it's actually pretty dismal,
> especially for the price.
>
> There is a similar type of HSF that came out just recently, the
> Coolermaster Hyper 6, that is heaps better. Toms did a review on it
> and I *do* have URLs for that:
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/firstlo..._cooler-01.html
> http://www.ocworkbench.com/2004/coo...r6/hyper6-1.htm
>
> There are heaps more reviews or it out there, I just Googled
> Coolermaster Hyper 6.
>
> I like it because, unlike the ThermalTake, it actually has quite a
> bit of metal at the base, with fins, as well as the heatpipes. Also,
> the fins are copper, not aluminium. The downside (for me) is that
> it's not for socket A, just P4s and K8s. Apparently it can be run
> without a fan but both of the reviews above point out that it's not a
> wise move. (Unless you ducted it somehow. I pretty-much always duct
> my HS's so they get fan-forced air from outside the case, it usually
> gives me a temp drop of 5°C plus over recirculated air).
>
> It looks like a good HS/F. It weighs in at a kilo however but that
> shouldn't be a problem as long as you're not throwing your case
> around the place or shipping it.

Check out it's performance on this page!

http://www.extrememhz.com/hyper6-p2.shtml

I wish I could fit one to my Athlon (32). Who needs water-cooling?
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~misfit~

On Fri, 21 May 2004 10:25:34 GMT, "John@Smith.com" <xxxxspud@newscene.com>
wrote:

>Heres the one Kony mentioned
>http://www.svc.com/thslsoco.html
>
>Heres the heatpipes
>http://www.pctoyland.com/Merchant2/...gory_Code=amdp3
>
>Anyone see a review of it? I mean is that mainly for looks or is it
>substantially better than a plain old heatsink?

I've never seen the Thermaltake heatpipe 'sink but from the looks of it,
the size is such that it'd be be quite limiting... if you had a case and
motherboard where it would fit and be easily ducted out the rear of case
or power suppply it might be OK, but generally speaking I'd avoid anything
Thermaltake makes if the goal is maximum cooling... their Silent Boost is
a good value for a quiet median performance 'sink but otherwise,
historically, they've never been competitive. Likely you'd be better off
with a Thermalright SP97 if you wanted a heatpipe cooler, though there are
a lot of newer entries into the heatpipe segment, possibly something else
better now.

I mentioned the SLK-947U largely because it's a very good performance per
$ with the sale, $19 price with (whatever code is needed to get the deal,
I forget the code now but it was in my prior post along with start and end
dates for the deal). I would not recommend that 'sink at > $35, at which
point the bang for the buck goes down.

If you put a 60mm DELTA SCREAMER FAN ON IT MAYBE.


On Sun, 23 May 2004 09:18:17 GMT, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 23 May 2004 11:11:17 +1000, We Live for the One we Die for the One
><Mr fred@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>
>>
>>The Zalman 7000A kicks its BUTT
>>
>
>Nope, it's quieter if you used the wrong fan on the SLK, but it's size
>makes it incompatible with many cases due to socket proximity to power
>supply, and given same noise, it is outperformed by the SLK.
>
>In other words, the SLK beats it in every way possible except for visual
>effect.

The Zalman 7000A kicks its BUTT



On Fri, 21 May 2004 16:11:01 GMT, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 21 May 2004 10:25:34 GMT, "John@Smith.com" <xxxxspud@newscene.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Heres the one Kony mentioned
>>http://www.svc.com/thslsoco.html
>>
>>Heres the heatpipes
>>http://www.pctoyland.com/Merchant2/...gory_Code=amdp3
>>
>>Anyone see a review of it? I mean is that mainly for looks or is it
>>substantially better than a plain old heatsink?
>
>I've never seen the Thermaltake heatpipe 'sink but from the looks of it,
>the size is such that it'd be be quite limiting... if you had a case and
>motherboard where it would fit and be easily ducted out the rear of case
>or power suppply it might be OK, but generally speaking I'd avoid anything
>Thermaltake makes if the goal is maximum cooling... their Silent Boost is
>a good value for a quiet median performance 'sink but otherwise,
>historically, they've never been competitive. Likely you'd be better off
>with a Thermalright SP97 if you wanted a heatpipe cooler, though there are
>a lot of newer entries into the heatpipe segment, possibly something else
>better now.
>
>I mentioned the SLK-947U largely because it's a very good performance per
>$ with the sale, $19 price with (whatever code is needed to get the deal,
>I forget the code now but it was in my prior post along with start and end
>dates for the deal). I would not recommend that 'sink at > $35, at which
>point the bang for the buck goes down.

On Sun, 23 May 2004 11:11:17 +1000, We Live for the One we Die for the One
<Mr fred@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

>
>The Zalman 7000A kicks its BUTT
>

Nope, it's quieter if you used the wrong fan on the SLK, but it's size
makes it incompatible with many cases due to socket proximity to power
supply, and given same noise, it is outperformed by the SLK.

In other words, the SLK beats it in every way possible except for visual
effect.

On Sun, 23 May 2004 09:55:12 +1000, We Live for the One we Die for the One
<Mr fred@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

>
>If you put a 60mm DELTA SCREAMER FAN ON IT MAYBE.
>
>

Hardly, it's simply a more efficient heatsink. User chooses any fan
they want for the SLK and given same CFM it cools CPU better.