Looking for a high performance SocketA HSF.

Curiosityx · 4 Jul 2006 at 10:11

Can anyone put some names into the pot for me, i know that they arnt as common as previous years but i could do with one of the better performing ones.

Socaddict · 4 Jul 2006 at 10:41

The Gigabyte rocket cooler thingys, perhaps?

Curiosityx · 4 Jul 2006 at 10:48

Ive seen good reviews for the Vantex Aeroflow but cant find one anywhere.

Xez · 4 Jul 2006 at 11:24

Socaddict said:
The Gigabyte rocket cooler thingys, perhaps?

I had one on mine. Not the best and pretty noisey :rolleyes:

Charlie Bravo · 4 Jul 2006 at 13:11

I had an SLK800 with an 80mm Papst fan on it. My mate uses it now to cool his XP2500.

Street · 4 Jul 2006 at 14:24

Charlie Bravo said:
I had an SLK800 with an 80mm Papst fan on it. My mate uses it now to cool his XP2500.

Thats what I used on my old system, Thermalright make some quality coolers

dale1uk · 4 Jul 2006 at 21:27

I had my gigabyte g-power pro on my xp3200 and it did a great job. Idle sat around 35'c with the fan on its slowest setting which is fairly quiet. Got it cooling my 3700sd now as its universal, and it keeps that at 30'c idle on the slowest setting, even in this heat and with 1.56v going through it

joeyjojo · 5 Jul 2006 at 16:33

dale1uk said:
I had my gigabyte g-power pro on my xp3200 and it did a great job. Idle sat around 35'c with the fan on its slowest setting which is fairly quiet. Got it cooling my 3700sd now as its universal, and it keeps that at 30'c idle on the slowest setting, even in this heat and with 1.56v going through it

I'm also looking for a socket a hsf for a veery hot 2500+, however the mobo doesn't have mounting holes. Does the g-power need mounting holes or does it use the clip-tab things on the socket? Thanks

dale1uk · 5 Jul 2006 at 17:11

Uses clips so no mounting holes are required. It comes with clips to fit socket A, 939, 754, 775 & 478 so can easily be used again when you upgrade as i've done. Make sure you gat the pro version if you are going to get one as it comes with its own fan comntroller so you can alter the speed of the fan as at full speed its on the loud side.

joeyjojo · 5 Jul 2006 at 17:24

Great news, thanks mate. This 2500 used to be at 3200 speeds :cool:

then it started getting hotter :confused:

. I only noticed when it incessantly crashed that temps were high 70's :eek:

, so its at 1100mhz atm, 60ish idle. Was looking for a cooler for ages but they mostly need mounting holes, so this could be the answer *touches wood*.

dale1uk · 5 Jul 2006 at 17:44

Like i said it kept my 3200 at around 35ish at idle and that was running it a 2.3. Of course on a hot day it went higher but even in the summer after a day of gaming it never went over 45/50 under load.

joeyjojo · 5 Jul 2006 at 17:51

Athlon XPs run so hot :/

Was just looking at the Thermaltake Pipe 101, might be good.