Good Heatsink for AMD 1.2Ghz Thunderbird

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I'm putting together my first computer and I have all the components but the heatsink. I have been looking around online but have been unable to find any articles specifically using heatsinks with the 1.2Ghz chips and I don't want my chip to melt so I am being very cautious.

Any reccomendations? Thanks!
 
Brian, don't listen to the other guys here, they probably don't have first hand experience with a 1.2Ghz CPU. I use the Alpha PAL6035 with the Sunon fan along with Arctic Silver thermal compound. The Sunon fan flows about 25cfm, is about a 4500rpm fan to keep noise down, and does a perfect job of cooling my 1.2Ghz @ 1333mhz. My temps stay around 32-35C at idle, and max around 50C under full load, averaging 48C as a high. The Global Win FOP38 uses the Delta Fan, 7000rpm's, which is very loud, trust me, I could not stand it. It may be OK as use in a server enviroment, but not in the home or work.
 
while what you said "don't listen to the other guys here" is true about wusy and every single one of his posts, i disagree on the fop38 idea. It's great, and it is one of the best coolers out there. Or go with the fop32 if you can't stand the noise. Still, find out for yourself, there are alot of hsf shootout's on the web, and the newest hsf's have been beating the old favourites, such as the alpha and the fop38. (some links at amdzone and anandtech)
 
when i do look at the other sections, i see your posts, and all of them just copy what other people have said, even if they are wrong.

like when u were telling people with the kt133 chipset to lower their multiplier and raise their fsb. idiocy.
Learn more about something before you decide to post.
 
the point is, you mislead people by giving them wrong information. The only time you should give advice is if you have direct experience with the product. I don't think you have even seen a kt133a chipset, nevermind used one for yourself, so how do you feel qualified to give advice about something you know nothing about? Only give advice when you have used the product, that's my rule of thumb. The board you recomend is the asus a7v133? Well, when you put together one for yourself, then, maybe you can recommend it. Until then, let the people who have them give the advice.
 
I recommend the thermoengine black anodised. It has a sealed ammonia-alchol based liquid (says one site) that transfers heat from the bottom directly to the fan. It also comes with a delta which i recommend as they are more powerful than most 80mm case fans!!They are better than the expensive hedgehogs however they are expensive too. Its a socket A and here is a review:

http://3dnow.lohost.net/reviews/thermoengine/

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It was also the only heatsink to fail 2cooltek's test, he tried over and over again for it to stabilize under the heat of the 72 watt peltier, but had to "terminate the test as it kept getting hotter." He said "This thing looks real good for 'On-motherboard' testing as its design allows air to blow under the edge of the CPU, hitting the thermistor direct creating a false temp reading. I wouldn't use it on anything over 600mhz..."

I think there is some truth to that:
<A HREF="http://www.2cooltek.com/revised_test.html" target="_new">http://www.2cooltek.com/revised_test.html</A>

I do like the idea of a heatpipe in a heatsink, but am skepticle of the mysterious ingredients and actual performance of the heatsink. If it can't stabilize on a 72 watt peltier, then I don't know if I would trust it on a T-Bird.
 
I'm running an OCZ Monster 2 with some of their quicksilver thermal paste. It's not very loud. My 1.1 tbird does 1333 with no case cooling (yet) 48C @ idle, tops out @ 53C with a full load after a while. I imagine I can lower the temp significantly with some kind of case cooling and/or a copper spacer.
 
"This is where you are wrong, people who use the mobos doesn't help very much on giving advice.
By reading reviews helps VERY much and I've read lots of A7V133 reviews and most of the site gave them Adwards."

This must be one of the most moronic things I have seen you post yet. Of course people who have the boards give good advice, unless they are complete idiots. Thats why you try to get lots of opinions before you make your descision, that way you can weed out the people who don't know what they are doing.

For many reviews, boards are hand picked which isn't good, sometimes they are randomly selected, but more often than naught they are selected by the company, then sent out to the reviewers.
 
Obviously you did not see heatsink roundup @ Anand's site. The Thermo Eng received high praise and the tests he did both on and off motherboard shows 2coolteks tests were tainted. I personally discount test results done by people who market the same items (heatsinks) on their site. Obviously you're a "hardcore" PEP66 user. Its a great HSF but it doesn't fit to well or work as efficiently on Abit or Iwill 133a boards. If you go to the "2cool" site you'll note he's questioning his own results since Anand's posted his roundup.
 
I love my fop 32 1gig t-bird running @ 1.25gig @41*c and it is quiet and cheap plus some AS2
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if you want a really good heatsink its gonna cost ya. swifttech's new socket A cooler costs 80 bucks and weighs 700 grams but its the best on the market. read about it at anandtech.com and buy it at swiftnets.com
 
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