Volcano II or Super orb?

[bungee]

I have only access to thermaltek orb and I bought an athlon 1200 which may be eventually overclocked. Which between the Volcano II and SuperOrb is best according to you guys?

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[wapaaga]

defintely the volcano two the orbs ar not good at all

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[FatBurger]

Orbs are the worst heatsinks you can buy. Don't ever use one. The Volcano II on the other hand, is the best really cheap heatsink around.

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[Crashman]

I'll take the Volcano II for 10C better cooling.

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[bungee]

I don't understand, what do you mean by 10C, Crashman?

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[Crashman]

10 degrees Cel.

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[Renegade87]

Volcano II, ORB's SUCK !!!!!!

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[Guest]

I'm not one to advertise, but I just bought a coper plate that mounts on the t-bird (socket A) so you can actually make contact with the heat sink. Most people overlook that. I also picked up a coper heat sink with fan and some coper past.

See where I'm going with this? Copper passes heat better than all other metals. Check out 3dcool.com. I'm sure you've all been there but they have some good info for overclockers.

 

[FatBurger]

Copper is best except for silver, but when's the last time you've seen a silver heatsink? Maybe in the future. That would be awesome, though.

And I also recommend <A HREF="http://www.3dcool.com" target="_new">3DCool</A>. I've gotten a few different things from them, and I'm pleased with them all (with the exception of the 'Video Card heatsink & fan', that will never work on my card, but oh well).

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[funkdog]

If you talking about a copper shim, don't waist your money, alot of people I've talked too, and one particular poster here in the last couple of days got a shim that was just a tad too tall and wasn't getting correct core pressure from the heatsink. Resulting in a 10C degree increase. He took off the shim and viola, he was 10c degrees cooler.

If you know how to properly install a heatsink, shims are not needed, and really aren't that big of a deal. Mainly I beleive they are a direct reflextion of the hardware sites wanting to cash in on the 'crushed core" situations. Instead of just explaining how to do it correctly.

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[Guest]

Yeah, i also read a lot of posts and tests about these (copper) shims, and they do not cause your temperature to drop at all. Installing a cooler that is supposed to fit is also possible without these shims, you just have to do it correctly and carefully. These shims could also damage or shortcircuit your cpu if you use it incorrectly.
Some cheap shims even lift the cooler too high, so the cpu doesn't make good contact with the heatsink, and then the temperature will rise a lot, which could damage your cpu!!!

And why spend any money on an useless (expensive) slide of copper?

And about the cooler question....
I also read that the volcano II wasn't that great, but still better than the orb's indeed.

I'm sticking with my Alpha PAL6035 which has a copper inlay.

 

[Kalzone]

I have a Volcano II on my 1.4 and it keeps it at acceptable temps for reg. use, but I doubt I'd attempt to OC with it. Everything I read said it was better than the orbs, though. Personally, I planned on looking into some water cooling and thought the Volcano would be a good, yet cheap, alternative until I got my scheme underway. If you get a Volcano be careful locking it down on the chip - it has a very high tension/compression clamp and I was scared it would crack the die.

Tell you one thing...I can sure tell when the fan is on. I couldn't imagine putting a louder cooler on my system. It rattles the box so much I can feel it on my elbow while resting it on the desk.

 

[Guest]

I dont no anything about this volcano fan? Is it under another name? As far as the Super Orb goes it has not recieved great reviews for design however it did rank 7th out of 46 in cooling capacity on one of the reviews on this site. So as far as cooling goes i dont understand how others are arguing that it does not work?
It looks like it works well but is loud and uses the more grunt approach of a lot power rather than an efficent design.