HSF for AMD 1800+ - thats not going to crack it! - Page 2

GreenBeret · 31st March 2002, 9:27 PM

My fingers are weak

I always use a screwdriver + a plier to install/uninstall HSF.

Prenexus · 1st April 2002, 5:18 PM

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i still don't get it.

i have put together literally hundreds of duron and athlon systems with almost every cooler known to man, and i am yet to crack a single one.

Well, this is only the second one Ive put together. Im still not convinced Ive cracked the core, but thats what all the symptoms point to.

Just count yourself lucky you havent broken one before. I should have been more careful, but as usual I was in a rush to get the rig built...live and learn, you can bet I wont be doing that again

Thanks for all the advice, Ill have to check out some prices and see whats doing.

Mat

Whitey Ford · 1st April 2002, 5:25 PM

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Originally posted by fraginator
It's a bit out of your price range, but the Alpha PAL 8045 is one damn fine peice of metal

cant agree more there. With the four bolt design, i think you would have to be a special person to be able to chip a core with an Alpha.

Mike

DDsD · 1st April 2002, 6:01 PM

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Originally posted by Whitey Ford

cant agree more there. With the four bolt design, i think you would have to be a special person to be able to chip a core with an Alpha.

Mike

Bring your pc round and ill show you how to crush the core with it

hehe

stroggos2k · 1st April 2002, 8:20 PM

Well the easiest HSF I've ever installed is the cooler master copper heat pipe one, took one try without a screwdriver in a midi tower case

BUT the Volcano7 I have at home is good too, was easy

littlee · 4th April 2002, 2:21 PM

On this, surely they could design a HSF which attaches to the CPU (not the Mobo)..

Must be someway of doing it..

DDsD · 4th April 2002, 2:30 PM

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Originally posted by littlee
On this, surely they could design a HSF which attaches to the CPU (not the Mobo)..

Must be someway of doing it..

Epoxy?

i hardly thing that would be a viable method tho, with the weight of heatsinks and how they would have to attatch to the cpu you either get broken cpus, or cpu's which fall out of the mobo soket cos they are pulled too hard by the heatsink (and kill your agp card with it)

Whitey Ford · 4th April 2002, 3:31 PM

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Originally posted by littlee
On this, surely they could design a HSF which attaches to the CPU (not the Mobo)..

old pentiums are like that...

They just have little plastic clips that hold the cpu and hs together... hardly any pressure though... but the heat that a P100 produces isnt really that huge...

You have to remember that theres not all that much holding a cpu into the mobo... im sure a big piece of metal like an Alpha would just rip the cpu out of the mobo alltogether.

Mike

littlee · 5th April 2002, 11:41 AM

hmm good point Mike. Yeah the main problem with that chain of thought is the pressure required. I just thought it would be good because you could install the heatsink to the cpu away from the computer. (so you don't have to be a contortionist).

I guess I was thinking some kind of shim below the cpu which would connect to a HSF. Well it's an engineering feat anyway

pax · 5th April 2002, 11:54 AM

for HSF's, I would say the Volcano 7+ seems to be good and people have had no complaints.

I myself am getting a ThermalRight AX-7 which is a 3 clip on the LUG, and pretty easy to put on as it comes with spacers to assist in not crushing your CPU.

The new GlobalWin CAK-?8 is meant to be easy to apply, though have not tried.

On the other hand, if you are happy with the performance, though I don't think anyone is happy with the noise, I suggest you shell out $7 for a shim. I put one on my brother's PC, and he has a FOP-38, and we've had no troubles,

Pax

31st March 2002, 9:27 PM	#16
GreenBeret Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 17,027	My fingers are weak I always use a screwdriver + a plier to install/uninstall HSF. __________________ Doctore: Crixus! What is beneath your feet? Crixus: Sacred ground, Doctore. Watered with tears and blood.

1st April 2002, 8:20 PM	#20
stroggos2k Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Rozelle, Sydney NSW Posts: 6,308	HSF Well the easiest HSF I've ever installed is the cooler master copper heat pipe one, took one try without a screwdriver in a midi tower case BUT the Volcano7 I have at home is good too, was easy

4th April 2002, 2:21 PM	#21
littlee Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Crazed Knife Stabbing Central Posts: 2,053	On this, surely they could design a HSF which attaches to the CPU (not the Mobo).. Must be someway of doing it.. __________________ Say hello to my little friend.

5th April 2002, 11:41 AM	#24
littlee Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Crazed Knife Stabbing Central Posts: 2,053	hmm good point Mike. Yeah the main problem with that chain of thought is the pressure required. I just thought it would be good because you could install the heatsink to the cpu away from the computer. (so you don't have to be a contortionist). I guess I was thinking some kind of shim below the cpu which would connect to a HSF. Well it's an engineering feat anyway __________________ Say hello to my little friend.

5th April 2002, 11:54 AM	#25
pax Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: God's Country Posts: 1,343	for HSF's, I would say the Volcano 7+ seems to be good and people have had no complaints. I myself am getting a ThermalRight AX-7 which is a 3 clip on the LUG, and pretty easy to put on as it comes with spacers to assist in not crushing your CPU. The new GlobalWin CAK-?8 is meant to be easy to apply, though have not tried. On the other hand, if you are happy with the performance, though I don't think anyone is happy with the noise, I suggest you shell out $7 for a shim. I put one on my brother's PC, and he has a FOP-38, and we've had no troubles, Pax