Does anyone know if there is a heat pipe cooling unit made for a Socket A AMD?
Mine is an xp2800+ and the noise is starting to be bothersome.
Thanks

Heatpipe as in strictly passive cooling??? I doubt it, especially if you're talking about CPU coolers. The Thermalright SP-97 or XP-90 coolers have heatpipes that are used on the heatsink, but you have to have a fan on them or you'll burn up your chip. You might try water if you want a quieter solution.

I know that zalman sells a completely passive case where NO fans are used at all, but it costs about $1,200.

I have a Vantec TMC fan... (tornado I think) and it's quiet as can be. I run my 2500 OCed to 3200 and it stays around 110f with my direct sensor. Onboard tells me it's around 95f.

It's probably not a tornado, maybe it's a stealth. Tornado fans aren't quiet unless they're running less than 2300 RPM.

i was referring to the type that uses a fan

Well you can't go wrong with a Thermalright heatsink. They are a bit pricey though, I don't know if they sell the sp-97 anymore, but it used to be around $50. Couple that with a 92mm Tornado and you have one of the best air cooling solutions around (if you don't mind the noise). If you do get a tornado, GET A FAN CONTROLLER or else you will hate it. The SLK-948 is also good, but doesn't have heatpipes. And forget what I said about the xp-90, it's not socket A compatible.

Yeah. I can attest that the SP-94 works really damn well. I have it on my P4 2.8 oc'd to 3.4, 880 fsb with some OCZ paste and temps dropped 15 deg. No shit. Load temps are 30-32. Awesome. I have the Big ass vantec tornado on it, the 119 CFM. And yes its LOUD. Fan controller highly recommended. ITs rated at 50db. A restaurant like McDonalds at lunch time is rated at 55db.

Thermaltake has something out for P4's and Athlons. Anyway, its this 1 pound block of copper that sits like 6 inches off of your cpu and cools with passive cooling, so that might be an option for you. Only thing is, it had a bad rating on OcForums. Some said it might bend the Mobo a bit to much. anyway, heres the link.

http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/cl-p ... ess103.htm

Good luck.

Load temps of 30-32? According to what? Those sound like watercooled temps to me. I'd only trust external sensors, those sensors on the board are usually 5-8C off.

Yeah. The internal sensors were saying like 25 for load temps. I would have like that, but i was like no fucking way. So i got some external sensors and yeah, 30-32 load temps.

Anyway, about that TT cooler...I wouldn't even come close to that thing. Go with the Thermalright.

Oh yeah. Totally agreed. I was just giving him passive cooling heatpipe options. Thermaltake sucks. Thermalright is where its at.

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