That Zalman looks like its going to be top gun ! but time will tell.
I'll be back on on water and phase change by then though ! lol
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That Zalman looks like its going to be top gun ! but time will tell.
I'll be back on on water and phase change by then though ! lol
I'm well aware of that, but I'm skeptical of the dinky 92mm fan which cannot be replaced unless you do some hardcore modding...
Also, there should be a shroud + 2 fans in push/pull config. The TT Beetle is basically like the zalman but with the above mentioned mods and it kicks ass as far as I know.
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Originally Posted by HKPolice
Its also loud! 44.5dB is more than I can stand...
20dB~44.5dB
oh and Bleedinedge.com showed Typhoon vs the beetle here...
http://www.bleedinedge.com/reviews/t...tt_big_01.html
Well, so far, I'm not impressed, but not mad either. With the stock goop and stock fan i got 35c idle and 49-51c full load with 1.60v and 300x9. Just threw on some as5 and my 152cfm fan and idle is 34c, load is 46c. I don't know what to think really...I can't get 2.75ghz stable even up to 1.7v. Overall, I'm *pretty* satisfied. Mostly with how quiet it is (i'm switching back to the stock fan ;))
I wouldn't recommend this HSF to any DFI users because the DFI backplate doesn't work, and if you use a 'standard' AMD bracket, some of the capacitors on the back of the board will get in the way. I had to mod my backplate and cut off some parts of the sticky plastic adhesive to make room for the caps. Overall, a very time consuming installation but my temps dropped from about 52C with an SLK-948u and 92mm Tornado @ 2.5K rpm to 47C with a quiet delta 120mm that pushes around 70cfm.
OR, you could go to a hardware store like lowe's, homedepot, Ace hardware, etc and buy $1 longer screws ! lolQuote:
Originally Posted by HKPolice
Naw, the stock DFI backplate is a POS anyways. Since it's all plastic, it warps along with the mobo when pressure is applied. I don't know about you, but I hate seeing any board being warped. The metal AMD backplate is much more suitable - after some modding
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I agree, its a shame that TT didn't have the forsight to put some screws long enough for the DFI backplate in their hardware kit that came with the HS.
Overall, the build quality of this HSF is sub-par IMO. The base is horrible - requiring upto an hour of lapping, the mounting system for A64 has compatibility issues, and there's an overall feeling of cheapness since the pipes are literally 'glued' onto the base with 3 lines of glue. It doesn't even surround the whole pipe. The fins are also 'glued' onto the pipes.
YET, the performance is pretty spectacular given all the issues mentioned above. Too bad the price doesn't reflect the build quality because I bet most users would rather turn to a ThermalRight product of similar performance and price.
Recommended for hardcore users who wouldn't mind getting their hands dirty, but not for novice users who can't lap.
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glued??? If it was glued it shouldnt transfer heat worth :banana::banana::banana::banana:. It is prolly thermal paste at the worse.
I'm guessing it's thermal glue/epoxy - it's not paste, but it should be soldered instead like the ThermalRight products.
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Yea it still performs extremely well. Wonder why :confused:
TO DFI USERS!!!!!
Go to lowes and get
#6-32 1.25" screws
They were like .56 plus tax at my lowes for 6 of them. Easy fix :beer:
If you fooled around with most non stock cooling method, DFI and Gigabyte won't play nice with you as their screwing mechanism is different then rest... -_-; In fact even swiftech MCW600x series water bloock won't work without diff screws.Quote:
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so screws fixes all ?
I'll be getting BIG TYPHOON tomorrow...
What I did was stole the backmount on the back of my msi neo2, which I bought at microcenter for $4 for my xp-120 (i bought it from someone and they didn't add the back mount), then stuck the dfi one with the xp-120 :D
well i have backplate from Zalman 7000B-ALCU will that be suitable ?
Should be ok. I didnt lap and i get good temps 33C idle 39 Load 300x9 1.55vQuote:
Originally Posted by TEDY
Other things worries me how am i gonna cool ram ????
I'm using these now
http://img153.echo.cx/img153/6967/hpim01946fn.th.jpg
for hingis
http://img6.echo.cx/img6/8063/hpim01930rn.th.jpg
yes zalman bracket
is that a bracket tedy? how is that fan attached? would like to do the same thing :)Quote:
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will this backplate work ?
http://www.cool-pc.org/shopimages/7000bled_cu_y_v.jpg
the DFI one aint good, right ?
http://lp.pcmoddingmy.com/albums/use...dfinf4ud15.jpg
no one ?
The DFI one has shorter posts on it than the standard metal backplate everyone else uses so the screws included with the Big Typhoon wont reach and you cannot attach it. Unless you 1. goto a hardware store and buy longer screws (they have been mentioned earlier in the post 1.25" should reach I think) 2. change out for a standard backplate. I have no idea if that Zalman one will work as I used just a standard backplate and mine is fine now.
The only way to know is to try it.
Got me, gonna have to rig something else up though.Quote:
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it comes part of the zalman fan bracketQuote:
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