Help me pick a heatsink - pics!

[-aDaM^]

Alright guys which one is better, or what would you pick?

Zalman Fatal1ty FS-C77



Thermalright XP-120



ThermalTake BIGTYPHOON

[eddieate]

ThermalTake BIGTYPHOON fo' sure, if you do the mods...
Ed.

[-aDaM^]

ThermalTake BIGTYPHOON fo' sure, if you do the mods...
Ed.

what mods?

[eddieate]

lap the base and plug the holes with something, I used the foam out the packaging.
Ed.

[farksy]

TT BT out of these 3 options. If not Noctua NU-H 12 or NU-H 9 or Tunqi Tower 120 or Scythe Ninja.

[safan80]

if you can find it get Thermalright SI-120 it's the updated version of the xp-120.
but newegg doesn't have it just the xp-120
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835109118

[Navig]

Here were the results of my testing.

The Zalman7700 really doesn't perform on par with the rest of the heatsink, but it looks nice.

Given the set of circumstances (for my testing, an open test bench and a very hot cpu), the TTBT performed considerably better than the lapped xp-120.

navig

[-aDaM^]

Here were the results of my testing.

The Zalman7700 really doesn't perform on par with the rest of the heatsink, but it looks nice.

Given the set of circumstances (for my testing, an open test bench and a very hot cpu), the TTBT performed considerably better than the lapped xp-120.

navig

sweet review there Navig

[HousERaT]

Another vote for the Big Typhoon. Great cooler, and it blows down on the mb to giving extra cooling unlike many of the new tower coolers.

[Zardokk]

Big Typhoon. It's very close between the BT and XP-120, but the BT has been found to be slightly better in most cases.

[Magnj]

A64 Freezer Pro ftw

[TehVince]

For best value I'd say the XP90.

[Absolute_0]

Big Typhoon.

Lap the base, plug the holes, and put a better fan on top of it. After that the performance approaches watercooling levels.

[-aDaM^]

Big Typhoon.

Lap the base, plug the holes, and put a better fan on top of it. After that the performance approaches watercooling levels.

I've decided on the Big Typhoon and I will be equiping it with my 120x38mm Delta 141CFM About lapping the base, I've never really done it...... I thaught the base comes factory lapped and is as flat as you can get it????

also where can I get a lapping kit? and what the performance increase?

[Absolute_0]

The base comes flat, not factory lapped, AFAIK.

Get some sandpaper from a hardware store. 200 grit, 400 grit, 600 grit. Grind away in order until you have something pretty smooth. I used to say to go up past 1000 grit but Cathar says the best results are with ~600 grit.

[metro.cl]

here you can see a heatpipe roundup:

http://www.chilehardware.cl/modules....file=200605121

the only one missing is the zalman

[-aDaM^]

The base comes flat, not factory lapped, AFAIK.

Get some sandpaper from a hardware store. 200 grit, 400 grit, 600 grit. Grind away in order until you have something pretty smooth. I used to say to go up past 1000 grit but Cathar says the best results are with ~600 grit.

how much of a performance increase is there?

[[XC] Lead Head]

how much of a performance increase is there?

from what i have heard upto 3-5 Degrees

[-aDaM^]

from what i have heard upto 3-5 Degrees

That's insane.....

anyone know where I can find a lapping kit or tutorial? I'm pretty sure I know how to lap a base.... but I want to be 100% sure.

[HousERaT]

This guy has some of the best lapping kits around.

http://easypckits.com/

[-aDaM^]

This guy has some of the best lapping kits around.

http://easypckits.com/

thanks houserat exactly what i was lookin for.

[HousERaT]

Happy lapping. My heart goes out to your sore hand. Soke it in some warm water when you're done.

[Zenjirou]

This guy has some of the best lapping kits around.

http://easypckits.com/

I've used this kit before. Excellent Kit. It is cheaper to buy the sandpaper yourself, but if one is lazy this is the Kit to use

[Serra]

Big Typhoon FTW. I've used the 7700AlCu and 7700Cu (same as Fatailty, except it's not red and I'm not paying royalties to some guy who plays video games because he doesn't have a real job) and the Big Typhoon killed them both. From there, the other option just isn't as good as the BT.

Serra

[-aDaM^]

I've used this kit before. Excellent Kit. It is cheaper to buy the sandpaper yourself, but if one is lazy this is the Kit to use

Hey Zenkirou, which grit did you start off with???