I decided to go with the ThermalTake Silent Boost. The difference is
incredible. Not only does the system run much quieter, the temp differences
are amazing.
Now, my ambient room temperature is a little lower, but the CPU temps when
playng games are much better. Perviously I had been getting 73.5C when
running the Painkiller demo for around 30 - 45 minutes. I used Doom 3 as
the first real test of my new heatsink and acheived a temperature of only
52C after playing for about 2 hours.
My idle is also significantly lower. It dips down to 40.5C to 41C, where as
my previous temps with the stock AMD heatsink were as high as 53C depending
on how much dust was in the case.
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"Brett Tyre" <btyre.RemoveThis@telus.net> wrote in message
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> With this summer heat, I'm having some serious heat issues with my XP
3000+.
> I'm reaching 73.5C under load (Painkiller game) after ~45 min using the
> stock AMD heatsink/fan. From the reviews I've looked at, either the
Cooler
> Master Jet 7+ (the all copper one) or the ThermalTake Silent Boost (Hydro
> Wave Bearing) are the two bast HSF combos. I've seen comparisons between
> the ThermalTake and the older Cooler Master (aluminum/copper mix), and the
> newer Cooler Master and other fans, but never a comparison between these
> two.
>
> Any opinions on which is better?
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> Brett Tyre
> btyre.RemoveThis@telus.net
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