are there passive socket A coolers out there?

Geminiwave · Oct 22, 2006, 04:20 AM

yea my bro got my AXP 2800+ and wants to passively cool it. hes getting a passively cooled graphics card and he has a passively cooled northbridge so he wants a passively cooled CPU. I guess he does have a 120mm fan running on the case but thats all.

I thought this was possible but the more I look the more it seems like this might not work??? any advice would rock.

CDsDontBurn · Oct 22, 2006, 04:47 AM

try the slk-900 (i think that's the one) from ThermalRight. big huge copper heatsink. i think should get the job done

. if that doesn't work by itself, try a vantec stealth fan as they are superbly quiet.

but i would try ebay at this point if you can't find a passive cooling solution for that socket A you got.

Geminiwave · Oct 22, 2006, 07:04 AM

ah shoot.

I have an SLK-900 but my best friend wanted it. hmm...does my brother get it? or my best friend?

CDsDontBurn · Oct 22, 2006, 07:07 AM

brother for free (if he's a good brother), friend, a small fee.

brother gets it for a small fee as well if he isn't the best brother in the world

BlueMak · Oct 22, 2006, 09:44 AM

Nah, give it to your friend. (I don't have any brothers)

niceguyrichy · Oct 22, 2006, 01:58 PM

given your other brother related thread, I say best friend gets it

Geminiwave · Oct 22, 2006, 08:56 PM

yea I'd say so as well.

besides I gave my brother an ipod for his graduation present so I think I'm set...plus he got my AXP...so yea best friend gets the heatsink

CDsDontBurn · Oct 22, 2006, 10:28 PM

lol, if it were me, i'd keep the old AXP rig, and make it a file server

H3X4D3C1M4L · Oct 23, 2006, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

lol, if it were me, i'd keep the old AXP rig, and make it a file server

Yeah I mean what is this passing down of hardware, he gets it for free then complains it isn't passively cooled.

If he's desperate enough he should be really happy

Beggars can't be choosers!

BTW Gemini, he can passively cool it with just about anything if he underclocks it to something in the range of FSB133-150 (I assume its a 166 MHz bus 2800+) then lowers the volts. I've done it on my comparatively tiny Volcano 7+

Geminiwave · Oct 23, 2006, 06:04 PM

yea but he wants to play games.

and he wasnt complaining so much as just commenting that a silent PC would be cool and asked me to find out if there were passive CPU coolers. He has to get a HSF anyway (since i told him the heatsink was going to my friend)

sides I dont have the hardware to make a fileserver out of the AXP rig. I'd need a hard drive for one...annnddd i dont have any of those lying around. Besides this desktop works fine as a file server. Its hooked up over the network to XBMC so I get a nice little home theatre setup.

Oct 22, 2006, 04:20 AM	#1
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	are there passive socket A coolers out there? yea my bro got my AXP 2800+ and wants to passively cool it. hes getting a passively cooled graphics card and he has a passively cooled northbridge so he wants a passively cooled CPU. I guess he does have a 120mm fan running on the case but thats all. I thought this was possible but the more I look the more it seems like this might not work??? any advice would rock. __________________

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CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	try the slk-900 (i think that's the one) from ThermalRight. big huge copper heatsink. i think should get the job done . if that doesn't work by itself, try a vantec stealth fan as they are superbly quiet. but i would try ebay at this point if you can't find a passive cooling solution for that socket A you got. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 22, 2006, 07:04 AM	Thread Starter #3
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	ah shoot. I have an SLK-900 but my best friend wanted it. hmm...does my brother get it? or my best friend? __________________

Oct 22, 2006, 07:07 AM	#4
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	brother for free (if he's a good brother), friend, a small fee. brother gets it for a small fee as well if he isn't the best brother in the world __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 22, 2006, 09:44 AM	#5
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Nah, give it to your friend. (I don't have any brothers) __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Oct 22, 2006, 08:56 PM	Thread Starter #7
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	yea I'd say so as well. besides I gave my brother an ipod for his graduation present so I think I'm set...plus he got my AXP...so yea best friend gets the heatsink __________________

Oct 22, 2006, 10:28 PM	#8
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	lol, if it were me, i'd keep the old AXP rig, and make it a file server __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Oct 23, 2006, 06:04 PM	Thread Starter #10
Geminiwave I Have lovely Breasts Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In the closet... Posts: 5,395 Rep Power: 64	yea but he wants to play games. and he wasnt complaining so much as just commenting that a silent PC would be cool and asked me to find out if there were passive CPU coolers. He has to get a HSF anyway (since i told him the heatsink was going to my friend) sides I dont have the hardware to make a fileserver out of the AXP rig. I'd need a hard drive for one...annnddd i dont have any of those lying around. Besides this desktop works fine as a file server. Its hooked up over the network to XBMC so I get a nice little home theatre setup. __________________