[ free_bsd_questions ] selecting a cpu heatsink / fan combo

[Mark Picone]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of
> spellberg_robert
> Sent: Tuesday, 26 August 2008 11:31 AM
> To: fbsd_questions
> Subject: [ free_bsd_questions ] selecting a cpu heatsink / fan combo
> 
> greetings, all ---
> 
> this isn't exactly a free_bsd question, --but--,
>    since free_bsd is popular w/ the i386 crowd and
>    there are many rugged individualists on these lists
>    who like to "roll their own",
>    i figure i'll get way less hyperbole and
>    more practical experience here,
>    than at some of the places i've visited today.
> 
> 
> 
> i had always been able to find the cpu / heatsink / fan as a sub_assembly,
>    so, i didn't have to deal with this issue.
> i'm making some new boxen to replace
>    some 800mhz_p3, 256mb units which will be re_assigned.
> i found a mobo i like; d_ram just keeps getting cheaper; etc., etc.
> i even found a processor that appeals to me, but, it's oem.
> it's the p4 "641" which is 3200 mhz, 65 nm, 775 case.
> the mobo maxes out at 2048mb, which is just fine.
> these are probably the last single_"core" boxen that i will build.
> 
> 
> 
> now, back in the day, i had acquired the skill of using my index finger to
>    properly apply that white_stuff, from the good folks at wakefield,
>    to the tops of uhf pa transistors, from the good folks at motorola.
> no, this isn't a case of fear.
> 
> it's that i don't recognize so many of the manufacturers names.
> some look familiar, but they might just be
>    similar to something i remember from long ago.
> 
> q:  would anyone care to wax rhapsodic
>        about any manufacturer
>        with whose heatsink / fan combo product[s]
>        they have had good success ?
IMO: Pure copper zalman heatsink/fan combo (cant go wrong)

> 
> q:  is there a short list of manufacturers
>        who are "generally accepted" as
>        producers of reliable products
>        [ as is, e. g., antec, for cases and power_supplies ] ?
IMO: Antec/Super Micro

> 
> q:  conversely,
>        are there any manufacturers with justifiably bad reputations ?
> 
> 
> 
> i have seen several diameters described as appropriate for the 775.
> 
> q:  should i prefer any particular size ?
No

> 
> 
> 
> wakefield is still around, but there are other names.
> 
> q:  are there any opinions, pro or con, about thermal compounds ?
Eh? We are talking a few degrees here.


> 
> 
> 
> noise_level is not a criterion in this situation.
> i'll err on the side of more cf/m.
> 
> money doesn't appear to be an issue.
> i've seen a range of $_10 to $_130, so far, but,
>    most are $_15 to $_30 or so.
> 
> 
> 
> thanks in advance for any advice.
> please cc.
> 
> rob
> 
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