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Helix666
08-19-2007, 08:05 PM
So I'm planning a bit of a build, and I am looking for the largest (as in vertically) CPU-heatsink possible. The taller the better.
One caveat, it has to fit a Socket AM2 processor.

Does anyone have any recommendations?
.Maleficus.
08-19-2007, 08:19 PM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835154001
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118004
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118020
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835109140
Spawn-Inc
08-19-2007, 11:40 PM
i would go for the last link from mal, the utlra is the best* air cooler out there.



*the last time i looked it was. its one of te best if not best is what i should say.
BerticusPryme
08-20-2007, 12:15 AM
go with one of the zalmans those things are pretty nice. another one you may wanna check out is made by thermaltake it's called the v1. I seen one up close and it is big, massive, and works like you wouldn't believe.
Spawn-Inc
08-20-2007, 12:55 AM
^^^that does look cool (no pun intended, or is it?... its not.)

http://uk.theinquirer.net/images/articles/Thermaltake_V1.jpg
Helix666
08-20-2007, 08:44 AM
Thanks everyone.

Mal: I'll keep those in mind.

Spawn: Good god... That's a lot of Cu. ;)
Bucko
08-21-2007, 03:17 AM
Let me get you a picture of the Thermaltake cooler in my case. It's so tall I'll be cutting a hole in the side of the case to fit it in...

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/1801/cameradump083rj9.jpg


It's a Thermaltake Sonic Tower.
Helix666
08-21-2007, 12:48 PM
wow. That's big. There's just one thought, doesn't it put a lot of strain on the mobo, with it being that big?
dgrmkrp
08-21-2007, 04:12 PM
Neah, it is installed with nuts and bolts thru the m/b, so a lot of the weight is distributed evenly, better than with a retention system with levers or tabs.

Also, a motherboard has several planes of copper inside that give it a lot of strength. Have you tried bending one or braking it? Only if you would transport your rig in careless fashion would you damage the board :) I moved my PC hundreds of miles a few times and nothing happened to it (same heatsink, by the way).
xRyokenx
08-21-2007, 07:40 PM
Actually... it would be cool to theme your computer case around a heatsink, maybe I'll mod the hell out of a case so it just has like a plexi side, front, and top so you can see all the innards really well, man... so much inspiration for many different things, lol, except I'm po', lol.

But yeah...
/OT

The stuff posted looks good to me and good luck with your build! Word of advice: don't get Socket A, I had one for like six weeks and it died on me, burnt through the middle, PoS.
Helix666
08-23-2007, 10:33 AM
The stuff posted looks good to me and good luck with your build! Word of advice: don't get Socket A, I had one for like six weeks and it died on me, burnt through the middle, PoS.

:eek:

How... the...

:eek:
xRyokenx
08-23-2007, 12:13 PM
I accidentally kicked the case in my sleep and it knocked something out of place and when I turned it on I got this nice metallic burning smell. I was very unhappy with that, lol. But, if that didn't happen I wouldn't have my 2.9ghz Pentium D or my 6800XT, so good things come from the bad.