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I'm looking to upgrade the HSFs on my workstation (AM266-D)

I'm looking for something that does a good job cooling but has a footprint that is little or no bigger that the stock AMD HSF. The Asus AM266-D has capacitors close enough to the ZIF sockets to rule out larger HSFs like the Volcano 7-11. The HSF will need to be able to adequately cool MP 2600+ CPUs

Any ideas?

Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 6:24 am Post subject:

http://www.nexfan.com/socpuco.html

they have good deals

Posted: Thu May 01, 2003 8:41 pm Post subject:

AMD officially requires motherboard makers to leave room for a 60x80mm heatsink. There are many heatsinks available that do not violate AMD's design guideline, but usually there is actually room on the motherboard for even larger designs. Is there any chance that the Thermalright SLK-800 or SLK-700 will fit? They are narrow at the bottom, but wide at the top.

Look for lots of fin/pin area and solid copper construction, topped by an insanely-fast fan if you are looking for the best possible performance.

Have you read Dan's CPU Cooler Review that Ate Sheboygan?

Posted: Sat May 03, 2003 8:08 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys..........
I went for a Coolbits something or other with a hi flow fan on it and it seems to be doing the job nicely