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mb26 · 03-28-2004, 12:47 PM

i've been considering which heatsink to get for a mobile athlon XP 2500 for a while..

the thermaltake silentboost seems quite good; quiet, cheap, and unlikely to have compatibility promlems with fitting on my motherboard.

so i'm wondering about the overclocking room one of these could give me?

what overclocks have people got/ heard about with one of these? the voltage i guess is the more important part as its this that gives the heat right?.

also, what is the difference between the ball bearing version and the "Hydro Wave Bearing" version .. which is best?

another thing i just found is
this ('silent cat 9cm') .. please check it out..
its a 92mm fan like one on a silentboost, with a 92>80mm adaptor, and it pushes a respectable 52.24CFM, for only 21dBA.. which is approaching double the air pushed of the silentboost, and at the *same* sound level apparently.

would i be able to take the 80mm fan off the silentboost and use it as a case fan, and then use the 92mm fan (With adaptor) on the silentboost?

i imagine this would give me siginficantly more room for overclocking or lower temps, at the same noise level

also i'd think the 92-80mm adaptor would act as a spacer/duct somewhat, eliminating the dead spot somewhat.

also the extra 92mm fan says if has '1 Ball 1 Sleeve' bearing.. i've never seen a fan with both before whats this about?

03-28-2004, 12:47 PM	#1
mb26 Member (11 bit) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,124	thermaltake silentboost i've been considering which heatsink to get for a mobile athlon XP 2500 for a while.. the thermaltake silentboost seems quite good; quiet, cheap, and unlikely to have compatibility promlems with fitting on my motherboard. so i'm wondering about the overclocking room one of these could give me? what overclocks have people got/ heard about with one of these? the voltage i guess is the more important part as its this that gives the heat right?. also, what is the difference between the ball bearing version and the "Hydro Wave Bearing" version .. which is best? another thing i just found is this ('silent cat 9cm') .. please check it out.. its a 92mm fan like one on a silentboost, with a 92>80mm adaptor, and it pushes a respectable 52.24CFM, for only 21dBA.. which is approaching double the air pushed of the silentboost, and at the same sound level apparently. would i be able to take the 80mm fan off the silentboost and use it as a case fan, and then use the 92mm fan (With adaptor) on the silentboost? i imagine this would give me siginficantly more room for overclocking or lower temps, at the same noise level also i'd think the 92-80mm adaptor would act as a spacer/duct somewhat, eliminating the dead spot somewhat. also the extra 92mm fan says if has '1 Ball 1 Sleeve' bearing.. i've never seen a fan with both before whats this about?