My new SpinQ cooler

[t77snapshot]

I just installed my new Tt SpinQ cooler and it is awesome! Normally I am not a big fan of Thermaltake products, but I got it for an amazing deal and couldn't pass it up. This cooler replaced my stock AMD hsf on my latest build the "Quad-Cruncher" (Phenom 9950). My temps dropped from 37c to 26c.:thumbsup: Now I can finally start overclock'in!

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[Kal-EL]

Thats a rugged lookin cooler, is it a real performer? The mounting easy to work with ?

[Neuromancer]

K confused...
9950? ugly yellow (not ugly orange yellow) slots mean DFI... means you gotta cool that chipset bro. excessively... dunno why DFI runs hot hot hot (cuz AMD as rule does not)

Curious about your 920 x4 there though. I got mine to 4.44 not prime stable or nothing (3.9-4.1 benchable IIRC) I think by your sig you are running a nVidia chipset? this ain't 939 son ;) Get a 790 chipset on it and let it sing! :)

Seriously, best purchase I made lately was Foxconn A79A-S got it for 105 from newegg... board is a PITA but worth it... the rule is $100 new for AMD boards. Unless you are BE clocking. My expensive M4A79 Deluxe sucked for clocking my 920 (3.8 I think I hit too unstable for CPUz) but my Foxconn couldnt handle my BE chip like it could either...

2 tenements of AMD mobo buying....

Never spend more than $100 for a non BE chip motherboard.

Never get an ASUS unless you are BE clocking.

Granted the rules are kinda... well you HAVE to spend more than $100 on an ASUS mobo... but there you have it.

[t77snapshot]

Thats a rugged lookin cooler, is it a real performer? The mounting easy to work with ?

I haven't put it to the test yet, but I read some reviews and it's up there with the other high end coolers. The mounting for AM2/3 is very easy, this cooler is pretty light so it doesn't require it's own backplate. There is also some room to get your fingers in there to clamp it down.

[Neuromancer]

Make a bolt through mod for it.. you will love the performance increase :)

[t77snapshot]

K confused...
9950? ugly yellow (not ugly orange yellow) slots mean DFI... means you gotta cool that chipset bro. excessively... dunno why DFI runs hot hot hot (cuz AMD as rule does not)

Curious about your 920 x4 there though. I got mine to 4.44 not prime stable or nothing (3.9-4.1 benchable IIRC) I think by your sig you are running a nVidia chipset? this ain't 939 son ;) Get a 790 chipset on it and let it sing! :)

Seriously, best purchase I made lately was Foxconn A79A-S got it for 105 from newegg... board is a PITA but worth it... the rule is $100 new for AMD boards. Unless you are BE clocking. My expensive M4A79 Deluxe sucked for clocking my 920 (3.8 I think I hit too unstable for CPUz) but my Foxconn couldnt handle my BE chip like it could either...

2 tenements of AMD mobo buying....

Never spend more than $100 for a non BE chip motherboard.

Never get an ASUS unless you are BE clocking.

Granted the rules are kinda... well you HAVE to spend more than $100 on an ASUS mobo... but there you have it.

I think you are a bit confused.....the specs in my sig differ from the system I posted here. I am running a 9950 BE on this AM2+ DFI board, yes this board is ugly but this was a budget build and I got a smok'in deal on it.;) The mobo in my sig cost me about $250 and it is almost 2 years old. At the time when I bought my Asus board I was just going off of stupid newegg reviews :blush:, but I know better now. If I could get a different mobo I would, but like a lot of you I am always broke after paying bills.

[DrNip]

That thing looks dangerous.

[Dentlord]

I was thinking the same thing, it should be attached to a tractor clearing out a field somewhere lol

Looks cool though, let us know how it performs when you beat on it!

[DrNip]

Might cut a finger off if your not careful. lol

[Neuromancer]

I think you are a bit confused.....the specs in my sig differ from the system I posted here. I am running a 9950 BE on this AM2+ DFI board, yes this board is ugly but this was a budget build and I got a smok'in deal on it.;) The mobo in my sig cost me about $250 and it is almost 2 years old. At the time when I bought my Asus board I was just going off of stupid newegg reviews :blush:, but I know better now. If I could get a different mobo I would, but like a lot of you I am always broke after paying bills.

Yeah I was mixing info :)

nForce4 was a rocking chipset for 939, I have not seen a good chipset from them for AMD since then though :(


Deals are always good, and I was not saying the board was ugly... That shade of yellow is DFI's trademark, I was trying to ID the board with no information, ugly just kind of slipped out ;) For a REALLY ugly board you need to look at my BIOStar. Pea green, yellow and orange on a blue PCB UGH! At least the DFI has some type of style to it :cool3:



Yeah that is dangerous looking cooler, and totally looks like a tilling machine.


Oh my other point was.. if you think it cools well using the clip... make a bolt through kit for it if you can. Improves temps quite a bit on the AMD socket :)

[t77snapshot]

omg! you guys are right, it does look like some kind of tractor pulling saw tilling machine! :happy3:


@ Neuromancer (http://www.overclockaholics.com/forums/member.php?u=87)

I am very interested in this bolt mod you speak of, how would applying more pressure on the chip increase the performance of the cooler?

[Kal-EL]

Generally, applying more pressure squeezes the TIM into the micro-cracks and crevaces of the h/s and IHS, providing a more even contact area. It also brings the heatsource much closer to the heat removal device "H/S". The Thermal Interface Material is just that, an interface, and doesn't do well with alot of TIM between the IHS and H/S so squeezing it thin with a tight mount does great things.

Cautionary statement is that you must have a solid backplate if you're gonna be wrenching down the h/s because you don't want the mobo to bend and crack traceroutes in the pcb. Another word of caution is that the pin's in the cpu socket can bend slightly if you have a mega tight mount, this will force you to always use a super tight mount or the processor won't contact the socket pins correctly during your next re-mount. I'm talking loads of torque here, not your vanilla boy's tight mount.

Also, make sure you are torquing down your mount equally, don't torque down on bolt at a time, use the old care rim bolt down theory and bolt down across rather than clockwise or other.

[Neuromancer]

What he said :)
Made a good 5C difference with my tuniq tower :)

A bolt through mod could be a s simple as removing the plastic socket (but leaving the AMD backplate, I attached my backplate with seiksui thermal tape, so its stuck to the back of the mobo pretty good). Using the screws from the plastic socket to attach an hplate. I ended up modding a 1U server heatsink into an Hplate, in retrospect, it would have been cheaper to just buy a bolt through kit since I burned up my B&D RTX doing it.

[t77snapshot]

Great! Thank you to you both for the help.

One con about this cooler is it doesn't clamp down very hard, it kinda concerned me because even though my Zalman 9500a has a clip it still clamps to the backet with a lot a pressure. My main rig is running a CM V8 and that cooler is a bolt in. :)

I will do some more research on this bolt mod and give it a try, thanks!

[Chicken Patty]

Looks good dude :toast:

Keep us posted if you give the bolt thru mod a go!