Kirk Bocek wrote: >William A. Mahaffey III wrote: > > > >>Monarch lists 3 1U all-copper-no-fan heat sinks that I bet would work. >>Please note the speculative nature of that recommendation !!!! I have >>been aiming for an Opteron based system for a while now, that's why I >>joined this list :-). >> >> > >I didn't find anything on NewEgg. I'll see what Monarch has. AMD's stock >fan and heat sink is about 50mm high. If I can get it down to about 25mm >I should be good to go. > >Does anyone have any notes on heat sink-only cooling. I'm sure it >depends on airflow in the case (which is good in my case) but I'd like >to hear any experiences. > > Roger that, extremely important observation. Monarch lists 1U heat sinks with fins aligned both ways, for about the same price. Pick the one with fins aligned with your case fans & you would probably be well off. *Speculation again* :-). -- William A. Mahaffey III --------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember, ignorance is bliss, but willful ignorance is LIBERALISM !!!! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050728/86a8e109/attachment.htm