I'm using GA-EP43-DS3 and CM690, do you guys think it have enough clearance?

depends on your casing.

on Centurion 2 (from CM la) i was using the Albatron PXP35 board and SB CCF - totally cannot, spent 15 minutes. failed. had to remove mobo to install.

now using the same board on Centurion 590 - installed it without removing board.

on the side note, take note of the clearance. in my case, I can't use DIMM 1 slot due to the size of the heatsink and my RAM being OCZ Reaper with that huge sink on top - won't fit la.

some more i mounted it differently from most people. even as seen on this thread, the guys mounted it FAN blowing air towards the back of the casing. mine is mounted differently and it's running fanless.

I can tell you that I'm almost dead sure that all boards can use this heatsink on any casing - sure have clearance. just that casing room will decide whether you can mount it without detaching the board.

the thing that is of bigger concern would be the surrounding area of the board, eg capacitors, heatsinks and RAM slot but usually it's fine.

I had it mounted on Albatron PXP35 and ASUS P5K-E fine anyway.

yea thanks for the explanations goldfries...that said, giving much thought i guess i would have to take out the board to install this heatsink if i were to change it from tuniq tower 120 which i'm currently using....so based on ur experience, is it worth upgrading? coz when i run my proc at 4ghz max load temp alredi hitting 70...a bit worried....

running orthos 70C ?

imo i think the temp difference wont be much. from the sunbeam website, the tuniq 120 lost by 3-6c. but if you wanna give HDT a try then i think its worth it. for me, i think the bundle and performance is worth the price

Provided you come LYP to yamcha I can provide

yes bro...

that mobo have nothing in it surrounding n i am sure it will fit no problems

yea running orthos....stressing both of the cores...

hmm...if its 3-6c then i might stay with my current tuniq...wait until something unbelievable comes out then i'll jump ship...thanks for the info tho ham_revilo

hopefully today can get the final result of all the review..

This sunbeam is good for those want a quiet setup. I manage to run stable at 3.33ghz fanless and the temp is quite reasonable during IBT which is 80+.

results for 3.6ghz 1.425vcore during IBT with fan coming soon

this cooler performs great, but its fat and i dunt like fat.. lol..

well, this cooler perform quite strong !

this thing beat tuniq tower..but how does it perform on amd platform??
well, just wait n see

This post has been edited by alive88: Aug 29 2008, 07:21 PM

nope im from tuniq tower 120 to this cooler and with this cooler i can oc to 3.66 stable with 9450 at same temperature as tuniq at 3.4ghz...

my idle now with this quad core 50-53c while if on tuniq my idle will be 65-67
on load 66-68c ccf, but tuniq is reaching 80++

and both are using same fan and same bracket mounting
fm123 silverstone fan
tuniq x clamp mounting

hrmm... any kind soul willing to borrow us this great CPU cooler to compare with Deepcool KillerWHALE? even better if got thermalright ultra-120 extreme.

kaiser: judging from your statement, the Deepcool KillerWHALE and this Core-Contact Freezer should fare in a close fight. sup3rfly tested it with his QX9770@3.6G, 1.328v and got 64 degrees running orthos. room ambient was at around 24 degrees.

it will be very interesting to put these 2 famous CPU Cooler against Deepcool KillerWHALE in a roundup.

This post has been edited by Sanko: Aug 29 2008, 07:44 PM

coolice got ccf today...he will do comparision tonight i guess..

aHHH.... bro syafiq just offer to borrow us. thanks. coolice didn't tell me yet. i guess he has the same feeling to compare both too. hehe..

so are we looking at a 4th CCF review?

and this one isnt even finish yet....
maybe that is the reason for the coolice review.