Zalman CNPS 9500 LED, K8WE (S2895) and Factory Tyan/AMD 940 Socket

I have seen other posts regarding using the Zalman CNPS 9500 LED with
Socket 940 motherboards. My question is whether you can use the Zalman
heatsink with the factory Tyan/AMD Socket 940 base? I don't want to
have to take the motherboard out of the case again unless I have to;
but I am not satisfied with the factory AMD heatsink and fan. (I know
my warranty would be voided.) If the Zalman won't work; is there
another fancy heatsink/fan combination I can use with the standard
Tyan/AMD Socket 940 base?

Thanks!

Jim

 

I found fitting two Zalman CNPS 9500 LEDs onto my K8WE was very easy! I
didn't have to remove the motherboard from the case. I didn't even have to
remove the video card or RAM! Those Zalman's *look* big but once you remove
your old heatsink & fan and hold the 9500 over the CPU, you will see how
easy they fit. And no, you can't use your old heatsink. The 9500s come very
much prepared for the K8WE motherboard, btw.

I highly recommend getting some ProGold contact cleaner. Remove the CPUs and
spray this stuff on them and it will dissolve the heat compound so it runs
off and is easy to wipe and does not damage the CPU. Then put the CPU back
and put a tiny (smaller than a pea) dab of fresh compound. Here some people
say spread it around evenly and others say just drop the heatsink down onto
it and that will cause the spreading.

Here is one place I see sells that stuff (ProGold). I know Fry's here does.
http://www.kiesub.com/caigclean.htm

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Scotter
Tyan Thunder K8WE
Dual Opteron 252s (2.6ghz)
6 gig DDR400 RAM
XFX 7800 GTX 256 w/VGAsilencerV3
500 gig SATA2 Hitachi
Dual 24" Dell LCDs
550W power supply
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Hi Scotter,

Thank you *very much* for an even more thorough answer than I had hoped
for! Your message is filled with useful information. I *hate* the
stock AMD heatsink/fan. Even if the LED does not show through my
window, and I hope it will, it will still be much nicer to be looking
at those copper heatsinks. Are you using the slow, or the fast, speed
of the fan. The faster speed seems safer to me. I'll check into the
ProGold. I just read that Arctic Silver is up to 5, and I only have a
tube of 3. I guess I am out-of-date. Time for an upgrade!

Thanks again for your help!

Jim

 

I just read that Arctic Silver is up to 5, and I only have a

Dear Jim,

from a recent thread on motherboards.asus:

Maximum PC, January 2006 issue, Page 70: "Thermal Paste Debate":

The conclusion: "It doesn't matter what kind of thermal compund you
use, as long as you use something".

A search of the MaximumPC web site does not pull up the article, but, in
summary:

Temperatures Idle Load (degrees C)

Arctic Silver 5 36 54

Arctic Ceramique 35 53 (best)

OCZ SIlver 8 36 53 (tie for best on high load)

Frozen CPU Copper 37 58

Generic crap 40 54
from Radio Shack

Test rig used: AMD FX-55 CPU, A8N-SLI mobo, Gigabyte Neon
heatsink/fan; recorded with Asus A.I utility; idle measured after 30
minutes zero load; "load" measured after running CPU burn in for one hour.

There was no mention of 200 hour "curing" time that Artic
Silver/Ceramique apparently do better after....

The Ceramique compound seems to always do best in comparison studies,
and, it is apparently not conductive, which metal compounds can be.

HTH,

BC

 

Ah! It feels good to hear that I could help!
Yeah, I keep both fans on high but even then they are quiet. Turning them
lower, in my case makes no difference in sound, since the other fans are a
bit louder.

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Scotter
Tyan Thunder K8WE
Dual Opteron 252s (2.6ghz)
6 gig DDR400 RAM
XFX 7800 GTX 256 w/VGAsilencerV3
500 gig SATA2 Hitachi
Dual 24" Dell LCDs
550W power supply
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Oooh now *I* can thank someone for useful info!
Definitely copying this info into a file for when next I need to get some
compound.
Thanks!

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Scotter
Tyan Thunder K8WE
Dual Opteron 252s (2.6ghz)
6 gig DDR400 RAM
XFX 7800 GTX 256 w/VGAsilencerV3
500 gig SATA2 Hitachi
Dual 24" Dell LCDs
550W power supply
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