AK31 v3.1 and Athlon XP1800 Which Heat Sink???

I have the shuttle AK31 KT266A mobo and the athlon XP 1800 with the
Volcano 6cu heatsink/fan... whoever told you it doesn't fit has no
clue what they're doing! I also have the coolermaster ATC200
all-aluminum case which has 4 fans built in. this cools about the same
as StaticFingers' results

The Volcano 6 Cu fits, I use one with the same cpu/motherboard combo as you.

I may add that of all recommended heatsinks for that CPU on the AMD site,
the Volcano 6 Cu is rated the quietest. [The Volcano 6 Cu+ has a faster fan
but produces much more noise.] However, if you do not find it quiet enough,
there are other solutions out there, and while they may not be listed on the
AMD site, they do work nonetheless. One solution is to replace the 60mm
Volcano 6 fan by a 60 to 80mm fan adapter + (of course) an 80mm fan. That
displaces the same volume of air per unit of time, with less RPMs (and less
noise). Others have simply slowed down their fans (usually by converting
their 12v input to 7v, or with a rheostat) while still having a reasonable
cpu temperature.

When my case temp is at 25'C, my cpu with the Volcano 6 Cu runs at 43'C.
That's under unstressful situations. If it gets more intense as I wear Max
Payne's shoes or join a Counter-Strike team, I go up to 54'C with my Radeon
8500.

For good cooling, a holistic approach is necessary: have a good case with a
good fan or two blowing the hot air out of the back. I also have frontal
fans, but my system's temperature only raises by one or two degrees when I
turn them off. Their real advantage is to push "clean" air into the box,
since I have a filter in front of them. Without the frontal fans, the air
penetrates inside the box from all holes and cracks without filtering.

I will probably not overclock my cpu, as stability and quietness are more
important to me. Besides, the 1800+ provides more power than I would have
wished for 6 months ago. :)

Ok. Good luck. And use your common sense. If you are planning of changing
the fan on your heatsink, you will have to remove the whole block from your
cpu, otherwise you could break the latter. I use Artic Silver II thermal
compound between my cpu and the heatsink, so it's easy to remove. You may
have some sticky stuff in your case, so others will have to help you here on
how to remove that safely.

Static Fingers

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Thermalright SK6. They're usually bundled with either Delta (best, if
you're very noise tolerant) or Sunon (slower but quiet) fans. See
#, etc. Heavy but fairly low profile for a
high-performence kit.
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terrible resolve"--Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto, after bombing Pearl Harbor
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Volcano 6Cu fits just fine on mine. My case temp is 36C and my CPU temp is
50C on an XP 1800+

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I got a Swiftech MC462 to fit.
Elmo
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