CPU Cooler??

[TyranuS]

Hi guys here's the deal...

I'll soon be purchasing a P4 3.4ghz and was wondering which cpu cooler you reckon is the best out there at this moment in time??

Thanks in advance!

TY.

[Rukee]

If price is no object, the Vapochill LS will give the biggest bang for the buck and also will give you the most OC`ing potential as far as a factory available product goes.
Cools down to -48.0c.

[TyranuS]

mmmm I was thinking more on the lines of air cooling!

[DeludedGuy]

I have a coolermaster aero 4 copper version, keeps my P4 2.66 down to 30c when the fan is on full blast, but can be a bit noisy in a quite system.

[skattrd]

Alot of people like the larger Thearmalright slk/sp's fitted with 92mm fans, so one of those would prob be a good bet, but as I've not had one can't really comment.

Persoanlly I've got an aerocool dp102 on my 2.8 Prescott, fitted with 2x60mm fans, works a treat, as well as looking quite nice. I would have 2 x 80mm fans installed instead, but there's huge mosfet/nb coolers on my mobo so I can only fit 60mm fans on mine

[Grey M@a]

if you are not bothered about noise get yourself the swiftech mcx4000 with an 80mm focus flow delta screamer like I have on my p4 you soon get used to the noise and it aint so loud. Cools great

[TyranuS]

Ok guys thanks for the input!

[TyranuS]

Right how does this sound for a combination...

ThermalRight SP-94 Heatsink + Thermaltake Coolmod SmartFan2 80mm?

I'd say performance is more important than noise, but obviously I don't want to make my room sound like Heathrow airport

TY.

[skattrd]

If you're looking at a sp-94 why not get a 92mm fan, it should push the same air as an 80mm at lower rpm + quieter ?
Ok, so its not speed controlladle, but you can easily change it from 12v to 7v

[MadAsABadger]

I vote for Akasa AK-901XT Extreme Edition, recently built a few high end P4's for a chap doing some CAD work and the heatsink was very impressive yet not OTT on the price.
I guess it all depends on what you want to spend on a cooler. £40+ for some of those specialist seems a bit keen to me, but it obviosuly plays an important role!
You can view the above cooler on Akasa web site using this link

[Romanov]

i just did this with a p4 3.06ghz i used a zalman alu/cu cp7000 which keeps the cpu down to 38 degrees, it can cool alot lower if u turn up fan m8 to the full (included with the zalman) also it has fittings for lots of different sockets so its highly re usuable in the future