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[tinners]

zalman cnps7000 or 7700

I have just fitted a Zalman to my HTPC (S754 / 3400) and it is the business.
Found the Artic Cooler too noisy.

[sp3n]

i have an arctic freezer 7 pro in my pc and it looks way to big for the antec fusion case, i would try it out for size but the af7 in my pc is sct755 so wouldnt fit.

good to know that most 939 coolers will fit on the 754, shouldnt be so hard to find now.

i think i will go with a zalman!

if u dont mind me asking tinners: what is the rest of the spec of your HTPC, what sort of things are u mainly using it for? and how is the performance? im curious because mine will be using a similar cpu to yours.

thanks guys!

[tinners]

if u dont mind me asking tinners: what is the rest of the spec of your HTPC, what sort of things are u mainly using it for? and how is the performance? im curious because mine will be using a similar cpu to yours.

AMD64 3400/1Gb DDR/Geforce 6800/700Gb storage/LC16m
I just used the bits left from my old PC when I upgraded to C2D.

Use it for watching DVDs mainly and backing stuff up from SKY+ when it gets full.
I dont use it for any HD stuff but it plays the WMVHD Demos OK.
It also looks after my music libary (MCETUNES).

[frazered]

ello

thought i would add to the thread with my htpc specs and temps

MSI K8N Platinum NF4 s939
Athlon64 3000 Venice core
AMD X2 Heatpipe cooler
2x512mb OCZ EB CAS 2.5 @ 1T
Connect3D X800GTO 256mb pci-e
Nova-t 500 Dual TV Tuner
1x Samsung SP120 SATA2 200gb
NEC 5170 DL DVD+/-RW
Antec 380w Truepower
Old case with Nexus fans

cpu idles at 37, load with mce 2005 at 42 - need to sort the airflow as the case is old and still has a 80mm exhaust

gpu idles at 48, load with mce 2005 at 65

watching and recording tv, watching xvids, playing tunes, occasional net surf by gf...

[vrykoul]

Here's what I built:

Antec Fusion
ASUS M2NPV-VM
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Lima
2 x 1GB Super Talent DDR2-667
2 x 500GB Maxtor 7200rpm HD
1 x PVR-150MCE (500 is on its way)

My box does not do any gaming, so I can't comment on your gaming concerns, but it does everything else perfectly. The 45nm architecture runs cool. With the stock case fans & CPU cooler and at load, it doesn't break 45.

Memory is cheap. Buy more. I regularly see 2 x 1GB on slickdeals.net for < $100 US.