I love being descriptive in the thread title, makes this bit so much easier :cool: Just wondering if any of you guys had any insight to the best Heatsink and fan combo (besides a vantec tornado) for an A64 on a Abit AV8 motherboard, thanx guys.
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I love being descriptive in the thread title, makes this bit so much easier :cool: Just wondering if any of you guys had any insight to the best Heatsink and fan combo (besides a vantec tornado) for an A64 on a Abit AV8 motherboard, thanx guys.
XP-120 + 120mm of your choice or XP-90 with 92mm of your choice really. A 5v'ed Tornado is fairly quiet if you have a fan controller.
How does the XP-120/90's performance compare to the Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu CPU cooler, cause my temps are quite high with that cooler.
CPU City was the only place i found the XP-120 in stock.
http://www.cpucitystore.co.uk/catalo...roducts_id=543
and a fan
http://www.cpucitystore.co.uk/catalo...roducts_id=495
78CFM at 21db... impressive, although it's gonna be almost £50 total after shipping.
Yeah I've just found out the xp-120 aint cmopatible with my mobo, n e recommendations on a 92mm fan for the xp-90?
It is compatible, you just can't use DIMM1, so use 3+4 for dual channel instead of 1+2 and it will fit (according to the Thermalright website).Quote:
Originally Posted by Karl|Neo
How quiet/pricy do you want? People suggest Silentx fans but I dont think they push enough cfm to make a difference with the thermalrights over the stock cooler.
im not too bothered about quietness, but i think the tornado's r a bit too noisy for me, if only i wa slightly deaf... As for price, im lookin around 40-50 for both hs+f at most
I use a Zalman CNPS7000A-CU on my opteron 150 after a friend recommended it. Idles at 32C, load upto 45C (o/clocked to 220Mhz), & it's quiet. Got mine for abt £36