CPU Fan Advice

[ikonia]

All,

I've just bought the FX55 chip.

I don't plan to overclock this in any way.

I do however wish to make sure I have MORE than the needed cooling for a bit of saftey.

I was looking at

Gigabyte 3D Rocket Pro (Socket A/754/939/478/775) Cooler (GH-PCU22-VG) (HS-003-GI)

as my first choice


with

Akasa AK-855-BL Copper Base CPU Cooler

and

Asus Star Ice (Socket 478/754/939/775) Cooler (HS-009-AS)



which would you use ? Which will be more than enough cooling ?

are there any others you'd suggest ?

thanks,

Matt

[ocvn]

i sue FX55 with stock fan about 2 months and i think okie. Temp idle 42 and after prime 8 hours approximately 54-56.
If you want to use another cooling, i think Cooler master hyper6 or Asus Star Ice will be the best choice.

[LayZeh]

Asus Star Ice didn't get very good reviews, very loud and not a particulary good performer, i'd go with something from thermaltake, a brand you can rely on.

[ocvn]

you can use ThermalRight XP-120 or XP-90. This another choice beside Hyper 6.

[ikonia]

thank you all

[nvening]

stay with the stock HSF if its not too loud, if you dont use it then you will blow your warrenty

[tiggerai]

stay with the stock HSF if its not too loud, if you dont use it then you will blow your warrenty

I've never heard of that before... :S

[nvening]

it says so in the "Building A Gaming Rig - A Living Document. (A HEXUS Project)"

[tiggerai]

Oh, thanks for that, i'll go have a read!

(not that i've ever USED a stock HSF, i'm still with my trusty ALPHA beasty.)

EDIT: where? i can't find it!

[Thorsson]

Anyway how would AMD know? You peeps are sooooo naive...

Best Coolers are the big ones if your mobo will take it. Either an XP-120 with a Panaflo (say) or the Zalman Cu7700. Both of these will also be much quieter than the stock H/S too.