setup

[Destroyer^]

next dew weeks ill be ordering to upgrade my crappy system i have a opteron 146 cabne 0545 being deilivered

Asus A8n sli standard (will the bios need to be flashed?)
480W Tagan 2Force SLi Ultra Quiet
1gb geil ram 400 mhz 2-3-3-5
6800 gs

need some help on what heatsink&fan to go for and a case (case bout 55 quid and heatsink no more then 15)

[mofo's]

Will you be running the opteron at stock or overclocking?

[Destroyer^]

overclocking a bit tbh but im quite new at the overclocking but wanna try it out

[theuncharmed]

Would recommend the Arctic Cooler 7 - cheap and very cool. also pretty quiet as well.

Get it here

As for a case - there lots of generic options available and its really about your own personal asthetics. Something with a 120 intake and a 120 exhaust would be ideal - try to steer away from 80mm fans.

You may want to flash your board if you want the latest features - see here for further details (Asus forum).

[Destroyer^]

the arctic cooler 7 is for intel chips but i was thinking bout the acrtic freezer 12 i think it is for amd s939 chips and im stuck on the case cuz i want a case bout 50-60 quid but removable filter and quite a bita room yah get me =/

[farooqm]

I have the above board and PSU.

I am using a ThermalTake Big Typhoon Cooler (Big, but fits just fine and cools memory down) - £25

Antec SLK3000B Case - £35

[nvening]

This is what i think we are all talking about:

http://www.thecoolingshop.com/produc...oducts_id/1354

I have one and i have no problems, and is was very easy to install (uses normal mounting)

[Destroyer^]

thats the one i was chatting about cuz i was reading about it in custompc magazine .. btw can u explain bout using normal mounting? thought all hs used the same?

[theuncharmed]

Sorry thats the one I was referring too - got my numbers mixed up.

Some hsfs require there own special mount where you then have to remove the back plate of the motherboard hsf mount and replace it with another. The Freezer 64 literally just bolts directly to the already exisitng mount so its very easy to fit.

[mofo's]

If you can strech to it, I can highly recommend the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro

But if you plan to overclock speed a little more on the cooler. (u'll wish you had once you get the overclocking bug)