I'm putting together a v. cheap AM2 system and thought I'd be better off going for the OEM CPU and spending upto £10 on a cooler and saving £10 for a rainy day
I've heard the Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 mentioned in a couple of AM2 builds on these forums and was wondering if that was "quiet" or actually quiet? I've got far too used to my laptop with only a 1.8" hard-drive drive spinning...
Would something like the NorthQ Aluminium UFO Cooler 120mm be quieter? It's only for a 3800+ dual core so don't need uber-power or anything.
Cheers