Cpu Cooler
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<div class="IPBDescription">Socket A and 939</div> Well, I'm currently running an Athlon XP 2000+, and I just realized that my CPU is running about 60°C, which is a bit hot.
I did some research, and my CPU should be running at least 10° cooler. I plan on upgrading to an Athlon64 soon, but at the moment I can't afford it, I saw this on newegg, and was wondernig what you all thought about it.
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835128005' target='_blank'>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835128005</a>
It'll work on my current Socket A Athlon XP, and the Socket 939 Athlon64 I plan on getting.
I did some research, and my CPU should be running at least 10° cooler. I plan on upgrading to an Athlon64 soon, but at the moment I can't afford it, I saw this on newegg, and was wondernig what you all thought about it.
<a href='http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835128005' target='_blank'>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16835128005</a>
It'll work on my current Socket A Athlon XP, and the Socket 939 Athlon64 I plan on getting.
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If i were you, i'd stick with the cooler you already have, as you're planning on getting a new CPU soon anyway, and get a Termalright XP120, Zalman 7700 or a thermalTake Sonic Tower
You can get an effective Zalman for pretty cheap, though.
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*Puts on flame retardant suit*
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If, by cooler, you mean twice as hot (literally)
Best multi-purpose cooler I have tried is the <a href='http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=163554' target='_blank'>Scythe Kamakiri</a> HSFU.
Compatible with all sA/s754/s939 processors, it also does all the s478/LGA775 CPU's, and the s606 Xeons too. Can't find a US site that sells them tho', but I never could be arsed to check sites properly...
<img src='http://www.scan.co.uk/images/products/163554.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<!--QuoteBegin- Scan.co.uk+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ( Scan.co.uk)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Scythe's newest quiet CPU cooler uses conventional heatpipes to provide it's excellent cooling abilities. The six heatpipes are attached directly to the base of the cooler which transfer the heat generated by the CPU to over 100 wave-stacked horizontal planes. These aluminium planes give the Kamakiri a massive surface area.</b>
Like other Scythe quiet CPU coolers the fan supplied is astonishingly quiet, only 15.1 dB(A) at 1300 RPM. But if you require more cooling the fan speed can be increased all the way upto 4600 RPM, but this does generate much more noise 46.1dB(A) to be precise. Unless you are an overclocker they will be no reason to have the fan speed anywhere near 4600 RPM!
As you will see from the image (shown above) the fan is located vertically, so instead of the being blown down onto the motherboard it is blown across. This is a great idea if you are wanting to reduce your ambient temperature because the air can be blown directly to a nearby case fan which will extract the warm air straight out of the case.
Another great aspect of the Kamakiri is that it has one of the most mirror-like bases we have come across, see the image to the right. The benefit of such a great finish is to ensure the contact between the CPU and the heatsink is as effective as possible and a finish like this is extremely effective!
Scythe's Kamakiri is an excellent choice for customers who require a very efficient and versatile cooler. It is compatible with virtually every socket currently available, including LGA775, in fact it will fit nine different types of socket!<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I got one in my PC, and after 3 hours of CS: S, my s939 3500+ is at 48oC
Perhaps my box is just extremely efficent at cooling it? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Otherwise, if your motherboard doesn't have mounting holes around the socket, I'g go for an Arctic Cooling Copper Silent. It's not the greatest in terms of cooling, but it's pretty cheap, it does its job more than well and silently too. I couldn't find a better choice that mounts directly on the normal retention thing.
If you want to go for watercooling, be sure that you can later evolve for another socket. You don't want to waste your money on a dying socket type.
When I upgrade to my socket 939 system (this summer) I am going all out with a Thermalright XP-120, one of the only heatsinks built for a 120 mm fan. But from the reviews I've heard, the XP-90 (for 90 mm fans) and the XP-90 CU (in copper) are EXCELLENT coolers. I am not entirely sure if the XP-90 coolers support socket A chips, but for socket 939 they really can't be beat. (about 30 or 35 dollars for the cooler + cost of a 90 mm fan).
And yes, arctic silver 5 rocks my socks. Ive used it on 2 cpus and my gpu, and have lent it to my brother for a cpu and a gpu. We couldn't be happier and the syringe cost me aout 8 bucks.
Especially if your using a thermalpad, if you can scrape all your old junk off, it makes a HUGE difference after burn-in (sometimes 8 or 10 degrees C).
Though if you want a quiet solution / cheap solution / simple solution, almost any of the Arctic Cooling coolers work very well, I have had a good experience, they will merely get you less OC headroom (probably 15 or 20 bucks cheaper too).
And Cyndane, yea thats some good cooling. At least with most of the P4 line intel equivalents run 10-20 degrees hotter than their AMD counterparts while using more power (because of the higher clock speed mostly). If you can get your P4 running cool, more power to ya, but for the most part, smaller chip running hotter. ( I think AMD ones even have a slightly higher heat damage tolerance....)
course, that's cause they "dumb down" (aka, UNDERCLOCK) their CPU's to get that...
AMD is runnin fuuuuulll tilt! WEWTANG!
More insane on cooling then I ever intend to be O.O
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I considered it, then thought against it.
course, that's cause they "dumb down" (aka, UNDERCLOCK) their CPU's to get that...
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I think you'll find it's the other way round.
There is always better:
<a href='http://www.svc.com/01-l-3005-40.html' target='_blank'>This</a>
Its scary.
But i'm hoping to get an oil cooled PC up this summer, trick is that no drives can be in it, since they'll get full of oil. And u don't want to use new parts, cause its messy and only semi-proven.
Seems to work fairly well, but depending on the oil, you will get varied results.