3700+ San Diego questions - cooling

[ronnn]

I have a AMD Athlon 64 3700+ Processor S939 San Diego 2.2GHZ 1MB L2 Cache 90NM Retail Box and a ASRock 939DUAL-SATA2 ATX S939 ULI M1695 DDR AGP PCI-E16 3PCI SATA RAID Sound LAN Motherboard coming.

I have a 2.5 year old Zalman cnps7000alcu cooler and assume the amd fitting will work. Am I taking a big risk using this well used hsf or would I be better off to use the stock hsf? I do not plan on overclocking at this time (likely will at one time though), but I do want as quiet as possible at idle. How loud is the stock? I would prefer not to try both, as you have to remove the mb to install the zalman.

Have an original sonota case (is quite full of stuff), including an x800xtpe, so can run hot.

Thanks for any thoughts. :beer:

 

[Mogadon]

Likely be fine with the zalman but when you start overclocking you'll probably want to upgrade to one of the newer HSF's. I imagine the zalman will be quieter than the stock HSF for sure.

 

[DfiDude]

mine is at stock cooling doing 2.6 ghz at 40 celcius on load

 

[ronnn]

Originally posted by: DfiDude
mine is at stock cooling doing 2.6 ghz at 40 celcius on load

Thanks guys. How is the noise at idle?

 

[DfiDude]

its quiet, the only thing loud is my chipset fan which is really annoying

 

[shredman]

The stock cooler is quiet at lower rpms...I can hear mine revving at upwards of 2000rpm it becomes audible. That only happens when I let my room temps get too high (>85F). The stock HSF with AS5 is working well for me with Idles at 36-7C and Load 42-3C.

You should have no problems getting the 3700 to 2.5ghz without changing the volts at all....maybe even a little higher. By upping the volts you would have good chances of reaching 2.9+ if you get a decent cpu.

I recommend you use the stock HSF over anything that is 2.5 years old....I would hate to have that thing die on you when you weren't home and your CPU could possibly get damaged with passive only cooling. At least with the AMD cooler on it they should cover you. I think I am going to try out the Arctic Freezer Pro 64, just to avoid the loud revving when it gets hot in my room (I live in a hot place 100F+ is normal in summer).

DfiDude, my utlra-d chipset cooler is loud also...sounds like a mini hairdryer in there....going to swap it with an evercool vc-re which is the recommended cooler over at www.DFI-street.com.

 

[ronnn]

The zalman didn't fit anyways, just too old. The stock isn't bad. At least I don't have a chipset cooler.