Buying computer from monarch

[imported_Wanger]

Ok, they give me 4 choices with heatsinks which one should I get?

Thermaltake A1772 AMD 49$
Thermaltake AMD K8 Venus 7+ Highest Performance Cooler 13$
Thermaltake CL-P0075 K450 40$
Thermaltake TR2TT A4014 CPU Cooler 20$

 

[RallyMaster]

none. all of those are worthless heatsinks. go buy a Freezer 64 Pro from zipzoomfly.com instead. I bet the heatsink will get to your house before those things will.

 

[Skott]

There should have been a Zalman choice in there as well. Its at the very bottom of the drop down list. Unless they ran out of stock which i doubt because I was just looking at their configurator an hour ago. Look again. Get the Zalman. Its the best they offer in that list. For the better HSF (whatever your preferences) Monarch wont install them due to possible breakage during shipping. You'd have to buy one and install it yourself.

 

[Extelleron]

Unfortunately as I learned Monarch HSF's suck, and are extremely overpriced. Zalman CNPS7000 for $45~? I'll take Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro @ the egg for $34.

 

[robertk2012]

You might not believe it but im using a Thermaltake TR2TT A4014 that came installed from monarch. Ive heard if you dont put anything there for an option that they just install it anyways. Might be worth a try.

 

[Skott]

Originally posted by: Extelleron
Unfortunately as I learned Monarch HSF's suck, and are extremely overpriced. Zalman CNPS7000 for $45~? I'll take Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro @ the egg for $34.

I never said they were cheap. I just said it was the best Monarch offered in their configurator. For not much more you could get an XP-90 or something even better. But you'd have to install it yourself.