Does the TAISOL CGK742092 fit on an ECS K7S5A board?

[JackBurton]

I just wanted to know before I put the order in. Also, if any of you have a better suggestion for a cooler for an XP 1600+, I'd appreciate your input. I'm looking for a good cooler at a good price. The Taisol is selling for $17.99 at Plycon.com now, which I think is a pretty good price.

 

[glenn1]

The Taisol fits on a K7S5A just fine, that's the combo my g/f is using at this very moment. I'd use this one instead though, it's arguably better and considerably cheaper.

SVC Compucycle GC68

 

[JackBurton]

Thanks glenn1. Damn, you are FAST with the responses! Anyway, ya, that is the other cooler I was thinking about getting. Which one do you think is quieter and what fan do you suggest to go with the GC68? I'm looking to put togther a VERY quiet system but I'd like to keep the CPU as cool as possible too.

 

[glenn1]

Which one do you think is quieter and what fan do you suggest to go with the GC68?

With stock fans, they're pretty much comparable. The Taisol may (and that's a big may, i don't have a decibelmeter) be a touch quieter in dB terms on paper, but the pitch of the noise is higher than the 80mm fan on the GC68 so i'd say it's a wash. Neither one is noisy by any stretch, and so long as you don't have your case loaded up with other fans (and the room has carpet and other normal sound dampening material) or have the case sitting right next to your ear, you probably won't notice the sound of either one above normal ambient room noise.

 

[JackBurton]

ok, thanks man. 🙂