GIGABYTE 3D Rocket Cooler-Pro

[kenji808]

I was planning on buying:

--MSI "K8N Neo2 Platinum" NVIDIA nForce3 ULTRA Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU
--AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz, 512KB L2 Cache 939-Pin 64-bit Processor - OEM

and with that i was gonna use:

--GIGABYTE 3D Rocket Cooler-Pro for P4/K7/K8, Model "GH-PCU22-VG" -RETAIL (48$)

i was reading a lot of reviews, most of which say this is a good heatsink/fan for AMD 64 processors. Anyone have any other heatsink/fan ideas that would work good? (within a reasonable pricerange)

and if anyone has an comments about that mobo and processor combination be nice to :] thanks

 

[Mrvile]

Ehh, probably wanna stick with something from Thermalright or Zalman. Same price range.

 

[akira34]

If you're not going to overcock your processor, just get the retail processor... It's only a few dollars more (less than any halfway decent HSF by itself) and is rated to cool your processor at least to decent levels. It's not the best by any stretch, but it WILL get the job done. Use the cool 'n' quiet aspect of your bios and it will work as it needs to.

 

[bradyapba]

i Have the rocket cooler non pro version...

I have the exact same mobo and processor you do.

http://www.newegg.com/app/View...=35-128-005&depa=0

the 2 differences is no LED lights(cant see in my case, so i didn't care) and the Pro has a fan dial from 2500-4000, the one i have spins at a constant 3000, no dial.

I LOVE the HSF. its silent. Cant hear it at all. And its lowered my temps from 55 and 70(idle, load) with the stock HSF, to 42 and 55(idle, load). I am OCing the processor to 2.4 and my mem as well. THe fan also cools off the GPU, Mem, and transistors on the MOBO. That HSF is awesome for $35.

Just my 2 cents!

Chris