Good air cooling

[Vegitto]

I'm building me a new rig soon (you might have noticed the threads I created), and I had a question. I paired my planned 3200+ Venice with a Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu, it can be had for ?34. Now, the question is: Will this cooler keep the processor cooler than the stock cooler, not considering the noise? Because noise doesn't really matter for me. Also, if it doesn't, does someone know better CPU cooling (air) for around the same price or cheaper?

Thanks 🙂.

 

[Vegitto]

C'mon, you bunch of hippies. Read! 😛

 

[WdnUlik2no]

I am not sure, I have a Artic Cooling heatsink and fan for my A64 3000+. It keeps my idle temps in the mid 30's but I have seen them drop in the 20's. Under load it never goes above 45.

My Processor didn't come with a cooler because I bought it OEM.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835186123 only $19.99

 

[imported_Kensai]

XP-90 with a Vantec Tornado.

 

[Vegitto]

Does that cost less than a Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu?

EDIT: Nope, at least not where I can shop.

 

[BigCoolJesus]

Originally posted by: Vegitto
Does that cost less than a Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu?

EDIT: Nope, at least not where I can shop.

The zalman 7000 is a very good cooler. I used it for a year, and after playing Far Cry for 4 hours straight, the temps were still only at 41C (at idle, its around 33C)

 

[Vegitto]

So the one I chose will suffice? That's good to hear.

 

[Vegitto]

OMFG! Major bumpage!

 

[BonzaiDuck]

It will suffice.

These coolers each reach their own minimum thermal resistance with the proper airflow, an the thermal resistance will vary. If all cooler makers reported the minimum thermal resistance values for their coolers, all but the manufacturers of the most efficient coolers would not sell many coolers. It's a done deal, and ridiculously simple: lower thermal resistance decreases the spread between the idle temperature and the load temperature.

The Zalman CNPS-7000-Cu provides a TR value of about 0.21. The CNPS 7700 bests that value with 0.19. The ThermalRight XP-120 beats them both with a TR value around 0.17 (a few hundredths less than that, actually).

As for the CNPS-7000, it is certainly good enough, when comparing it to either stock coolers or other after-market coolers with lackluster thermal resistance.

 

[Vegitto]

Thanks a bunch. Zalman CNPS7000B-Cu it'll be, then.