Good HS/Fan for socket 939 3200+

RussianSensation

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Sep 5, 2003
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* Thermalright SLK948-U
* Thermalright SB-2
* Thermalright XP-120
* Thermalright XP-90
* CoolerMaster Hyper 6
* CoolerMaster Hyper 48
* Coolermaster Vortex
* Scythe NCU2000
* Scythe FCS50
* Zalman CNPS7000Cu
* Zalman CNPS7700Cu

Any of these should be good.

Of course they are pricy since most of these have performance to match.

Zalman stands out as quiet.

Thermalright and CoolMaster 6 as top performance.

www.svc.com is a good store to check for prices of these.

Also check Pricewatch.com

 

Steeplerot

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http://www.newegg.com/app/view...=35-185-110&depa=0
$12.99 Idles my Winchester 939 3000+ OCed to 2.2ghz @31c load 35c
Those expensive fans are loud if you have a 90nm core there isn't enough heat as far as I have found to need a louder/ more expensive one.
And this thing is silent! Very very very happy with it going from a mobile and its super loud fans to keep it cool.
These 90nm chips are awesome I am soo impressed with the coolness and overclockability even with good timings and dual channel enabled soooo easy. BTW I have a GA-K8NS Ultra-939 Mobo too.
 

Pohemi

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Depends on the mobo...you can't fit some of the larger Thermalright HS's on certain boards(like the Gigabyte GA-K8NSNXP-939) without physically modifying the board. I use the Thermaltake Venus 12 w/ controller, and it works great. It gets loud at full speed, but it does a decent job even at the lowest speed.