heatsink with fan for A64 upgrade

[frankierx]

Looking to upgrade really soon. Maybe within the next couple of weeks or month, depending on whether winchester core prices keep rising or quantity diminishing. Need help in hsf. I usually go with Coolermaster and their X-dream series.

 

[ts3433]

Good HSFs for A64s include the Zalman 7000 AlCu, which includes a 92mm fan, and the Thermalright XP-90, which takes your choice of 92mm fan.

 

[frankierx]

Originally posted by: ts3433
Good HSFs for A64s include the Zalman 7000 AlCu, which includes a 92mm fan, and the Thermalright XP-90, which takes your choice of 92mm fan.

whats the difference between this :

ZALMAN CNPS7000B-AlCu Aluminum + Copper CPU Cooler for Socket 478/462/754/939/940 CPUs -RETAIL

and this :

ZALMAN CNPS7000A-Cu Pure Copper CPU Cooler for AMD XP Socket 754/939/940 and Intel Socket 478

 

[ts3433]

From the Zalman page for the 7000B AlCu:

The 7000B has slightly improved upon the 7000A heatsink not only in performance, but in a 7g weight reduction.

The pure copper one is not recommended because of its weight. The aluminum/copper will give you most of the performance with less stress on your motherboard.

 

[frankierx]

Thank you very much.

 

[Tyrant222]

if you like cooler master i can recommend the hyper 48.

all copper with 4 heat pipes. uses a silent 92mm fan speced for 20ish CFM.

although my first choice would have been the xp90 + panaflo m1

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Get the A version of Zalman CNPS7000 because it weighs less. (ALCU)

 

[CraigRT]

Thermalright XP-90... weighs almost nothing considering it's size.... works amazing. can be paired with low RPM quiet fan and still perform well.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: ItmPls
Get the A version of Zalman CNPS7000 because it weighs less.

The B version actually weighs less (7g IIRC). I'd go for the AlCu version of the 7000 because it's cheaper, lighter, and performs almost identically to the pure copper version.

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Yeah. I meant ALCU.

 

[coejus]

Zalman is phasing out the A versions in favor of the newer B versions, so they're probably hard to find. That's also the reason the A version of the copper 7000 is so (relatively) cheap now.