I'm finally gonna get to building my first a64 rig and I've been racking my brain for prettiy much the whole day trying to decide on a cpu cooler. I've finalized my choice to 4.
If it helps, the mobo and cpu im getting will be the s939 3400+ (that oem only processor that was sold to only a few places like TD and Newegg) and a asus k8v deluxe and i do want to do some mild oc'ing just to get that little bit more oomph.
1. Tt Venus 12
2. Tt Silent Boost
3. Zalman 7000B-AlCu
4. XP-90 with undecided 92mm fan
I've all but practically eliminated the two thermaltakes for my choices, but they're up there because they're hte most easily available ot me at the time. I've heard mixed reviews on both.
The zalman alcu was my original choice but i after already ordering my mobo, i found out that the backplate of it is actually glued on rather than screwed. To fix this one would have to blowdryer the backplate of r aminute or so, and remove it. But i heard this voids the warrantee, and i dont feel comfortable pointing a blowdryer at my mobo.
the xp-90 seems to be the best choice atm, though the most expensive. I've been trying to find the proper fan to go with this, but i can't seem to find one. i want to ge ta fan with manual speed control, so the first i looked into was the A2017 smartcase blue led fan by thermaltake. I've also heard about the 92mm panaflo or vantec tornado.
Well as you can see i'm quite confused, so if a number of you guys can point me in the right direction, it would help me out very much. Noise level is sort of a factor, since my comp is in a small room with a bunch of other computers (basically our library became a computer room) and i dont want to distract my family or have them complain about it. It can be loud, but at least variable. also, if you have any fans you could recommend for hte xp-90, id appreciate that as well ^_^
If it helps, the mobo and cpu im getting will be the s939 3400+ (that oem only processor that was sold to only a few places like TD and Newegg) and a asus k8v deluxe and i do want to do some mild oc'ing just to get that little bit more oomph.
1. Tt Venus 12
2. Tt Silent Boost
3. Zalman 7000B-AlCu
4. XP-90 with undecided 92mm fan
I've all but practically eliminated the two thermaltakes for my choices, but they're up there because they're hte most easily available ot me at the time. I've heard mixed reviews on both.
The zalman alcu was my original choice but i after already ordering my mobo, i found out that the backplate of it is actually glued on rather than screwed. To fix this one would have to blowdryer the backplate of r aminute or so, and remove it. But i heard this voids the warrantee, and i dont feel comfortable pointing a blowdryer at my mobo.
the xp-90 seems to be the best choice atm, though the most expensive. I've been trying to find the proper fan to go with this, but i can't seem to find one. i want to ge ta fan with manual speed control, so the first i looked into was the A2017 smartcase blue led fan by thermaltake. I've also heard about the 92mm panaflo or vantec tornado.
Well as you can see i'm quite confused, so if a number of you guys can point me in the right direction, it would help me out very much. Noise level is sort of a factor, since my comp is in a small room with a bunch of other computers (basically our library became a computer room) and i dont want to distract my family or have them complain about it. It can be loud, but at least variable. also, if you have any fans you could recommend for hte xp-90, id appreciate that as well ^_^
