Need CPU Cooler recommendations

[J Silva]

Hi, everybody, i just bought a new PC: a) P IV 3.00 Ghz.; b) Asus P5RD1-V Motherboard; c) Maxtor 250 gb. hard-drive; d) Antec PlusView 1000 AMG Case; e) LC-Power 480 w. Power Supply; f) Hercules Fortissimo IV Sound Card; g) 1024 mb. Kingston Memory; h) no graphics card, motherboard already has one (Ati Radeon XPress 200); i) Conceptronic Sattelite Card PC TV-SAT. The power supply is very quiet, but the cpu cooler is far too noisy. I only want the PC to surf the internet and audio editing and dvd-authoring with Adobe Audition 1.5 and DVD-Lab Pro. No gaming at all. But i'm considering on buying another hard-drive, internal or external (maybe external). Considering all this, what cpu cooler do you recommend. My options are limited to Artic Cooling and Thermaltake. Nevertheless, i may consider ordering through the internet if you can be persuasive, if you know what i mean.

Thanks evrybody,

J Silva

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

AC 7Pro.

...Galvanized

 

[elpres05]

What does all this description mean to a CPU cooler? Welcome to the forums... 😀

How about a thermaltake Typhoon ? It has a large fan and should help reduce the annoying sounds.

 

[J Silva]

It means that i'm not interested in overclocking, which is important in order to choose the cpu cooler, isn't it ? I mean, there's no need for a very expensive one if i will give it an "ordinary" use, if i make myself clear.

Thanks,

J Silva

 

[TylerP]

What do you consider expensive?

 

[alpha88]

I'm not sure how much you want to spend, but if I didnt play games or overclock, I'd look into getting a passive heatsink - Scythe Ninja is a good one I think.

 

[TylerP]

The Ninja is really good if not gaming. Thermaltake Sonic Tower is also good. In fact I have a Sonic tower just sitting here since I moved all of my stuff to a Qpack case. 😛