Please recommend passive cooling for A64 3200+ S939...

[wayne00]

hi!
i'm looking for some good passive cooling for s939 athlon 3200+ (venice), slightly o/c'ed.
price matters a lot
i found this:

ASUS TRITON 75 (or similar version)
Thermaltake sonic tower
thermaltake hammer525
thermaltake golf325

which one would you recommend? or maybe something else?

thanks in advance.

 

[Markfw]

XP90. I have one for sale, and if you don't get mine, many others are out there.

 

[NaOH]

I got one for sale too =)

 

[VirtualLarry]

Cooler Master GeminII

 

[alkemyst]

Probably overkill, but the Thermalright 120 Ultra Extreme passively cooled my rig to within 1deg C of my XP120 with a panaflo L1A. I was pretty impressed. I was running a Opteron 165 @ 1.5V.

 

[Arcanedeath]

The Sythe Ninja Works well as a passive cooler, the Tuniq tower is pretty good aswell, although you can just turn the fan all the way down if silence is what your looking for.

 

[RussianSensation]

This is as good as it's going to get:

KINGWIN Revolution RVT-12025 120mm H.D.T. CPU Cooler ($24) = XIGMATEK HDT-S1283

Top 5 Heatsinks for AMD

Even with the fan at low (only 35db), this heatsink outperforms just about everything.

 

[firewolfsm]

You can buy some very slow fans that are essentially silent and help ALOT over passive

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: Arcanedeath
The Sythe Ninja Works well as a passive cooler

IMO the Ninja is the best for passive cooling. It has wider spaced fins to make it easier for air to travel through it. It is NOT the best cooler if you're using a fan, but IMO IS THE BEST when used passively. I had my A64 x2 3800+ with a 400MHz overclock passive on a Ninja, and my current E6750 is overclocked to 3.2GHz passive on a Ninja.

 

[tallman45]

Originally posted by: firewolfsm
You can buy some very slow fans that are essentially silent and help ALOT over passive

I second the opinion of a slow fan. Even the smallest of air movement is far better than no air movement at all