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Recommend cooling for an overclocked AMD 2500+

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Tango57

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Can anyone recommend a good heat sink and cpu fan for my AMD Barton 2500+ which I want to keep overclocked at 2.2 Ghz? Currently I'm just using a stock heat sink and a coolmaster fan but when I start playing games I get case and cpu temps into the 60's and probably 70's and sometimes my 3d benchmarks crash which I'm a bit worried about. For the casing I have 2 inflow fans in the front and 1 outflow fan in the back.
 
If you can fit it on your motherboard, the Zalman 7000A AlCu. This does not fit on an Abit NF7-S Rev2 without modification. See Zalman's site for compatibility details.

Otherwise, a Thermalright heatsink with a 92mm fan. Thermalright produce several models, not all of which fit on all Socket A motherboards - again see their site for compatibility issues. Their top model for Socket A is the SP-97, complete with heatpipes but this is quite expensive. Also look at the SLK900A, which I am buying for my Abit NF7-S. Other possibilities are the SLK900U and SLK947U. The 9xx series are all quite similar in performance but have slightly different form factors to fit on different motherboards. The U designation means the heatsink is designed for both P4 and AthlonXP; A means it is designed to fit on more Socket A motherboards.

For a fan, it is a trade-off between noise and cooling. I am going for a Panaflo L1BX. The Vantec Tornados provide ultimate cooling at the cost of a lot of noise.

For good insights into cooling, with a bias towards achieving very quiet PCs, look at SilentPcReview.
 
You may also want to try a different configuration for your fans,... I'd suggest 2 exhaust and one intake. or just add a second exhaust. As for the cpu, I like the CoolerMaster Aero 7+ and some Arctic Silver. Then again fan noise is not a concern of mine.
 
You guys are the best! THANKS everyone for your thorough input! I'll definitely check out all your recommendations before I buy!
 
i fourth the motion, running my 2500+ at 2.41 i never pass 44 on full load. I also have a 92 mm tornado with a fan **controller** a definite need But yeah SLK 900-A rock the casbah
 
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