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Recommended HS and HSF for AMD64 3200

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devildog45co

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Just curious what some of you would recommend for a heat sink and heat sink fan on a AMD64 3200 skt939 on a MSI neo2 platinum board all going to be inside a Lian Li pc65 case. THanks!
 
If you want the best, look at Thermalright's XP90 or XP120. You need to buy a fan with these.

If you want a good all around heatsink with a fan for less, Thermaltake's SilentBoost K8 is around $30. Zalman's AlCu quiet heatsink is very quiet and effecient; has almost universal praise and is also around $30.

If you want some good retailers for heatsinks and other cooling supplies, check out SVC.com and Jab-Tech.com. Newegg also carries most of these items but their prices are typically higher.
 
Like jpeyton said, i would get the xp90 with a panaflo or a zalman alcu.
The xp120 is better at cooling but doesnt fit on most motherboards, dont know about the neo2.
 
you can pick up the zalman alcu (7000b) for 32.99 with free 2 day fedex from zipzoomfly. got one for my 3200+ s754.
 
Originally posted by: drpootums
does the TT Venus 12 work on skt939 boards? If it does i'd go with that.
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the venus 12 is very very loud and a not so good cooler. For the same price you can get a super quiet, great cooling zalman alcu.
 
I've heard good things about the xp-90 and the zalman. for the extra money, is there gonna be a big difference between the zalman and the xp90 and a 92mm fan? this is one area on my new build i don't mind dropping a few extra bucks ( unlike the cpu.....i'm not dropping 8 bills on a fx55 🙂
 
the TT Venus 12 is a very good cooler and the speed can be turned down from 2000-5500 rpm. It moves a lot of air, and at 3000-3500rpm (moving A LOT of air) it produces around 30db's of noise from what i've heard. Also, it's only $30!
 
Originally posted by: devildog45co
I've heard good things about the xp-90 and the zalman. for the extra money, is there gonna be a big difference between the zalman and the xp90 and a 92mm fan? this is one area on my new build i don't mind dropping a few extra bucks ( unlike the cpu.....i'm not dropping 8 bills on a fx55 🙂
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There really won't be much of a differance between the two. Overall the Thermalright should perform a bit better.
 
Originally posted by: jpeyton
If you want the best, look at Thermalright's XP90 or XP120. You need to buy a fan with these.

If you want a good all around heatsink with a fan for less, Thermaltake's SilentBoost K8 is around $30. Zalman's AlCu quiet heatsink is very quiet and effecient; has almost universal praise and is also around $30.

If you want some good retailers for heatsinks and other cooling supplies, check out SVC.com and Jab-Tech.com. Newegg also carries most of these items but their prices are typically higher.
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The silent-boost can be had for $25 or so from MWave. I had this but it's ANYTHING but silent. On silentpc forums...people complained of the same high pitched whir that I had heard so it wasn't just me. I ended up swapping a Panflo L1A fan and it made a world of difference. HOwever, that just meant that I should've gone for a better HS to begin with considering the cost of the fan.
 
The Coolermaster Hyper6 is extremely good if you don't mind the size/weight. They're comparable with the Thermalrights.
 
Very happy with the Zalman 7000A AlCu in mine.Efficient & quiet(looks neat too,but I could really care less about that since my cae is closed and not a disco inferno box to beging with)
I don't overclock either,but tried it a little bit just for kicks and heat wasn't a problem,although I think at extreme overclocking levels you might be better served with the XP-120 if you can fit it.
 
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