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Speeze Very Quiet Athlon CPU coolers (which one is best)

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Carl Uman

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I'm looking at the Speeze CPU coolers (only the ones that say "VERY QUIET") and I'm wondering which one is best? I already have the 5F286B1L3G called the "FalconRock" on one system. That cooler is rated at .556 c/w but was wondering if the 5F353B1L3GL which has the lowest c/w rating at .52 would be better (again looking at only the very quiet ones). Are the c/w rattings good enough to follow blindly (from within the same manufacture of course)? I ask because newegg has both but the 5F353B1L3GL costs less. Well, with shipping it is only $1 less but w/o shipping it $9.99 vs 14.99. Cost isn't the issue here since final price is basically the same but want to get the better of the two.

Thanks
Carl


EDIT:
Ended up just buying the one that had the .52 ratting since it looked like ti would work better.
 
I have the Whisper Rock II which works great, but I would go with the Falcon Rock II if I were buying today just for the three lug clip.
.bh.
 
Have you checked out the coolers from arctic-cooling? They are also whisper quiet, but they have copper cores, so they might do a better job of cooling.
 
The Falcon Rock gets my vote if you aren't going to OC like mad. I've used several, but the fastest chip was only an XP2400 which stayed in the low 40C's and was quiet enough that I couldn't hear it over the PSU.

I've spent more on other coolers and didn't buy myself more than 2-3C in temps, which is why I would suggest that you consider staying with the Rock unless you want some real serious cooling improvements. JMO

Crap.... just saw your edit. Good luck on the HS and let us know how it works compared to the Falcon Rock.
 
The Falconrock is easily the best buy on the market- can't go wrong, provided your board and box have adequate clearance.
 
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