CPU cooling advice

[virdee2]

Hi everyone, this is my first post on here as i am new to overclocking. i recently put together a system with the following components;

- Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
- GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
- Gigabyte GeForce 8500 GT Silent Fanless 512MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GV-NX85T512HP)
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.60GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail

I have overclocked it quite comfortably to 3ghz via AI Booster. The only thing is, if i wanna go faster (and i do) i need to reduce the 60 degree cpu temp down also. Anyone able to give me some advice as to what cpu fan i could use to achieve the max potential which i think is about 3.7Ghz on this cpu (although probably with water system which i really cant afford.)
I would appreciate any tips guys
Thanks

 

[pegasus1]

Hi everyone, this is my first post on here as i am new to overclocking. i recently put together a system with the following components;

- Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
- OCZ StealthXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply
- GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
- Gigabyte GeForce 8500 GT Silent Fanless 512MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GV-NX85T512HP)
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ 2.60GHz (Socket AM2) - Retail

I have overclocked it quite comfortably to 3ghz via AI Booster. The only thing is, if i wanna go faster (and i do) i need to reduce the 60 degree cpu temp down also. Anyone able to give me some advice as to what cpu fan i could use to achieve the max potential which i think is about 3.7Ghz on this cpu (although probably with water system which i really cant afford.)
I would appreciate any tips guys
Thanks

Personnaly i would have bought a C2D E2180 and Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L mobo which is cheeper and would get you to 3.3ghz easily whilst staying under 60C. Thats beside the point though, have you looked at after market heatsinks as they can drop temps by around 10C and can be had for as little as £15.

 

[virdee2]

I hadn't thought of heatsinks but i will now. Thanks Pegasus