new AM2 cpu fan....

soul geezer · 15 Nov 2006 at 13:45

hello all. im looking for new cpu cooler for my athalon64 X2 4600+ cpu (socket AM2). i'm after the best available! (if its illuminated, then blue please...)

any suggestions greatly appreciated, as im lost in a sea of cpu coolers at the moment! :confused:

Gabs.

subaru_swift · 15 Nov 2006 at 14:37

zalman 9500 mate the best about so farr ;-)

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Solaris · 15 Nov 2006 at 14:45

dude.....socket AM2......

If he was gonna get a zalman it *** have to be the 9700....

Blue LED as well and good cooling...

subaru_swift · 15 Nov 2006 at 15:12

the 9500 i meant is what i am using on my am2 the zalman cnp9500 am2 ;-)

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the 9700 is its better brother, Instead of using a 92mm fan like in the CNPS9500, the CNPS9700-LED has a huge 110mm fan!

soul geezer · 15 Nov 2006 at 16:28

cheers!

9700 it is then!

cheers for the help, peeps

pastymuncher · 15 Nov 2006 at 16:44

If you have just built that rig then you should have gone for Conroe. It would have kicked that AM2 rig to death. I know AM2 is really cheap but Conroe is so much more powerful.

Kinitawawi · 15 Nov 2006 at 18:26

pastymuncher said:
If you have just built that rig then you should have gone for Conroe. It would have kicked that AM2 rig to death. I know AM2 is really cheap but Conroe is so much more powerful.

Perhaps he's thinking of the future? AM2+ ?

soul geezer · 15 Nov 2006 at 19:36

pastymuncher said:
..It would have kicked that AM2 rig to death...

...a bit like me trying to kick myself to death when i was told that after i built it 2 months ago?? lmao!

on the plus side, i'm looking at buying a new case already so i can fit the GPU in without having to remove anything... so i might just buy another mobo and cpu, and ebay the ones i've got afterwards... or just buy an fx62 and see what happens!

soul geezer · 22 Nov 2006 at 19:23

result!

thanks for the advice lads! went for the 9700, as you can see from the pics...

ambient temps (everest ultimate edition)
core 1 - 35c
core 2 - 36c