P4 4.0Ghz on Air

Sultan of Ping · 6 Apr 2006 at 00:13

Hallo,

I've had a P4 630 LGA775 (2mb cache) running at 4.0Ghz for a few weeks, stable but hot on water.

However, my thermaltake CPU block decided to split open recently and drown my graphics card, and because this system needs to be on 24-7, I've lost my faith in (cheap) watercooling equipment!

What I need is an air cooled solution for this requirement, I can wind the CPU back a little if needs be - can anybody recommend an air cooling alternative for my CPU? Arctic Cooling and Xilence have been recommended to me by friends, but I thought I'd ask the experts first, before taking the plunge (pardon the pun, or not, as the case may be)! ;-)

Sultan of Ping · 6 Apr 2006 at 00:30

Yes, it's the Xilence Blade cooler, I think I might try it to be honest as it's new in the UK, even thought the Freezer Pro 7 is tried and tested....

Stigggeh, are the Scythe and Thermaltake quiet? - remember, I've had a bad experince experience with Thermaltake!

Sultan of Ping · 6 Apr 2006 at 00:34

And, Raikiri, yes of course I will post my results once installed!

Sultan of Ping · 6 Apr 2006 at 00:48

LOL, are those Aerocools any good, I see that the 120mm AND the 140mm are available and in stock now in the UK (they LOOK noisy, but that doesn't mean anything!), pretty cheap too - specs look OK..