Which cooler for this ssytem

deanowales · 13 Sep 2007 at 10:26

Hi guys, below is the system I am currently putting together and I would like advice on best CPU COOLER /HEATSINK to purchase and secondly has anyone any experience on overclocking this Motherboard/CPU/RAM combination

M2NSLI DELUXE AM2 NVNF570 SLI ATX SND+2XGLN+1394+U2 SATA Motherboard

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ (2.8GHz) Socket AM2 2MB L2 Cache (2x1MB)

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)

320gb SEAGATE BARRACUDA 7200.10 SATA Hdd 16MB Cache

Akasa Paxpower 460W ATX 2.0 Power Supply

Samsung SH-S182 SATA 18x DVDÂ±RW/RAM Black

Sapphire X1950 512Mb Graphics Card

RaiderX · 13 Sep 2007 at 10:47

if your on a budged: Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro
if not, tuniq tower, thermalright ultra 120 or scythe ninja

deanowales · 22 Sep 2007 at 12:07

Any other opinions guys? especially from people with same Motherboard in regard to fitting etc...

needmorstuff · 22 Sep 2007 at 12:47

deanowales said:
Any other opinions guys? especially from people with same Motherboard in regard to fitting etc...

another vote for ultra 120 - mounting should be fine m8, I have it on a gigaybte ds4 and that has more heatpipes surrounding the socket than the board you specify.

deanowales · 24 Sep 2007 at 00:09

cheers guys ultra 120 it is then