Which would be the better cooling solution for my CPU?

Whappers · 7 Mar 2006 at 15:18

I am considering buying a Opteron 146 and overclocking it to 3ghz using some nice mushkin redline XP-4000. Now obviously I am going to need to cool this to reach these speeds and prolong the chips life. But what I would like to know is what would be the best cooling solution for this setup?

I heard heard good things about the Artic Freezer 64. However, my friend has a Thermalright XP-120 with a big 120mm YS Tech fan (which I think is extremely hard to beat when on a bugdget of around £50). I think he gets temps of around 32C with his non-overclocked 64 4000.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Whappers

Whappers · 7 Mar 2006 at 15:24

Really? I thought those temps were quite reasonable.

By the way I won't be considering cutting a hole in my lovely brand new case

Whappers · 7 Mar 2006 at 15:32

Apologies, I should have mentioned that I am not worried about the sound of fans whizzing as like most people. My friends computer is kind of noisy. But at the end of the day. I want performance and am prepared to go partially deaf to get it.

edit: I value my hearing enough not to get a delta

Whappers · 7 Mar 2006 at 15:42

I'm not really sure about the Thermaltake tbh.

What I really need is a review of some of these HSF solutions.

I think I probably will end up going for th following build. (not any time soon though I just want to get an idea of how much it is going to cost, plus I may well hold off until DX 10)

CP-142-AM AMD Opteron UP 146 San Diego 2.0GHz 1MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-142-AM) 1
£138.95 £138.95
MB-131-AS Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Crossfire (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-131-AS) 1
£124.95 £124.95
MY-002-MK Mushkin 2GB DDR XP4000 Redline Extreme Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (991493) (MY-002-MK) 1
£199.95 £199.95
GX-044-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-CO) 1
£194.95 £194.95
HD-015-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740GD 10,000RPM SATA 8MB Cache - OEM (HD-015-WD) 1
£93.95 £93.95
HD-046-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB 2500KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-046-WD) 1
£60.95 £60.95
CB-000-WD Western Digital Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable (CB-000-WD) 2
£4.95 £9.90
CD-030-PL Plextor PX-716AL Dual Layer Slot Loading 16x4x DVD±RW ReWriter - Retail (CD-030-PL) 1
£69.95 £69.95
HS-023-TR ThermalRight SI-120 (Socket 754/939/478) Heatsink (HS-023-TR) 1
£26.95 £26.95
CA-037-CM Coolermaster Wave Master - Silver (No PSU) (CA-037-CM) 1
£74.95 £74.95
CA-024-EN Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN) 1
£89.95 £89.95
FG-004-YS YS-TECH FD1238 120mm Fan - 4 Pin (FG-004-YS) 1
£9.95 £9.95
KB-069-LG Logitech G5 Gaming-Grade Laser Mouse (KB-069-LG) 1
£37.95 £37.95
MO-029-SA Samsung SM-930BF 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black (MO-029-SA) 1
£204.95 £204.95
Subtotal £1,338.25
VAT £234.20
Total £1,572.45