recommendations for HSF to OC my 3200+

[champ91]

trying to overclock my amd 64 3200 venice core

any recommendation for the hsf? and anyone with some experience please post.

right now i'm looking at this

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...=ZALMAN%20TECH

any advice is welcomed

[goofball]

good choice.

my other choices would be the obvious ones from Thermalright. XP-120/SI-120.

If you have the room, also investigate the Thermaltake Big Typhoon. Killer heatsink without the noise.

[Cafe_333]

any of those suggested by goofball are better choices - SPCR showed that the Thermalright XP120 was cooler, and can do it *alot* quieter than that Zalman. Also a good mention goes out for the newer Thermalright XP90c if you're worried about clearance problems the XP120 has on some motherboards - check manufacturer's website. The XP90c I've read is either comparable or 1 degree better than the XP120.

[Nealester]

The XP-120 is probably your best bet, assuming it can fit on your mobo. Check Thermalright's webiste for a the list of compatibility for it. The best thing about the XP-120 is that it will use a 120mm fan so that the noise level will decrease since they don't need to spin as fast to push more cfm. Plus it will actually be about 1-4 degrees cooler for you as well.

[ShadowVlican]

good choice.

my other choices would be the obvious ones from Thermalright. XP-120/SI-120.

If you have the room, also investigate the Thermaltake Big Typhoon. Killer heatsink without the noise.

although careful with the build quality of the thermaltake big typhoon, some of their heatsinks are crooked

[P90Puma]

XP-120, Panaflo U1A... nuff said. Use the mobo/external fan controller if it gets too loud.

[champ91]

the thermalright xp 120 seems to only hv the pipes but no fan according to ncix. what fan is necessary for it?

and it seems really big and heavy

[DaLurker]

the thermalright xp 120 seems to only hv the pipes but no fan according to ncix. what fan is necessary for it?

and it seems really big and heavy

The XP 120 requires a 120mm Fan which is good since 120mm's can provide more airflow for the noise than smaller fans.

Also, while it is big, it is actually fairly light due to the heatpipe design. As long as it fits, you'll be fine.

[Cafe_333]

what fan is necessary for it?

Well now it comes down to a question of noise level.

More noise = higher cfm = better cooling.
Low noice = low cfm = less cooling.

The Panaflo U1A suggested earlier is one example of a loud fan. It's 45.5dba and pushes 114.7cfm's. The quitest 120mm would be the Nexus at 22.8dba pushing 36.87cfm's. Anyway, if you want the best of both worlds, find the best fan under 30dba that pushes the most cfm. My pick would be the coolermaster sleeve bearing fan. Good luck!

[kawaii gocchin]

The XP-90C will out perform the XP-120 and won't cover up half your mobo
or have as many compatibility issues.

That aside the choice of most extreme overclockers now for air cooling is
Thermaltake's Big Typhoon... yes I said Thermaltake. It's a monster cooler
and quiet too...

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=75504
http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/4...n/cl-p0114.htm
http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/coo...ltake/clp0014/
http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews05/bi...dex.php?file=1
http://www.overclockercafe.com/Revie...phoon/pg2.html

Fellow overclocker OPB had his FX-57 (puts out probably the most heat of any
A64) clocked to 3.15ghz with it running superPi at 38C load..... the
thermalright's can't touch that...

[johnnyepy]

i got the tt big typhoon


CPU Properties:
CPU Type AMD Athlon 64
CPU Alias Venice S939
CPU Stepping DH-E3
CPUID CPU Name AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+
CPUID Revision 00020FF0h

CPU Speed:
CPU Clock 2654.70 MHz
CPU Multiplier 9.0x
CPU FSB 294.97 MHz (original: 200 MHz, overclock: 47%)
Memory Bus 176.98 MHz


Temperatures:
Motherboard 36 °C (97 °F)
CPU 27 °C (81 °F)
North Bridge 41 °C (106 °F)
GPU 49 °C (120 °F)
SAMSUNG SP4002H 24 °C (75 °F)

now full load

Temperatures:
Motherboard 36 °C (97 °F)
CPU 42 °C (108 °F)
North Bridge 41 °C (106 °F)
GPU 49 °C (120 °F)
SAMSUNG SP4002H 27 °C (81 °F)

Cooling Fans:
CPU 1318 RPM
Power Supply 3013 RPM