AfterMarket Cooling

[Rudster8161]

i plan on buying a AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane. nothing specail but it over clocks really well. i know of a guy who has it stable at 3.0ghz(got a screenshot at 3.405!!) which a windsor core 3.0ghz actual rates at 6000+(has more cache tho)
i plan on hevaily over clocking this CPU to save a buck but i cant find a cooler i want for it. water cooling is too expensive and have a budget 0$(you could give me one ) to about 45$
any suggestions

 

[freestyler105]

Value cooler, only $20, but still excellent performance:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185125

If you want anything better, you'll probably have to bump up your budget to about $50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118004

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106080

The second one got some bad reviews, but that's only about the socket LGA 775 mounting system. The AM2 mounting should be fine.

 

[sanka]

Get the Zalman that freestyler posted. It uses copper rather than aluminum and Zalmans are a good known brand. If you want to meet your 45 dollar budget you could try ebay. I got this, usually 70 bucks, for only 25 on ebay. My temps dropped 10 degrees-- no joke.

edit: 10 degrees celcius*

 

[Atomic Rooster]

They are a bit out of your budget, but the Sunbeam Tuniq Tower 120 would be your best bet if you can find one. Otherwise, the Zalman 9700 would be another excellent choice.



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[Anubis1980]

Ive heard good things about Zalman, ive just bought a 9700 cooler from them, the big bro of the 9500, they sposed to be good. So id say go with the Zalman

 

[hascet]

They are a bit out of your budget, but the Sunbeam Tuniq Tower 120 would be your best bet if you can find one. Otherwise, the Zalman 9700 would be another excellent choice.



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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835154001

surprisingly newegg isn't the cheapest!

http://www.xoxide.com/tuniq-t-120-hsf.html

xoxide had them in stock like a week ago but they don't now...

 

[freestyler105]

The Tuniq Tower does NOT support AM2 processors! DO NOT GET IT!!!

# Compatibility:

* Intel
o Pentium 4
o Pentium 4 Prescott
o Socket 478
o LGA775
* AMD:
o Athlon 64
o Opteron
o K8
o Socket 754
o Socket 939
o Socket 940

Xoxide is an excellent site, I got my Tuniq Tower for my Core 2 Duo there, it's no newegg, but they're good.

 

[Anubis1980]

Wish i cud find a decent site that delivers abroad!! Crappy pc choices in Spain. And its weird it doesnt support AM2, wonder if that will be fixed.

 

[Atomic Rooster]

How is Tuniq Tower 120 compatible with AMD Socket AM2 CPU?


Website: Tunig Tower 120. The thing looks pretty cool.

 

[freestyler105]

Ah, well I knew that the one I got didn't have an attachment for AM2 motherboards AFAIK, so I figured it wasn't compatible.

And the Tuniq Tower is amazing. Temps stay below 40C under load with my E6600 OCed to 3 GHz. If you're case is tight on space though, you might not want to get it, this thing is HUGE!