Best cooling for AMD Athlon XP 3200+

HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
edited December 2004 in Hardware
What do you all think is the best cooling for this cpu. Who's using what on their cpus and what temps are they getting. Haven't looked into the latest cooling solutions for a while now. So, Thats why I'm asking. Figure it's better to have many give me their input, than just go pick one. Besides someone may know of a really good one that I've never heard of, or seen. I was looking at the water cooling, but most good systems are $200 +. i think I'd rather spend that much on more system hardware. Thnx in advance for replys friends.
Here's a couple I've been looking at-- Evercool and SwiftTech and Thermaltake .

Comments

  • lordbeanlordbean Ontario, Canada
    edited December 2004
    What kind of setup do you want - do you care about noise? Do you care about weight? These two factors make a large difference in the coolers you'd find good.

    I like my Aero-Cool DP-101, it's a fairly quiet cooler that delivers good performance (55C full load on a barton 1766 running @ 2400).
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    Noise level is important. I don't want any jets screamin through my livingroom. hehehe
    And I already have a couple of these- Thermaltake so as you can see weight is not a factor. Those babys are like a grand piano settin on your cpu. j/k
    The Aero Cool seems like a nice quiet one too.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd
    clears voice.

    Zalman reserator!
     Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    clears voice.

    Zalman reserator!
  • SSR_06SSR_06 Iowa
    edited December 2004
    i recommend a zalman. silent and very nice. 7000b-cu is very queit and cools very well. i think the 7700 is only for A64 and P4 :(http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-118-113&depa=0
  • HawkHawk Fla Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    SwiftTech Gonna try one of these on the Athlon XP 3200 box. If it doesn't cool enough, I'll try a different one. I've got enough pc's to set up (5)that I can try a couple diff HS & cooling systems. Think I will try one of the zalmans on one also. Have to check the MB's to see which has mounting holes.
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited December 2004
    stay away from that swifty! i got one for my A64 it blew Zalman worked good tho
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