Best CPU Cooler (Athlon 64)

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What is the best cooler for the Athlon 64.
Also what is the best Northbridge cooling solution for the K8T Neo?
(Except watercooling)

EDIT:
(Or Nitrogen)
(Or Compression Cooling)
 
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Originally posted by 3Aims
Originally posted by scottg26
I have the thermaltake silent boost k8, and aren't particularly impressed by it.

Sure, it is quiet, but it's cooling leaves a lot to be desired.
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What are your temps? Did you use AS5? I love the K8 Boost.
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54 degree full load
38-40 idle

I used the thermaltake grease, then took it off and used AS3. there was no change in temp. installing bios 1.2 saw a reduction in idle temps by about 5-10 degrees
 
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here we go, from another thread lol

Here is a pic showing the CPU temp/northbridge temp after playing ut2004 demo for a few minutes

the dip in temps about a third of the way along is probably when i was changing my game settings.

If i had played it longer the temperatures may have gone higher, and it is not particularly warm in the room at the moment. not cold either. just average.

TTSBK8_01.jpg


that is using speedfan
 
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Scottg26,

How do you get the northbridge temp off this motherboard? I thought it only had case and CPU temps? Or is speedfan just incorrectly reporting the case temp as the northbridge temp?

Thanks,
Z
 
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I purchased a Thermalright SLK 948 U from Newegg, and I was completely disappointed. The base of the heatsink does not cover the entire Athlon64 CPU. Rather, it only covers about 85% of the surface area of the CPU. It might work ok with a Pentium4 or AthlonXP, but I cannot believe that Thermalright would have the gall to recommend the SLK-948-U for the Athlon64 considering this major flaw!!! GARBAGE!!!!
 
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I don't know about "best", but I'm running an Athlon64 3000+ with the heat-sink/fan combo that came in the retail box, and I have no complaints. While idle the temps are 38 CPU/38 system, and under full load the temps are 45 CPU/41 system...I've never once seen the CPU temp over 45. I'm using an Antec Sonata case with two 120mm case fans (the fan included with the case as the intake fan, a slightly more powerful ThermalTake fan as the exhaust fan), so I get some pretty good airflow through the case as well, which of course makes things easier for the CPU fan, but like I said, I've got no complaints about it at all.

EDIT: I replaced the thermal compound that comes preapplied to the heat-sink in the retail box with some Arctic Silver 3 I had lying around by the way. I don't know what (if any) impact this may have had on the fan performance.
 
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Zahlman CNPS 7000 AlCu has performed very well for me....under loads, my cpu temp has not exceeded 50C and under normal loads it hovers around 32C to 36C.
The fan is relatively light compared to it's all-copper version, and I would not hesitate to recommend this heatsink/fan to anyone!

+ it looks kinda neat too!
 
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Can anyone tell me if the base of the ZALMAN CNPS7000A covers the entire CPU? I don't want to have a similar "Thermalright" disaster (the Thermalright SLK-948U was recommended for AMD64, but it's base does not cover the entire CPU)
 
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what is like to change the fan on the 64 chip, i had some trouble,not much locking down the lever arm but nothing like the old xp chips.

I never liked mounting heatsinks on xp chips, prying with screw drivers on my mobo never seemed apealing to me on slip and pow, or too much pressure and that could snap my cpu. Granted i am not timid i love building computers but that part always raised the hair on the back of my neck.
 
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Well, I originally put the Zahlman fan on first, so I really haven't "changed" fans. On the K8T800, you don't utilize the MSI heatsink/fan base. The backing plate works with the Zahlman though, and all you have to do is screw-on two risers, then attach the H/F utilizing the fasteners that come with the fan!

It's real easy, and I installed my Zahlman without sliding the mobo tray out!
 
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I slapped a Thermaltake Silent Boost K8 on my Athlon64 3200+ and it has been very kind to me. The CPU idles on average a good 3 C cooler than the stock cooler when idling with Cool & Quiet (38C -> 35C). It is also much quieter, (claims to operate at 25dB at full speed) @ 2500RPMs compared to AMD's stock cooler which operates @ 3500RPMs. The heatsink was so easy to install... just like the box says, you don't need tools-- a screwdriver was only necessary to remove old heatsink ;) I highly recommend this cooler for the AMD64.

Edit: I should mention I used artic silver 5 for both coolers
 
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