For our home recording studio I need a quiet external enclosure with good venting that can safely hold 2 not-so-cool drives (WD740ADFD Raptor and WD6401AALS Caviar Black) and that can provide 2 or more eSATA ports for individual drive access (for speed, and also because the system's ICH7R doesn't su...

I finished assembling the new system. I finally went with the Zalman CNPS-7000B-AlCu. One thing to note, it's a very close fit on an Abit AW9D-Max because of the heatsink ; so much that I first thought it wouldn't fit, but it hopefully did. The stock Intel C2D HSF looked a little different that the ...

Now, is the Intel C2D stock HSF really that bad in terms of cooling and sound levels? Changing nothing but my heatsink to a Scythe Ninja, I reduced temps by over 10C (that's before the AS5 cured). Sound difference is only slight while idling. At full load - that's a whole different ballgame. Is the...

Interesting thread. I am building a new C2D system and I am myself looking for an efficient, quiet and lightweight HSF to cool a non-overclocked E6600 on an Abit AW9D-Max. Those that looked promising to me so far : Thermalright XP-120 : 370g (plus the 120mm fan's weight) Thermalright XP-90 : 360g (p...