Athlon X2 3800 "Cool 'n' silent" Project
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:54 pm
Hello everyone, my name is jason and this is my first post on this board.
I've got a couple questions that i'll like to keep to one post. This coming saturday I'll be building 2 AMD X2 3800 systems (one's mine, one for a friend).
Although both systems will have a Gigabyte K8U-939 motherboard with the mentioned X2 3800 cpu, that's where the similarities end.
The case I'll be using is a Antec P180, while he'll be using his generic case due to budget constraints. His case will be modded to use a 120 mm fan in the front and possibly one in the back.
The problem we have is trying to decide on a CPU cooler. As of right now, the Scythe Ninja coupled to a quiet 120mm fan is on the top of the decision list. We prefer a cool running cpu, with noise close behind in the list of priorities. Although we're unsure about fitting since this motherboard has the CPU in the middle of the board instead of upper rear. According to the recommended list of heatsinks, the CNPS 9500 will be our second choice. Does anyone have experience with this board and cooler choices that work well with it?
His video card is a passive cooled ATi 9550 so that's solved, but I have a 6800GT with its stock cooler right now. I purchased a Zalman VF700-cu for it, which in 5 volt mode is quiet enough for me although I'm still open to to other suggestions for a GPU cooler.
Finally, i'll be building a linux machine that I would like to be quiet also.
The specs are:
PIII 550 Katmai
Asus P2B motherboard
768 mb PC100 memory
30 gb samsung HD.
As of right now the CPU fan seems rather loud. What are some user experiences in cooling a slot 1 cpu silently?
Any help will be appreciated, and I've already enjoyed this great site for many helpful silencing ideas.
I've got a couple questions that i'll like to keep to one post. This coming saturday I'll be building 2 AMD X2 3800 systems (one's mine, one for a friend).
Although both systems will have a Gigabyte K8U-939 motherboard with the mentioned X2 3800 cpu, that's where the similarities end.
The case I'll be using is a Antec P180, while he'll be using his generic case due to budget constraints. His case will be modded to use a 120 mm fan in the front and possibly one in the back.
The problem we have is trying to decide on a CPU cooler. As of right now, the Scythe Ninja coupled to a quiet 120mm fan is on the top of the decision list. We prefer a cool running cpu, with noise close behind in the list of priorities. Although we're unsure about fitting since this motherboard has the CPU in the middle of the board instead of upper rear. According to the recommended list of heatsinks, the CNPS 9500 will be our second choice. Does anyone have experience with this board and cooler choices that work well with it?
His video card is a passive cooled ATi 9550 so that's solved, but I have a 6800GT with its stock cooler right now. I purchased a Zalman VF700-cu for it, which in 5 volt mode is quiet enough for me although I'm still open to to other suggestions for a GPU cooler.
Finally, i'll be building a linux machine that I would like to be quiet also.
The specs are:
PIII 550 Katmai
Asus P2B motherboard
768 mb PC100 memory
30 gb samsung HD.
As of right now the CPU fan seems rather loud. What are some user experiences in cooling a slot 1 cpu silently?
Any help will be appreciated, and I've already enjoyed this great site for many helpful silencing ideas.