I need help buying a Socket 939 CPU Cooler

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elendil850
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I need help buying a Socket 939 CPU Cooler

Post by elendil850 » Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:17 pm

I need help purchasing a cooler for my AMD 64 3200+

I'm currently using a HUGE Chieftec aluminum "matrix" case, but will most likely be upgrading to a P150 or a P180. (Most likely the P150)

What would be the best cooler for this case?

I've been looking at:

http://www.svc.com/xp-120-p4-21.html

http://www.svc.com/scnj-1000p.html

http://www.svc.com/cl-p0071-14.html

http://www.svc.com/fan-9500cu-99.html

Please help!

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Post by qviri » Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:29 pm

A vote for the Ninja. You should be able to easily run it passively with just the case fan going.

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Post by aidanjm2004 » Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:24 pm

Zalman's are nice, but the fans can be a touch noisy. Lots of people here seem to be fan's of the Ninja.

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Post by jmke » Tue May 02, 2006 3:34 am

if you want go for exteme silence, the Ninja with a small ghetto duct job would do nicely

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Post by diver » Tue May 02, 2006 4:32 am

Go ducted Ninja. Works like a charm.

The 9500 has a nasty fan that is hard to replace.

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Post by jurrasstoil » Tue May 02, 2006 9:06 am

I vote for the Sonic Tower. Put a YateLoon on it and thats it. Best cooling performance from what i have read so far.

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Post by lenny » Tue May 02, 2006 11:25 am

I have both the Ninja and XP-120. The XP-120 cools the VRM as well since it blows down, the Ninja has the CPU about 1C warmer but it's unfanned and not ducted on my system. Both are not exactly easy to install, but the XP-120 requires a lot more force. Either is a decent choice. With a P180 I'd say the Ninja is the obvious choice if your MB can accomodate the size - that's my configuration now.

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