January 20, 200620 yr am building a budget/mid-range gaming desktop. decided on the msi k8n neo4 sli mb, now that msi seems to have worked all the kinks out of it. seemed like a good board for Gromnir as we only got limited overclocking interest. however, we got absolutely 0 experience with msi boards, and we is trying to decide what heat sink to be putting on an amd athlon x2 3800+ cpu... preferably a quiet heat sink. usually we uses zallman, but the one msi socket 939 board zallman not seem to have any recommended heat sinks for is the one i am using. have stuck zalman's on non-reccomended asus mbs in the past w/o difficulty, but as this is our first msi board we don't wanna take the risk. any thoughts? HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
January 20, 200620 yr i haven't researched heat sinking in a while, but i believe the best place to go is HardOCP for overclocking/heat sink information. they tend to favor high-end, expensive solutions, but there is a wealth of information for all levels AND, an excellent forum for such discussions. taks comrade taks... just because.
January 20, 200620 yr I really don't know what I'm talking about with the coolant. Personally I just buy whatever fan fits, but haven't used AMD in a long time.
January 20, 200620 yr am building a budget/mid-range gaming desktop. ... amd athlon x2 3800+ cpu... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> :'( This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time.
January 21, 200620 yr Zalmon, Coolermaster, THermaltake are all great fan/heatsinks. The bigger the fansize the quieter due to it moving more air at once while not spinning as fast. Also a copper heatsing dissipates heat faster. Always outnumbered, never out gunned! Unreal Tournament 2004 Handle:Enlight_2.0 Myspace Website! My rig
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