Gromnir Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 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)
taks Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 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.
Hurlshort Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 Just pump coolant into your computer. It's much neater looking than a fan.
Hurlshort Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 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.
kirottu Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 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.
WITHTEETH Posted January 21, 2006 Posted January 21, 2006 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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