Best HSF for Athlon 64 (Socket 754)

[Zarathustra[H]]

hey..


I am just about to order a cooler for my new system, but I have no idea what good ones there are out there.


Some recommendations please?

Thanks,
matt

 

[Bugalaman]

thermalright SLK-948u

 

[arentol]

Thermaltake Tower 112...

http://www.thecrucible.ca/reviews/tower112/performance.htm

33 degrees at load on an AMD athlon 64 3200+, 2 degrees over water cooling, and only 12 degrees over ambient.

Compatible with:

Intel P4 LGA775
Intel P4 478 Prescott
AMD Athlon 64 /Athlon 64 FX
AMD Athlon XP

The only real question is it's effectiveness in tower setups where the heatpipes may lose some efficiency do to gravity not going the right way for them. However, I have never seen a testing site that reported results worse than 41 degrees at load (and some of them have to be using towers) so it should be pretty good even in a tower.

 

[darktiger]

Swiftec and Zalman

 

[darktiger]

Both real good, and very quiet....(well pair the swiftech up with a good 92mm fan and then it will be quiet....

Swiftech
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-108-037&depa=0

Zalman
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=35-118-108&depa=0

 

[Enigma]

2 words "Water Cooling"

 

[BMWguy206]

I have the Thermaltake Tower 112. Man this thing is huge! I have one 90mm Tornado fan blower air onto it and I have an 80mm fan as the case exhaust which is only 1.5in. away from the heatsink.

This is on an AMD 64 FX-53 and at idle its at 37C, right now its at 39C, and under gaming about 42C.

If you have case with a removeable tray for the motherboard, I recommend that you dont install the heatsink out of the case and must be done inside the case. I have a CoolerMaster Wavemaster with a removeable tray but the heatsink is so tall that it wont fit.

 

[Gorebag]

Ive got a Thermaltake tower 112 for sale with 2 vantec Stealth fans. ill ship it all to you for $50