Cooling decisions: processor, vid car and mobo?

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Phamine

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This is the first rig I'm going to build.

I already have these parts:

AMD 2500+ Barton
Abit NF7-S ver 2.0
Radeon 9500 softmodable to 9700
WD SE 80GIG 7200RPM, 8mb

I'm looking to overclock:
1. AMD 2500 to a 3200
2. ATI 9500 to 9700 Pro speeds or more
3. Has to be quiet, does not need to be silent - going to have pc in bedroom

Processor cooling:
Heatsink
Set on getting a Thermalright. Should I splurg an extra $5 for a SP97?
Thermalright SP97
Thermalright SLK900
Fan
Would 43 CFM be adequate to cool an overclocked 2500? If not considering getting a Vantec Tornado with a fan controller?
92mm Panaflo FBA09A12L - 42.7CFM @ 27DBA hydro wave bearing
92mm Vantec Tornado TD9238H - 119 CFM @ 56DBA dual ball bearing

Vid cooling:
Going to modify a 1u rackmount cooler. Which should I choose? Does it matter if the Dynatron has dual bearings?
Dynatron DC1206BM-R1 - 24.4CFM @ 40DBA dual ball bearing
Thermaltake A1151 - 23.5CFM @ 39DBA ball bearing

Mobo Northbridge cooling:
Vantec Iceberq CCB-A1C - 3.5CFM @ 26DBA ball bearing

Mobo Southbridge cooling:
Which would work better - stock fan or a passive heatsink?
Abit stock Northbridge cooler
Zalman passive heatsink
 
Just leave the southbridge as is... if you're not going to massively overvolt vdd, it will be fine.

Get the zalman NB cooler, it's blue. Run it passively. That will be fine for the northbridge. Why have fans when you don't need them?

Get the arctic cooler vga silencer for your video card, and look into a 92mm Panaflo L1A and the Swiftech MCX462-V for the processor.
 
looks pretty good, i'd go with the copper 1u on the video card, i'd do it but i'm cheap and cant find em for under $20cdn :p

so i have a full size aluminum socket a heatsink hanging off my card :p
 
i agree with kleptophobiac about Northbridge, Southbridge, and Vid Card cooling
however, i dont agree with the CPU cooling. personally i would recommend the ThermalTake SilentBoost BUT...since u are set on Thermalright
i would spend the extra $$ on the SP-97 so i could slap on a quieter fan
and 43 CFM should suffice plenty
 
here's the cooling system i'm planning to get for my xp 2800 barton :

Heatsink : Swiftech MCX462-V
Fan : Vantec Tornado 92mm 119 cfm
Fan Controller : Vantec Nexus fan controller (NXP-101)

links to this stuff on newegg :

heatsink : http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-108-020&catalog=62&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0

fan : http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-999-613&catalog=62&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0

controller : http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-999-501&catalog=11&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0
 
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