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Moving back to air cooling...

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jpsteinmetz

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I've been out of the loop here for some time now so bear with me.

I've been using watercooling for some time now and I just got a new 2500+ AXP chip. Previously I was using a 1800+. Because of the way my waterblock would fit onto the chip (never making full contact despite all my work to make sure it did) I always got slightly higher temperatures than I wanted. When I got my new 2500+ though, i had a leak issue and nearly fried my video card and sound card and the motherbaord is still yet to be determined. So needless to say, i'm a little fed up with the whole thing. I'd like to move back to a 'safer' method of cooling but my concern is that it's not possible to get the two things i wanted from watercooling to begin with, that being near absolute silence and a good overclock (i want to push the 2500+ to 2.2Ghz like everyone else). So is there an air solution out there that will give me the overclock i want, yielding average temps (40-45) and still be very quiet?? Thanks guys.
 
i'd say your best bet would be a mobile XP chip and SP97 with a quiet fan.
 
I think you missed the part about me having just bought the 2500+, hehe. Money doesn't grow on trees you know ;)
 
no, i didn't miss that part. my XP2500 ran HOT when i overclocked it.

if you're looking for quiet aircooling while keeping a decent overclock, you may have to look at the XP-M chips.

anyway, Zalman makes good, quiet HSFs. check them out, hopefully you'll be able to hit your goal with the chip you have.
 
Coolermaster Aero 7+'s are pretty quiet, and my overclocked Althlon (see below) stays at great temperatures! I'm sure you'd get the 2.2 you want from that CPU.
 
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