Noctua or Amanda?

[PinataUT]

Noctua or Amanda? I like the tech in the Amanda and since it doesn't have the throttling problem of the Monsoon it might be a winner (assuming my integrator can fit it). Amanda's being carried at performance-pcs - probably elsewhere but that's where I saw it this morning poking around..

PinataUT

Use: gaming (19*12 likely), OC to 3.4 - 3.6, office tasks
Budget: $2500-2800

# ANTEC, Nine Hundred Black Mid-Tower Case, ATX, No PSU
# CORSAIR, HX Series 620W Modular Power Supply, 24-pin ATX12V EPS12V, Triple +12V, Multi-GPU Ready
# INTEL, Core™ 2 Duo E6600 Dual-Core, 2.4GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache, 65nm, 65W, EM64T EIST VT XD, Retail
# NOCTUA, NH-U12F Copper CPU Cooler, Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2
# CORSAIR, 2GB (2 x 1GB) XMS2 Dominator PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz CL3 (3-4-3-9) SDRAM 240-pin DIMM, Non-ECC, Heatsink w/ Airflow Fan
# eVGA, e-GeForce 8800 GTS Superclocked 576MHz, 640MB GDDR3 1700MHz, PCIe x16 SLI, 2x DVI, HDTV/S-Video Out, Retail
# WESTERN DIGITAL, 320GB WD Caviar® SE16, SATA II 300MB/s, 7200-RPM, 16MB cache
# WESTERN DIGITAL, 320GB WD Caviar® SE16, SATA II 300MB/s, 7200-RPM, 16MB cache
# RAID, RAID 1 (mirroring), min 2 hard drives required
# SONY, CRX320EE Beige 52x32x52x16 DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive
# LITE-ON, LH-20A1H Black/White 20x DVD±RW Dual-Layer Burner w/ LightScribe, EIDE/ATAPI, Retail
# MITSUMI, Black Internal 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy Drive
# MICROSOFT, Windows Vista Home Premium Edition 32-bit, OEM
# WARRANTY, Gold Warranty Package (3 year limited parts & lifetime labor warranty, priority service)
(this build with badaxe2 is coming in about $2550 with custom wiring - slightly more with the evga board)

 

[gr!m]

I would personally go with the Noctua UH-12F, their biggest model with a silent fan. I have yet to read a single review that does not call it the best air cooler ever made.