The Aging SocketA...suggest cooler to me...

[undertheradar]

I am putting one of my older XP rigs into my girlfriend's office so she quits using my rig all the time. It really T's me off to walk into my room when I get home and see her browzing for handbags on my badass rig.

But this older rig is a little older and loud, so I am swapping out the case fans and adding a sunbeam rheobus. For the last thing, I am swapping out the CPU cooler...but to what? What is the best air-cooler for XPs? I desire a tower but after checking out the thermaltake tower and the thermalright SI-97, Im worried that if she ever moved the case she could knock the proc and crack it. I would do a zalman, but this case has a clearance issue (Asus A7N8X w/ the socket at the top edge, but I can go as tall as I want). I desire large, and a large fan for lots of heat moving w/o noise. The SI-97, Thermaltake P0024/25...any others come to mind that I should be thinking of?

 

[Tiny]

I also have an XP proc and am currently awaiting the arivale of my SI-97. I read a bunch of reviews for XP coolers and I went with that one. You pretty much have it nailed with the ones you mentioned. Just tell her to be careful around the computer cause if she breaks it, she won't be able to browse for handbags when she wants!