Which one?

[Bbq]

I'm looking to buy a new heatsink. It has to fit K8. My case is a P180.

I want to buy it locally, so It's pretty much NCIX where I'm going to get it. Specificly, Capstan way.

what I was thinking:

Zalman CNPS9500; I was wondering if this will work on 939 too.

Scythe Ninja: Think I can run it passive, with an opteron 146?

Scythe Mine; Would this be good for low airflow, or silence?

Thermalright SI-128 Any fan recommendations?

Thermalright XP120 This is a huge improvement over the XP90 I'm replacing, no?

Scythe Andy How much better is this than say, the Ninja?

***No tuniq Tower, or TT BT, please. I have a reason.

The only issue I have, is that my board, asus a8n-sli se, does not have a mosfet heatsink. Will this be an issue with a tower heatsink?

 

[wtburnette]

I'm using the SI-128 with a Coolermaster blue LED fan and it cools nicely and is very quiet. I had a problem with one of the push pin locks not wanting to lock in place very well, but I think I just got unlucky. I could probably have it RMA'd, but I'm lazy and it's working, so...

 

[Bbq]

Any other opinions?

 

[Aelfgeft]

I'm a big fan of the XP-90 and XP-120, both because they look so darn cool and because they run the same way. It won't be a huge improvement over the XP-90 if you're going passive (if you're overclocked, definitely don't go passive).

I still am not impressed with tower heatsinks because they put so much more pressure on the processor when movement is involved. The only kink with the XP-120 is getting it in. If you got the XP-90 attached without a hassle, this isn't so much worse, but the best heatsinks are always a pain to install.

The key is to find a nice quiet monster to put on the top of it. I would highly recommend the Panaflo M1A 120MM high-speed. It's not that loud, and will keep even your highly OC'd core cool as a cucumber.

That combo is frigid, baby!