cooler

what's the best cooler for pentium 4 2.8 Ghz??

the price is irrelevant - i just need the best cooler for this type of
processor! everyone's tellin me to buy Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu! does anyone have
any exprience with it??

"Nate Edel" je napisao u poruci interesnoj
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Artistar wrote:
what's the best cooler for pentium 4 2.8 Ghz??

Define "best:"

- Cheapest, and cool enough for a non-overclocked processor?
- Quietest, and cool enough for a non-overclocked processor?
- Coldest for overclocking?

In general, the odds of finding one which is _cheap_, _quiet_, and _cold_
is
pretty low, though you can find two out of the three.

For _cheap_ the best option seems to usually be the Intel boxed fan --
it's
adequate, and the price difference between the OEM and box processor is
usually under $20 if you really look.

--
Nate Edel http://www.nkedel.com/

"Elder Party 2004: Cthulhu for President -- this time WE'RE the lesser
evil."

Using a Coolermaster Aero4 on my P4 2.8 / 800 with Arctic Silver 5,no
problems.Stays cool even at slow fan speeds when it's busy

The Zalman is an excellent CPU cooler. I am using the AlCu model.
Following is a link to a review of a Swiftech CPU cooler that might perform
better than the Zalman.

http://www.ocprices.com/?rev_id=212


"Artistar" wrote in message
...
the price is irrelevant - i just need the best cooler for this type of
processor! everyone's tellin me to buy Zalman CNPS7000A-Cu! does anyone
have
any exprience with it??

"Nate Edel" je napisao u poruci interesnoj
...
Artistar wrote:
what's the best cooler for pentium 4 2.8 Ghz??

Define "best:"

- Cheapest, and cool enough for a non-overclocked processor?
- Quietest, and cool enough for a non-overclocked processor?
- Coldest for overclocking?

In general, the odds of finding one which is _cheap_, _quiet_, and
_cold_
is
pretty low, though you can find two out of the three.

For _cheap_ the best option seems to usually be the Intel boxed fan --
it's
adequate, and the price difference between the OEM and box processor is
usually under $20 if you really look.

--
Nate Edel http://www.nkedel.com/

"Elder Party 2004: Cthulhu for President -- this time WE'RE the lesser
evil."

Artistar wrote:
what's the best cooler for pentium 4 2.8 Ghz??

Let me present the contrarian view, if you are not going to o/c, or not
much, buy the retail box and spend your fan money on two extra case fans
(assuming your case has just the right place for them. If your case
doesn't have the right place for fans you are probably going to have
problems with heat no matter what.

I have been very satisfied with that setup, if you made a good choice on
a case you should be able to o/c to 3.2 w/o heat issues, assuming you
have reasonable ambient.

--
bill davidsen )
SBC/Prodigy Yorktown Heights NY data center
Project Leader, USENET news
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