Heatsink Fan Recommendations for AMD FX-60

Hi,

I've just bought a new FX-60 on eBay and its on its way:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=150096546733


Its an intermediate upgrade to get the maximum performance out of my
ageing mid range socket 939 based system before I do a completely new
system upgrade to a Quad Core processor early next year.


As you can see the FX-60 I bought comes with a heatsink fan but its
not a popular one and I'm not sure if its suitable for my
requirements. I can't find much information on it. I not looking at
overclocking my system but I require excellent cooling for stability.
The most CPU intensive / resource demanding application I run is
Microsoft Flight Simulator X so one of the cores will be running at
100% (or close to) for long periods of time.

I'm basically looking for a suitable balance between noise and
effective cooling. Is the bundled Ultra HSF suitable? Can you please
recommended something else? I'm looking at air-cooling only and I
really liked the look of the Coolermaster KHC-L91 Hyper48 Heatsink
but
I think its been discontinued. I also looked at the Thermalright
Ultra120 but I think its too big for my case.
Also I'm looking for something that's relative easy to fit!

I'm not sure how relevant or useful my system specification is:

∙ MSI K8N SLI (MS-7185 v.1.0) nForce4 Rev. A3
∙ BIOS Phoenix Technologies 6.00PG
∙ AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Socket 939 (Venice Core) [To be upgraded to AMD
FX-60 in a few days]
∙ Bus speed: 201MHz, Multiplier: x11.0, Core Speed: 2211 MHz
∙ Corsair 2Gb: 2x 1Gb PC3200 RAM 128 bit dual channel mode (3-3-3-8)
with Thermaltake heatsinks
∙ XFX 8800 GTS 640Mb XXX Edition
∙ Hauppauge Nova T-500 dual tuner digital TV card
∙ Western Digital 500Gb WD5000YS RE2, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache,
9
ms, NCQ
∙ Sony DVD-RW DW-26A
∙ 750W Xclio X12S4P4 Modular SLi U-Quiet 14cm Fan 87%+ Efficiency
Quad
+12v EPS 4SATA 4 PCI-E
∙ Lian Li PC7 aluminum case


Many thanks!

On Mar 8, 9:39 pm, "Distorted Vision" wrote:
Hi,

I've just bought a new FX-60 on eBay and its on its way:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=150096546733

Its an intermediate upgrade to get the maximum performance out of my
ageing mid range socket 939 based system before I do a completely new
system upgrade to a Quad Core processor early next year.

As you can see the FX-60 I bought comes with a heatsink fan but its
not a popular one and I'm not sure if its suitable for my
requirements. I can't find much information on it. I not looking at
overclocking my system but I require excellent cooling for stability.
The most CPU intensive / resource demanding application I run is
Microsoft Flight Simulator X so one of the cores will be running at
100% (or close to) for long periods of time.

I'm basically looking for a suitable balance between noise and
effective cooling. Is the bundled Ultra HSF suitable? Can you please
recommended something else? I'm looking at air-cooling only and I
really liked the look of the Coolermaster KHC-L91 Hyper48 Heatsink
but
I think its been discontinued. I also looked at the Thermalright
Ultra120 but I think its too big for my case.
Also I'm looking for something that's relative easy to fit!

I'm not sure how relevant or useful my system specification is:

∙ MSI K8N SLI (MS-7185 v.1.0) nForce4 Rev. A3
∙ BIOS Phoenix Technologies 6.00PG
∙ AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Socket 939 (Venice Core) [To be upgraded to AMD
FX-60 in a few days]
∙ Bus speed: 201MHz, Multiplier: x11.0, Core Speed: 2211 MHz
∙ Corsair 2Gb: 2x 1Gb PC3200 RAM 128 bit dual channel mode (3-3-3-8)
with Thermaltake heatsinks
∙ XFX 8800 GTS 640Mb XXX Edition
∙ Hauppauge Nova T-500 dual tuner digital TV card
∙ Western Digital 500Gb WD5000YS RE2, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache,
9
ms, NCQ
∙ Sony DVD-RW DW-26A
∙ 750W Xclio X12S4P4 Modular SLi U-Quiet 14cm Fan 87%+ Efficiency
Quad
+12v EPS 4SATA 4 PCI-E
∙ Lian Li PC7 aluminum case

Many thanks!



wow lots of usless info But thats ok

ok lets see if you dont overclock and flight sim x in the bugest
app you are fine with whatever came with the chip

for look it doesnt matter dont buy cooling stuff based on look

it should be quiet enough for you