Fan+Heatsink

If you are buying a retail CPU with fan/heatsink included and not overclocking, the stock fan may work ok for you. If you want lower temperatures or plan to overclock, then you need a higher performance HSF. Stock Intel 775 HSF's have been suspect in the past not seating properly and sometimes causing poor performance. High Performance HSF's like this one provide a backplate mounting system and lower temps.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Great temps are the rule with these too.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Thank you Badge,

The cpu I am getting does not currently come with a heatsink or fan. I do not plan on overclocking at this time.

The cpu I am getting is a AMD Opteron 180 which is an upgrade from my current cpu AMD Althon 3000+

The fan you have will work. I use these in two of my 939 systems.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

I use one of these on a 939 system also. But I also use some of the stock fans as well.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Again Thank you Badge for the quick response and information

Not really a fan of Zalman HSF because it is not very easy to replace the fan should it go bad.

If you have a tall / wide enough case I would use either the Scythe Ninja+ or the Tuniq Tower.

Scythe Ninja+

Tuniq Tower

I have both and they are excellent HSF. The Scythe Ninja is quiet by default and the Tuniq Tower comes with a fan controller to make it quiet.

I've heard great stuff about ZEROtherm's heatsinks...I plan on using one when I do my next build...

Example:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835887012

Check these out.
http://www.xigmatek.com/product/air-achilless1284.php

Benchmark reviews here;
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_conten...

Price here;
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...