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Delak   05-30-2008 at 10:25:39 PM

Hello everyone,

When buying a new cpu, should you get a new fan+heatsink for it as well?

Thank you.

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badge   05-30-2008 at 10:37:20 PM
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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/Prod [...] 6835118019

Great temps are the rule with these too.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835109125

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Delak   05-30-2008 at 10:53:41 PM
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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+

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badge   05-30-2008 at 11:02:01 PM
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The fan you have will work. I use these in two of my 939 systems.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835185125

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/Prod [...] 6835118221

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Delak   05-30-2008 at 11:07:05 PM
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Again Thank you Badge for the quick response and information

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jaguarskx   05-30-2008 at 11:54:12 PM
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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.

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Ahslan   05-31-2008 at 12:25:41 AM
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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/Prod [...] 6835887012

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