best amd cooler?

[Farscape]

Hey there, I was wondering in people's experiences what is the best cooler to get as my CPU runs way too hot?

[Chezman29]

If you through these threads in the cooling section. You will see a ton of similiar posts to yours and all the cooling suggestions you can imagine.

Happy reading, I am sure you will find what you need,

Chez

[minibubba]

everyone here has their own idea of what the 'best' cooler is, but we can it narrow down if you tell us which AMD CPU you have.

[TheOne™]

as of coolers......the cooler master x-dream SE is really good. i've also heard of the volcano 7+ which is good. with either 1 you can oc a barton 2500+ to 3000+ speeds easily.

[Chezman29]

If your temps are good, you can overclock a Barton 2500+ to 3200+ with a stock cooler.

I have a 1800+ pali O/C in my wifes computer with an AMD stock cooler. It just happens to work and keep it cool in the configuration I have.
I had to lap the heck out of it to get it flat. After that though, it worked like a champ. So not all stock coolers are bad.
You can't assume either a stock cooler, or aftermarket is going to be flat either. That is why I always double check and lap it before I call it a dud and buy a new one.

Chez

[Farscape]

I have an AMD Xp2000 that runs in the low sixties at idle and about 68 at load which of course is way bad :(

[smokin_pc]

well, i donno if volcano 7+ is the best right now. cause my 200x9.5 barton setup is running at 46-51 at load when running UT2003 demo for 3 hrs.

i think for heatsink, the SLK series is the best right now. I wanna get the sLK 900, but didnt have the 90 bucks canadian to spend on a heatsink. To go with taht heatsink, the vantec tornato with a fan controler will be the best.


I use a fan controller myself for my 7+ cuase i cant stand running my 7+ at 5800 rpm cause is too freaking loud. i am running the fan at 5000 which is a bit more quiet, and it cools good.

[AsianBatman]

I have a p4 spark 7+ XE with 29 idle and 38 load. room is 30

[Farscape]

Ill give yas a bit more detail. I have an xp2000, msi k7t 266 pro2-u mboard. The system temperature according to bios is between 35-40C. The CPU will started at about 30 something when I first turn it on and will shoot up relaly quickly to the 60's. Since the system temp is good im guessing i need a better cpu cooler. That sound about right?

[Mista K6]

Sounds like you def need a better cooler. Also, you might wanna check your thermal grease application. I mean, a 30c jump is pretty high. I think the Volcano 7+ will do nicely in your set up, if you lap it and get some good grease, you can run it on medium and o/c and the noise will still be way down :thumb:. Good luck, : peace2: Mista K6