Best cooler for AMD 3800 x2 & x1800xt

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oinkypig

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hey i recently got a AMD 3800 x2 cpu along with my new rig i built. i am wondering if there are any REAL good cpu heatsink coolers i can get to overclock it to mabey about 2.4-2.7 ghz. i would liek the heatsink to be all copper for best results. Also i would like to get a Good cooler for my new x1800 xt. on default clocks i can only get grand theft auto san andreas to play for about 30 min unless i go into atitool and crank up the fan from the default 30% to about 50-70%. Any good coolers for this specific graphics card? The reason im not sure is because it seems as though the x11800 xt already has a great cooler on it. but i would like to overclock it to about 750/800-850 stable. is that even posible ? well anyway somewhere around those clocks.

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X1800 XT 512mb:D
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You dont need a amzing heatsink to get those clocks ... you might want one but it certainly isnt neccesary. Some that come to mind are
- Arctic Cooling Freezer64 Pro ($33.99)
- Thermaltake Big Typhoon ($48.99)
- Zalman CNPS9500LED ($59.99)
- Thermalright XP90c ($68.99) + Vantec Tornado 92mm 115cfm ($10.55)

Of those coolers, id reccomend the Big Typhoon with a different 120mm fan (ive got a 95cfm one in there in mine, up from 54cfm) and possibly even lapping the cooler since Thermaltake's machining job is... not the best
 
id get the thermaltake blue orb that one looks cool and seems like itd be quiet. never had it though... or the zalman fatal1ty cpu cooler!
 
id get the thermaltake blue orb that one looks cool and seems like itd be quiet. never had it though... or the zalman fatal1ty cpu cooler!
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1. I'll assume you mean Blue Orb II ... which is a ripoff of Zalman's design
2. The Fatality cooler doesnt differe from the nonfatality version other than the anodization ... not to mention the model it rips off (the 7700 series) is superceded by the 9500 lineup
 
Also expensive! And slightly dainty (bent some of the fins real easy, but then again it IS copper...). Realistically, with the coolers i listed in post2, you prolly wont notice much difference.
 
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