buying cpu cooler

I assume you're not going for the heavy overclock Robina? Anyhow, i would suggest the Arctic Cooling, Freezer 64 pro over the Zalman 9500, since its a lot cheaper. ( I have the Zalman 9500 atm, and its great, no doubt,. but its also expensive :) the freezer is a much better bang for the buck, you cant overclock as high with it as you could with the 9500, thats why i asked =) )

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=340993

I had the freezer 64 on my 3000+ (56% overclocked) and it ran cool with it,. this one is basicly the same, except the fan is fully suspended, making it even more silent, so its a great Heatsink, especially for the price (imo)
 
is the zalmann better than the artic cooler if so il get the zalmann. im not going to be doing any overclocking, all i want is a really quite cpu cooler
 
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You're not overclocking? Then it doesnt matter. Just go for the arctic cooler, it's cheaper.

Make sure to get some Arctic Silver 5 in the same order.
 
The Zalman here was envied recently when the Artic Cooler 64Pro was the one a friend bought first then saw it. It keeps the temps down here even when pushing a heavy load on the cpu. A little AS5 goes a long way with it as well as never even hearing it while it's running. :D
 
Definately :) Its way cheaper,.. and the normal temps would be just a tad higher than with the 9500.. but the freezer is much lighter ( so not such a heavy weight on the board) and a LOT cheaper. and without overclocking, there wont be much of a difference in performance between them (mayve 1~2*C ) Edit: as for the paste,.. get the Zalman ZM-STG1 Paste instead of the AS5, its way better, and much easyer to apply =)
 
sones dBA sones dBA
0.2 21.5 1.8 34.8
0.3 22.5 1.9 35.3
0.4 23.5 2.0 35.8
0.5 24.4 2.1 36.4
0.6 25.3 2.2 37.0
0.7 26.3 2.3 37.5
0.8 27.2 2.4 38.0
0.9 28.2 2.5 38.4
1.0 29.2 2.6 38.8
1.1 30.2 2.7 39.3
1.2 31.1 2.8 39.8
1.3 32.0 2.9 40.2
1.4 33.0 3.0 40.6
1.5 33.5 3.1 41.1
1.6 33.9 3.2 41.5
1.7 34.4 3.3 42.0

found at http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculatorSonephon.htm

however.. you know that soundwaves can stack, right? they can neutralize eachother, and they can amplify eachother.. but i wouldnt worry about it too much... the Freezer64's are really silent :)
 
I wouldn't worry too much about a Zalman cooler either. If you run extra case fans like adding a pair of 120mm fans to get extra air flow going you are more likely to hear a low steady sound from those. Regardless of the make and model you go with you will still want something to monitor system temps with. That's where SpeedFan comes in. The freeware can be found at http://www.almico.com/sfdownload.php
 
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