Dropped $1.6k on a new rig.

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Oct 23, 2008 | 09:12 AM

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Grifter

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ill sell my ZALMAN cooler for 20 bucks.. i went back to OEM... cause the AMD 6000 comes with a nice beefy one..

yeah but how does it perform

Oct 23, 2008 | 09:21 AM

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ReVenGe

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yeah but how does it perform

it cooled fine .. keepin it at 37 C

but The little metal radiator fan blades rattle when i walk around my room.. i had enough and swapped out to OEM which keeps it at 45 C

Oct 23, 2008 | 09:25 AM

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The only problem I see with the case is it isn't heat conduction friendly. It looks like the heat will stay in one place in that case. Anyways if you go to my link, the fan can be ordered with the heatsink all in the same place. I've ordered from there as has Rick, it's a perfectly find vendor.

A case I would recommend for around that price would be:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129025

The Antec P182. It has a chambered design and the motherboard tray is slightly elevated. Which means you can run all of your wiring behind the motherboard tray leaving the area above the motherboard clutter free.

Here's a link:

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article741-page1.html

Edit: You can place your hard drive in the lower chamber and remove the middle chamber and place a fan there for better cooling.

The link was out of stock last night. Thanks for the case tip.

Oct 23, 2008 | 09:29 AM

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i like my 1200... but i probably should have gotten the p182

Oct 23, 2008 | 09:34 AM

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so the heatsink/fan that came with the processor is a no-go too?

Oct 23, 2008 | 09:37 AM

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so the heatsink/fan that came with the processor is a no-go too?

Those ones that intel pack in are pretty shitty =X

Acceptable alternatives:

http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/therm...pu-cooler.html

http://www.heatsinkfactory.com/therm...r-p-16580.html

2nd one is what I got.

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Oct 23, 2008 | 09:45 AM

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Haha - you hate the word 'rig' yet its in the title.

I hate the word phag.

You're a phag.

Oct 23, 2008 | 09:48 AM

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The heatsink isn't fanless, you attach a fan to the heatsink, that's why I recommended the Noctua to him to go with it. Works perfectly fine, you can see my temps with my Q6600.

came into post the same :chuckles:

I was originally going to go fanless but then I read how much of a pain it is to add the fan later on so ended up doing it at the same time as the heatsink. worth every penny and then some

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Oct 23, 2008 | 09:52 AM

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how quite is this thing?

Oct 23, 2008 | 10:08 AM

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how quite is this thing?

Depends on the fan, but since my PC has like 5 fans, I don't really notice it anymore or less than without all of that. Keeps shit real cool though since before this my Q6600 was running 10 degrees C hotter.

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