Best P4 Proc Fan/Heat Sink?

[SRotblat]

I have an Gateway P4 2.66Ghz w/768MB RAM (4 sticks) machine I bought last December. I tend to leave my computer on 24/7, with the last total up time before I shut it down to move some stuff around being almost 19 days. The machine runs according to my CoolMon/MBM setup at ~110 degrees CPU temp and ~105 degrees case temp. I'm looking for a nice CPU Proc fan/heat sink combo to bring those temps down, combined with a additional rear case fan (have opeing for one which is 5" in size).

What would you recomend? And are memory heat sinks/fans worth looking into also?

 

[franklin97355]

What do you have on there now? Did you use Arctic silver III? have you thought of water cooling?

 

[paparazi]

The CPU temperature you have at present is commendably low already, so that stock heatsink/fan unit is working just fine (retail Intel fans are already very good). I would just recommend filling that 5 inch fan bay up with a nice, quiet, low spinning unit, which should shave a further 5-10 f off your already impressive temperature figures. Martin

Replying helps further our knowledge, without comment leaves us wondering.

 

[dakota81]

"Best" is in the eye of the beholder.

I've got a Zalman heatsink/fan which I love, keeps my Athlon ~10 degrees cooler than the stock AMD unit, while running at 1500rpm fan speed. However, it's huge in size and cost me $40.

On the other hand, I hear some people say they'll put up with the leaf-blower sound of a powerful 7,200rpm fan to get even lower temperatures for a cheap price.

 

[AP81]

Best is a full copper heatsink...However, you are looking at $$$. If you are going to spend the money look at a
Thermalright SLK-800A Copper Heatsink OR SLK-800U OR better yet a SLK-900U.

If you want to go a step further, look at a heatsink lapping kit. It can also help to drop a couple of degrees.





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