2800XP+, Zalman CNPS7000A-CU

[EtherFox]

My CPU's temp is a bit higher than I'd like it to be. Runs somewhere around 44C under heavy load... Which makes me a sad, sad panda. I still have some AS-5 left from throwing the old OEM piece of crud on with it.

I'm wondering if anyone's tried this (ya, this does matter, I didn't come here looking for ThermalTake zealots and other forms of blissful-ignorance! :P) or if they know anyone who has. Read many many positive reviews, and can only wonder, would anyone say this wouldn't be a good choice for future upgrades? I don't care about losing the silent option (it isn't that loud in it's active mode anyway), it's whether or not it'll fit/cool an AMD64/FX well enough. =]

Any words of advice on this overpriced piece of copper?

[Crax]

I didn't come here looking for ThermalTake zealots
Eh... I dunno what the heck you mean by that, but I know MOST of us would never advise you to get ANYTHING ThermalTake. But uh... yeah, anyways... 44C under heavy load is nothin man. You get above 52C then worry, but 44C is still pretty good... If your just really wanting it to be cooler than that then go with the Zalman, I cant personally vouch for it but I hear good things :) And voices, sometimes I hear voices...

[bluegreenshxt]

44 degrees underload is nothing...that zalman cooler is one of the best for the athlon xp and 64 unless you are willing to crank up the noise and get a tornado with a sp97 for aXP or xp120 for a64

what you want to make sure is that the airflow in your case is good, room temp is decent...

make sure the fans on the back of the case are blowing air out...and the fans in front are pushing air in...and make sure theres more blowing out than in...

and because the space between fins are small...sometimes you have to take out the fan and clean inbetween the fins when you see some dust bunnies...

and as for thermaltake zealots...you find none here...not even me..although i dont totally hate em like most of us here...i dont especially like em either...you'll find some thermalright zealots tho ;)

[Crax]

although i dont totally hate em like most of us here...

Open up your heart and let that hate out...

[EtherFox]

Haha. Sorry, no offense was intended. It's just I was moderately ticked off with another forum (who will remain anonymous) with a couple of goobers who happened to swear their lives to ThermalTake <_< ... Flarging Idiots.
Not directed towards you folk in anyway.

The reason I'm looking at that Zalman was, as stated, was that I was after a CPU heatsink that can take care of a A64 3800+ if I ever lay my hands on one... >=] I'm also working on overclocking that current little badboy, and was just curious about threshholds.

My highest cooling worry is my ti4600... Its fan's getting old and I don't care to spend any money on it ^.^ Of course, saving the money to replace it. Poor little bugger had a good run...

I understand the whole physics behind cooling; my problem is that I don't have any front ... well, openings. I have a case that.. I frankly haven't seen anywhere else. All it had attached to it was a pricetag for $20 and the title "Tuna" ... Looked it up on newegg, zipzoomfly, and a few other sites. I liked the idea of having a rare case and bought it under those terms. Might not have been wise knowing it was without the front intake, but I decided if I wanted front cooling, I'd better be spending more than 20 on the case =]

I only have one exhaust fan on the back and a door - both 80mm. The front end of the door is slightly perforated (rectangular cut indentations) on the lower right corner. I've been experimenting with the configs and the clunker of a rig seems to work best w/ the door in and the rear out. Took care of that. And I clean my case (standard, not thorough ;P;P) about once a week. My little baby gets pampered everytime I remember three people are using it. (Brothers)

I realized there was an apostrophe in my "It's". Yes I made an edit for that.
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