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25-Aug-2007, 04:38 AM #1
Solved: Heatsink advice
Hi, I have a asus M2V-MX mobo, Athlon 64 x2 cpu socket AM2, in a sonata III case I don't know if this is all relevant, my cpu heatsink fan is noisey can you tell me the name of a quiete heatsink I can use I don't play games so excessive heat is not a problem
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25-Aug-2007, 01:31 PM #2
If you don't like the noise look at heatpipe, water cooled or passive types like Salman. I think there are also Peltier coolers available.
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08-Apr-2008, 04:26 AM #3
I know Its abit late but thanks for your help, I've just been going through my old posts and noticed I didn't reply to your answer, I ended up getting the Zalman 95 with the fan controller, very quiet
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