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My Athlon 3200 Barton's running a little hot, at least for my liking anyway. Temperature was around 55C at mid day and it peaked at 62 while under load a week or so ago.

What's a good cooler? I've heard good things about Zalman and I'd prefer to stay away from water cooling.

I'd suggest the Thermalright XP-90 (not the copper version though, its too heavy) or XP-120 heat sink. You'll have to buy your own fan for it, and Panaflows (from Panasonic) are great. I have an XP-120 with a 120mm Panaflow-M fan, and it keeps my 4800+ under 45 C with a load on both cores (and for typical usage - which is my Battlefield 2 addiction - it keeps my CPU under 40 C). Also make sure you use Artic Silver 5.

Zalman and Thermalright are always excellent choices. Make sure you have adequate airflow in your case.

Panaflo M1As are too loud, IMHO. AS5 is nice but not really needed - you don't gain much, though it is a good product. Some people prefer Ceramique from that company (non-conductive).

phongn wrote:Zalman and Thermalright are always excellent choices. Make sure you have adequate airflow in your case.

Panaflo M1As are too loud, IMHO. AS5 is nice but not really needed - you don't gain much, though it is a good product. Some people prefer Ceramique from that company (non-conductive).

Too loud? Damn, I think mine is pretty quite, especially compared to old 120mm intake fans my old case had (you could hear those from the other side of the house).

Edit: Actually, the fans on my graphics cards are louder than the Panaflo.

Arrow Mk84 wrote:Too loud? Damn, I think mine is pretty quite, especially compared to old 120mm intake fans my old case had (you could hear those from the other side of the house).

Heck, I consider the L1As to be a bit noisy.