Best Air Cooler for AMD 462 Setup?

[OmegaManOfFire]

I just got a new mobo with the screw holes in the board so I got more options than I did before when it comes to cooling.

What is the best Air Cooler for a Barton 2500+?

I am thinking either MCX462+ w/92mm Tornado fan or a SLK-900 w/ same fan.

BTW, I am aiming to hit 2.4ghz with some pretty decent Temps, I currently can't do that on my OCZ cooler.

[sandman]

slk-900 with 92mm tornado.

[BigDov]

I give my vote to the MCX462+........ been using the 462's in almost all of my AMD systems for quite a while. I think that anymore, any of the higher end air coolers are going to be about the same +/- a couple degrees of each other.

[felix88]

i'd probably go with the least expensive of the 2. they're going to preform about the same.

anyway, 2.4GHz might not be easy to hit. i'm having trouble finding a XP1700 that'll do it.

[sandman]

I can do 2.4ghz, but it take 1.85 volts. So, my temps then are like 57C load.......so I'm back at 2.2ghz and 1.7volts.

[OmegaManOfFire]

I decided to go with the SLK900 cause I found it for 48.00 @ KDC

I got it and the 92mm vantec tornado and the noise was unbareable. I hit 2.4 completely stable and infact almost up to 2.5ghz but it would lock up everytime I tried to run 3Dmark03. Max stable with that was 2.46ghz.

I shipped that back CAUSE OF THE UNBAREBLE NOISE and got a Liquid Aquarius II on the way.

From what I hear, the thing is just as effective as a slk900 with the Tornado fan, but you get the low DBA advantage comes in to play :D Mabey I can hit 2.5 on there, if I am lucky.

[OmegaManOfFire]

Also ordered up a 1700+ from SVC to go with it :D