I recently got an opteron that does almost 3GHZ

However, at 290, the chipset fan is LOUD

I was thinking of passive cooling, will that work?

according to this archieved thread

something like this is possible:




Willl that do? Cuz im now at 46c

I need help picking which cooler?

The Zalman Gold ZMNB32J ?




or the Zalman ZM-NB47J (blue one) ?





Or do you have your own recommendation?