Help with choosing cooler for AMD64 3400+ (754) cooler

The_Neon_Cowboy · Apr 25, 2005, 07:11 AM

I need help with choosing cooler for AMD64 3400+ 754 (2.4 Ghz). (The 2800+ and retail aluminum cooler are hiting the road....)

I'm not looking to spend much as it was a strech to buy the CPU in the 1st place.
$18-$25 shipped is where i'm looking, no need for much overclocking head room any time soon or i'd buy an expensive cooler... of course copper cooler preferd

I see a couple good coolers that cought my eye....
http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/venus/rs/a1838.htm
but on my board the memory is really close to the socket so
I’m bound to get / have clearance problems. only 10mm between that stock
cooler and my 1st memory bank. and 10mm on the other side between it and the
mosftet sinks

this seems to look like its the same size as the stock amd 2800+ aluminum
cooler.
http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/venus/si/a1770.htm
but is it good enough

....
(also for fun would the retail cooler work

)

The_Neon_Cowboy · Apr 25, 2005, 10:43 PM

Don't all respond at once! j/k ... 35+ reads 0 reponces

Any body ??? I need to get this decided and orderd

Zelig · Apr 25, 2005, 11:00 PM

I don't know, if you're not overclocking, you should be alright with the stock cooler.

I'm currently running my 3000+ 600 Mhz overclocked on the stock cooler, and am only hitting about 48 degrees on load.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Apr 26, 2005, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zelig

I don't know, if you're not overclocking, you should be alright with the stock cooler.

I'm currently running my 3000+ 600 Mhz overclocked on the stock cooler, and am only hitting about 48 degrees on load.

yea but i'm going to end up needing two coolers for the two cpu's, the reatil one if i sell it needs to be sold with the retail heatsink

riles9262 · Apr 26, 2005, 02:13 AM

Silent boost looks fine to me. I'd get the venus 12 if I went with thermaltake, but you're not oc'ing...and it may be more expensive.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Apr 26, 2005, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by riles9262

Silent boost looks fine to me. I'd get the venus 12 if I went with thermaltake, but you're not oc'ing...and it may be more expensive.

the killer is the heatsink can not be more then like 80 mm becouse of the closeness to the mosfet sinks and to the ram ... and the bigger ones will 99% sure have a clearence problem

left to right the AMD cooler is 70 mm, from top to bottom 80mm
and 80x80 cooler might fit verry tightly but then it going to be so close to the ram
it will severly hamper the esacpeing air from that side of the CPU cooler

(I don't mind overclocking it just i don't like pushing FSB's when it makes me have to push the memory bus as well, I hate these things are "locked")

The_Neon_Cowboy · Apr 27, 2005, 03:51 AM

I Figure it i get something that a tight fit I will just reverse the fan to suck insed of blow to keep from traping air and heat around the CPU...

Anyones else know any good coolers that would fit ok?

Sargentwhitey · Apr 27, 2005, 04:53 AM

The Zalman CNPS 7000 doesn't have enough height clearance to go right above those two?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Apr 27, 2005, 09:36 AM

Bah! to much $$$

I went with the venus 7+.. $17 shipped....

Finally found a poster somewhere/customer reviewer who responed as to getting
acceptable temps o/c @ 3400+ with it... good enough for me...

I just wish i'd found this earlier 2 days of searching!
now my CPU will be here today and my heat sink will not
untill friday or monday(Joy

)

thanks for the help those who tried...

Apr 25, 2005, 07:11 AM	#1
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Help with choosing cooler for AMD64 3400+ (754) I need help with choosing cooler for AMD64 3400+ 754 (2.4 Ghz). (The 2800+ and retail aluminum cooler are hiting the road....) I'm not looking to spend much as it was a strech to buy the CPU in the 1st place. $18-$25 shipped is where i'm looking, no need for much overclocking head room any time soon or i'd buy an expensive cooler... of course copper cooler preferd I see a couple good coolers that cought my eye.... http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/venus/rs/a1838.htm but on my board the memory is really close to the socket so I’m bound to get / have clearance problems. only 10mm between that stock cooler and my 1st memory bank. and 10mm on the other side between it and the mosftet sinks this seems to look like its the same size as the stock amd 2800+ aluminum cooler. http://www.thermaltake.com/coolers/venus/si/a1770.htm but is it good enough .... (also for fun would the retail cooler work ) __________________ Last edited by The_Neon_Cowboy; Apr 25, 2005 at 08:13 AM.

Apr 25, 2005, 10:43 PM	Thread Starter #2
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Don't all respond at once! j/k ... 35+ reads 0 reponces Any body ??? I need to get this decided and orderd __________________ Last edited by The_Neon_Cowboy; Apr 25, 2005 at 10:56 PM.

Apr 25, 2005, 11:00 PM	#3
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 69 System Specs	I don't know, if you're not overclocking, you should be alright with the stock cooler. I'm currently running my 3000+ 600 Mhz overclocked on the stock cooler, and am only hitting about 48 degrees on load. __________________ --

Apr 26, 2005, 02:13 AM	#5
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	Silent boost looks fine to me. I'd get the venus 12 if I went with thermaltake, but you're not oc'ing...and it may be more expensive. __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Apr 27, 2005, 03:51 AM	Thread Starter #7
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	I Figure it i get something that a tight fit I will just reverse the fan to suck insed of blow to keep from traping air and heat around the CPU... Anyones else know any good coolers that would fit ok? __________________

Apr 27, 2005, 04:53 AM	#8
Sargentwhitey Has a JOB.. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: NJ Posts: 1,473 Rep Power: 0	The Zalman CNPS 7000 doesn't have enough height clearance to go right above those two? __________________ Mobile:Intel Celeron M 1.5GHz, 40GB WD, 1GB PC24000, Intel Mediocre Graphics 2, SB Audigy 2 Notebook

Apr 27, 2005, 09:36 AM	Thread Starter #9
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	Bah! to much $$$ I went with the venus 7+.. $17 shipped.... Finally found a poster somewhere/customer reviewer who responed as to getting acceptable temps o/c @ 3400+ with it... good enough for me... I just wish i'd found this earlier 2 days of searching! now my CPU will be here today and my heat sink will not untill friday or monday(Joy ) thanks for the help those who tried... __________________