AMD 64 cpu cooling...So many to choose from :?

Fishbulb

Hey Guys. Im planning to do some overclocking and i was wondering which is the best K8 cpu cooler i should get. I was down to these two:

Thermaltake Sonic Tower Heatsink (Can add a fan)
Gigabyte 3D Rocket Pro

The sonic tower is known to be better than the Thermalright xp-120 and the Gigabyte 3D Rocket but the Sonic tower weighs 690grams and im a bit scared that it might rip off my motherboard or warp it.

I dont want anything too noisy.

Plzz help me decide!!! Confused

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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 11:51 am Post subject:

to be completely honest with you I would go with a Thermalright or swiftech part. Either of these are going to be very good heatsinks. But if I was in the market for a new heatsink I would be looking at the Thermalright XP-90C.
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gmoney · Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 12:07 pm Post subject:

yeh seriously i would just get a thermalright. i wouldnt mess with the thermaltake stuff, esp for the price. mite i recommend a xp120 or what weezy said a xp90 ...

coupled with a low rpm fan these two are very quiet
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 12:30 pm Post subject:

and the XP-90C is an all copper unit as well. I know from experience the XP-90 is a good product to start with and the all copper part should perform even better.
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FreeTheRock [banned] · Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 4:01 pm Post subject:

i would recommend getting the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64, very good cooler and its extremely silent you cant hear it at all.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185115

doesn't it just look like a beast? dont worry though its not that heavy

Fishbulb · Posted: Sat May 28, 2005 7:55 pm Post subject:

The sonic tower is known to be a better cooler than the xp 120. And it is quite cheap at 65$ AU

heres a small review

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=387017
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Fishbulb · Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 5:06 am Post subject:

The 3D rocket is pretty crap and noisy and the Sonic Tower is a bitch to install because of its large size and 690g weight

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So ive decided to exclude both of those. I would like to get the thermalright xp 90 but its $80AU + Fan + Motherboard metal backplate because my friggin mboard has a plastic one.

I think i should go with the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 because it seems to be a very efficient cooler and is quite cheap at $44AU. But i had a look at another HSF the Aerocool HT-101 SuperConductor.

Can you please make some suggestions, im soo confused
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