Please help me.. What's better?!

[captainil]

I'm about to buy this computer:

AMD Opteron 170 Denmark 1000MHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model OSA170DAA6CD - Retail - $394
DFI LP UT nF4 SLI-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $166
G.SKILL Extreme Series 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 500 (PC 4000) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ - Retail $157 (should be $195)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $93
eVGA 512-P2-N570-AX Geforce 7900GTX 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - $539
FSP Group (Fortron Source) AX500-A, 2.0 version, 2 SATA, PCI Express, 500W - Retail - $90

I'm going to overclock it hard.. what cooling should I take..
What's better between these 2:

Thermaltake Big Typhoon CL-P0114 120mm Cooling Fan with Heatsink - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16835106061

Thermaltake CL-W0037 92mm Liquid Cooling Device - Retail http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16835106070

Thanks, capt.

 

[rseven]

Those links don't seem to be working, Captainil.

 

[WheaT]

You know, if you want to OC it hard, I would recommend the scythe ninja. Even though my system hasnt been stable. I did manage to get it oced out of frustrated fun to 250 fsb and my idle went from 29c to 33c, and load from 39c to 44c with my scythe ninja. The way my case is set up it allows me to do a push pull config so i get some good air flow. Either way though this cooler seems to be exceptional. Id check it out.

WheaT

 

[Navig]

As far as I know the stock opteron heatsinks work pretty good, but if you want to spend the money upfront:

My recommendations for top tier heatsinks:
Thermaltake Big Typhoon
Thermalright SI-120
Scythe Ninja
Tuniq Tower 120

In an open bench setup, I got best results with the TTBT:

Link here.

Obviously, results are going to vary given the layout and airflow of your case, as well as your tolerance to noise.


I'd probably stay away from those low level watercooling kits.

navig