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churchwa
11-30-03, 11:09 AM
I am building a graphics workstation using an Athlon 64, what is the best option for the Heatsink and Fan if i want it to stay quiet? Do you think the one that comes in the retail box will be good enought?

Dazz
11-30-03, 03:39 PM
Yeap the retail ones are good enough, HSF are rare for the A64's at the moment, also the retail fans run at only 3000rpm's so yes they are quiet :)

churchwa
12-01-03, 05:33 AM
Thanks for that. I thought that might be the answer. I am looking forward to building the system. It should be quite quick. 1gig ddr pc3500 ram, Abit MB, Raptor 36 gig sata as main drive and 2 x Maxtor 160gig sata Dimondmax 9 in a raid 0 array for storage. The only down side is the graphics card being a Matrox Pahrella, not really a gaming car but then the computer will be used for Photoshop and this is the best card for that.

jAkUp
12-01-03, 11:33 PM
zalman makes a flower design heatsink for the 64... just about the quietest hsf you can buy

Dazz
12-02-03, 01:33 AM
Forgot about that one http://www.zalman.co.kr/english/product/cnps7000cu.htm