Looking for a New Cooling Fan For CPU

[gizmosmustang]

need a bigger and better fan for my CPU it's a Socket 754 motherboard I want it to cool the best as possible seeing the temp keeps going up while playing some games any suggestions

[gvblake22]

Well, how much do you want to spend? The Thermalright Ultra 120 is one of the best heatsinks available right now. But it comes at a price, especially considering you still have to buy a fan to go with it. If you don't want to spend that much, something like the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 is a great alternative at a very reasonable price.

[Computer-Ed]

Also the stuff from Thermaltake does well like the Big Typhoon VX or Zalman is always good.

[Capper]

As to CPU coolers, we've done a lot of testing, and the TT Big Typhoon is markedly better than the competition......I'm not a big fan of the mounting system when using LGA775 systems (because of pressure), but with the s754/939/940 you won't have any problems

[polobunny]

Capper, the Big Typhoon VX solves that by using the stock Intel mounting mechanism, so no motherboard removal anymore. No removal for AM2 setups either. No need for a screwdriver or such too. :D
About time honestly, because the mounting mechanism for the Thermaltake Big Typhoon "not VX" is a pain to install on certain setups (like mine) almost impossible to screw if you don't have 13 years old boy fingers. :/

[Capper]

yeah, good point pb...I forgot about the updated version.....not having to remove the motherboard is a huge plus

[simple_inhibition]

i had a biostar t-force 6100 with an A64 3000 with a Arctic Cooling Freezer 64. temps were 28c idle 35c load (read using coretemp 0.94) room temp was 20c

only thing is its kind of a pain to get the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 to mount. also the cpu pin connection needs to be shaved because theres a capacitor right next to the cpu fan pin header