Best Cooling Fan for AMD 4000+

mt-warrior · Post by **mt-warrior** » 04 Jan 2006, 11:38

It does look nice. Pity it won't fit in my mobo. i'm stuck with lug clips.... AAARGH!!!

You no whats really frustrating... My mobo and CPU are fine (speed wise), but I will need to upgrade both in order to fit a nice heatsink and to get more USB port (at 2.0).

Now that sucks!

Dracius · Post by **Dracius** » 19 Jan 2006, 11:52

Diamond would have the highest heat transfer, (In its pure form) though obviously no one is able to afford it.

It's interesting that copper indeed does have lower heat conduction. Thermalright uses Nickel, plated against their cooler's copper bases. Nickel also has a low heat conduction rate, yet Thermalright's heatsinks do some insane cooling.

I'll stick with my recommendation of a Thermalright heatsink and a decent fan. If not, Zalman.

Hex_Rated · Post by **Hex_Rated** » 10 Feb 2006, 18:50

Copper is more thermally conductive, but Aluminium can 'store' more heat. Its a balance betwean the two. Cu is probably still a better choice for a heatsink though.