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CNPS7000-Cu or AlCu?
I am going to get a Zalman CNPS7000 to cool my P4 2.8C. Will there be a large difference in CPU temps for the all Copper versus the Copper/Aluminum combo heatsink. I am worried about getting the all copper heatsink because of its massive weight (773g) which is well above the Intel's reccomended max weight. I will be may be moving the computer around, and do not want to worry about damaging my processor. On zalmans site there is a warning to be careful when moving a computer with the copper hsf and that they are not responsible for damage occured when moving ur computer. link
I may doing some overclocking, but I'm not sure yet. Which one would you reccomend I go for? Is the all copper hsf really going to cause a problem?
Thanks!
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Why not go with the retail sink? It's plenty good for everyone but HC OCers plus it's pretty quiet.
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I'm going for ultra quiet here, and the zalman seems like a very good hsf. I was just wondering if the AlCu one would cool ok.
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Yeah, it'll work just fine, but you'd pretty much be wasting money. The retail sink is VERY quiet. Your PSU will be louder than that thing.
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The Cu is what I got and it is overkill, which is what I wanted. That way I can run it in the silent mode adn not have to worry. It's great, but if the AlCu one is close to the same specs and as quiet it is plenty good enough for anyone not OC'ing. I could run mine up to full speed and OC the bejeezus out of my CPU and not worry about it. And even at full it is pretty quiet.
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actually i was planning on running it in quiet mode.
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do you have any problems with the hsf coming lose? Have you moved your computer with it attached? Does it seem to be held on there good?
If you dont think there are any problems with it coming lose, i might get copper instead. OCing in quiet mode would be pretty cool :D
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