Which one ?

[mlb07165]

When I eventually get the funds together for a new build I was thinking of getting an Asus P5Q-E (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+(Intel)/Asus+P5Q-E+iP45+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=32296) with an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro (http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Fans%2C+Heatsinks%2C+Coolers/Socket+775/Arctic+Cooling+Freezer+7+PRO+?productId=20729).
However when browsing through the superspecials I came across THIS (http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/MSI+P45+Zilent+*Zalman+Edition*+IP45+Socket+775+Mo therboard+?productId=32485) msi p45 mobo with a zalman cooler.

They are roughly the same price, so I was wondering which one you guys would go for.

Cheers.

[nft99]

i use the Zalman 9700 on my board and it does a very good job :) bit noisy on full though :(

[mlb07165]

Yeah I read that the included cooler runs quite noisy, but if your mobo has a 4-pin fan connector it changes it's speed and therefore noise depending on the load.

I suppose my original question breaks up into 2 questions.

Msi or Asus mobo?
Zalman or Arctic Cooling cpu cooler?

[marsey99]

i think the msi, it should run cooler as it has better heatsinks on the nb/sb and the zalman is marginally better than a freezer pro, but like nft said they are loud.

[wonderlust]

The freezer Pros aren't exactly quiet at full speed either!

[mlb07165]

One more question, does anyone know the full name of the msi board, just so that I can get more in depth info.

[wonderlust]

A google for P45 Zilent brought up lots of options.

Inc http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1479&maincat_no=1

[mlb07165]

Cheers.

Seems to be the p45 platinum which is £126 on it's own from aria. But you can get it with the zalman fan for £110.

[wonderlust]

good deal then :D

[mlb07165]

good deal then :D

Sure is, I'll hope it stays on Superspecial for a little while longer.:P