Mark A said:
Thermalright XP-120 is very good. Check their website for mb compatibility.
XP-90 also works well and has better compatibility.
http://www.bestbyteinc.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSK-TRI-XP12
I very recently purchased an XP-90 for use on a socket-754 mobo. Bad,
bad news!
The XP-90 (and 120) are P4 HSFs. They hook onto the 4 hooks provided
by the P4 "retainer" bracket. So Thermalright ships a replacement
bracket for AMD use, which replaces the AMD bracket with a P4 variant
that screws into the two holes provided for mounting the AMD bracket.
The two brackets fit the same space. No problems so far, right?
But I screwed the P4 replacement onto a Biostar K8VGAM mobo. And,
very nicely blocking one of the 4ea P4 mounting holes is a big
capacitor! Although there's plenty of room even in a mini-tower case
and on a uATX mobo for the XP-90, this capacitor put a permanent end
to my attempt to mount my new XP-90 to this board.
I also have an Asus K8S-MX uATX socket-754 board, which is running my
main computer now. A preliminary look-see suggests that the XP-90
will fit on this board. But as I've discovered, don't count on
problems not jumping up and biting you in a sensitive location when
doing this AMD - P4 mixology.
Finally, I want to agree with the person who suggested to you that
90nm AMD parts don't need major cooling. If you want to spend $20 and
you like Newegg, buy the TR2-M6 by Thermaltake. It's $6.99, quiet,
and will keep your new AMD chip running fine if the noise of the
standard AMD HSF bothers you. Send the rest of the money to me so you
can say you spent $20. ;-) ;-)
[I bought the XP-90 because I thought I'd better get some experience
with heat-pipes. That's after I read an article stating that a new
dual-core chip dissipated 199 watts!]