Sun Jan 20, 2002 11:14 pm
I'm a fan (pun intended) of the Alpha PAL8045. Upsides: it takes an 80mm fan, which 1) if you choose a 4500RPM model, can cool as well as a 60mm that's spinning 2500 RPMs faster, or 2)you can put a 7000K RPM fan on it for more extreme performance, which will rapidly render you deaf. Downsides: 1)it mounts directly to the motherboard, if the motherboard that you choose does not have the 4 mounting holes, its not gonna work, and 2) its freaking huge, it may not fit. If either of these are the case, go with the Alpha PAL6045, the 8045's little brother, which takes a standard 60mm fan.