939 FX Cooler Ninja or Thermalright

desert0mirage · Post by **desert0mirage** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:34 pm

Hi all. I own an FX-53 processor and I would like to overclock it, but the stock cooler won't allow me to. I am undecided but the Scythe Ninja Plus Rev. B, and the Thermalright Ultra 120 extreme seem to get good reviews. The obvious draw to the Ninja is price as it is half the price of the Thermalright before fan. I am just worried that it will not sit properly since anandtech and others here speak of the pushpins not being secure. Does anyone have any thoughts?? Thanks guys!

PS I have a dfi lanparty UT nF4 Ultra D board, not sure if that will make a difference, but can't hurt. Here it is http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product ... LP&SITE=US

tehfire · Post by **tehfire** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:57 pm

I would go with the Ninja. It's cheaper and can cool better in low-airflow. The only real problem with the Ninja in the past has been the horrible LGA775 mounting system, but as you're using socket 939 that shouldn't be a problem.

desert0mirage · Post by **desert0mirage** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 8:20 am

So the pins hold it onto a 939 fine? Its only a problem with the 775?

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:50 am

Push-pins are intel's only. AM2 mechanism is that you hook two clips on retention bracket and that's it.

desert0mirage · Post by **desert0mirage** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:08 pm

Awesome, thanks a lot guys! I think I am gonna pull the trigger on the Ninja.

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:12 pm

so that you know, for K8 which Ultra-120 has 2-point attachment, the Ultra-120-series does worse than for LGA-775, which has 4-point attachment. As for AMD, ultra-120-series is good, while for LGA-775 its superb.

desert0mirage · Post by **desert0mirage** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:07 pm

Hey, I was looking around on Newegg, and was about to purchase the ninja, but then I saw that this one got great reviews. ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED 92mm http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835118223
I read the review of it here, and they said it provided great cooling, but was quite noisy. I was wondering if anyone had heard it.

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 4:14 am

At 5v with regular fan is around 20 dB/A not the smoothest sound charasterics but quiet for most. At full power, its like vacuum cleaner but does great cooling.

I had this, CNPS 9500 AM2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835118004 it was good. I liket his version more than original 9500, since nickel plating ( and prevents some copper corrosion, which is plagued non-nickel plated Zalmans in humid conditions ) looks better and the green led fan looks awesome ^^ Price is same.

desert0mirage · Post by **desert0mirage** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:14 am

Hmmm, it is very tempting, since it comes with the fanmate, so I can turn it up when gaming... I may go for that one, since you had a good experience. Thanks for the input!

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:21 am

Yeah, I liked it. I wish I would still have it. I changed that into Scythe Ninja. I didn't regret swap, but CNPS 9500 was beautiful with capital B. And it cooled very well. But I wanted most silent so I went Ninja ^^

desert0mirage · Post by **desert0mirage** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:25 am

So the AM2 processor and the 939 fit very much in the same fashion? Sorry, I really do not want the heatsink to bend my mobo or break off because of weight.

thejamppa · Post by **thejamppa** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:49 am

the AM2/K8 attachment is really secure and Zalman is pretty light weighted. You won't be able to breake your mobo with CNPS 9500 unless you throw your case around. I had my CNPS 9500 AM2 on my nForce 4 Mobo cooling 3000+ venice.

desert0mirage · Post by **desert0mirage** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:55 am

Awesome! Thanks so much! I am going to purchase the Zalman. I really appreciate your help!

vortex222 · Post by **vortex222** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:24 pm

i have the ninja currently and have had the zalman, I would pick the Ninja hands down. Its stock fan is decent even at high voltage and it has superior cooling power. On my 939 system it fits great.

The zalman's fan will cool fine but it will cost some noise. If the rest of the computer is not overly quiet then the zalman should be ok.

djkest · Post by **djkest** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 11:09 am

watch out for tall caps that are close to the socket, as I have on my gigabyte motherboards.