ZALMAN CNPS7000B vs stock cooling?

i have a x2 athlon 64 4800+ skt 939 i know that the stock HS has heat pipes but wichone is the better performer?

 

the zalman is better although the stock cooler for that proc is already surprisingly very good

 

Thats debatable :major



The stock Athlon HS is about even with a ThermalRight XP-90 http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=399

Here's your Zalman compared to few including an XP-90
http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=245

How thing's stack up will depend on your tolerance to noise & choice of fan's or fan speed's

I run one of those AMD Stock heat pipe HSF on an OCed 146 opteron at 3 Ghz I can't hear the stock fan, Idle is 30c max load during Prime 95 or Orthos is 50c ( the stock fan is temp controled, thru BIOs setting's I run my at full speed 2800rpm all the time )

FYI, dual core's generate more heat than single's