I have tried just about every variation of newer air cooling and while the results vary slightly, they are all about the same (TRUE, S2183, Sunbeam CCF, S2184, zalman 9700, just to name a few). The zalman being of course the most varied as it isn't quite the cooler as the rest.
My question is, has air cooling reached its limit? I know air cooling of course has its limit of the ambient temp (would have to be one crazy air cooler), but I'm not even close to that. Running Orthos I can still get max temps of 70c with any of the above coolers (or above).
I keep trying new air coolers every time a new "king" is announced and find myself disappointed every single time. According to many reviews I read the CCF was suppose to be the latest "king" of air cooling, but it lagged behind my TRUE and S2183 (with xbow kit) by a good amount,
I blame most of that on the awful mounting design. I emailed Sunbeam multiple times and they said they had a new one created by an engineer that I could buy and they would put it on ebay for me, but every time I emailed back to say YES I WANT IT PLEASE NOW THANK YOU, I never recieved a response.
Anyway, point of my rant, is that I keep wishing for a cooler that could keep my q9550 @ 3.4-3.84 closer to a 20c idle and 45c max and so far have not seen anything close. I know water cooling would help but I have my doubts there too as well as the fact that I have an Antec nine hundred that I love but does not allow for great WC setups.
My question is, has air cooling reached its limit? I know air cooling of course has its limit of the ambient temp (would have to be one crazy air cooler), but I'm not even close to that. Running Orthos I can still get max temps of 70c with any of the above coolers (or above).
I keep trying new air coolers every time a new "king" is announced and find myself disappointed every single time. According to many reviews I read the CCF was suppose to be the latest "king" of air cooling, but it lagged behind my TRUE and S2183 (with xbow kit) by a good amount,
I blame most of that on the awful mounting design. I emailed Sunbeam multiple times and they said they had a new one created by an engineer that I could buy and they would put it on ebay for me, but every time I emailed back to say YES I WANT IT PLEASE NOW THANK YOU, I never recieved a response.
Anyway, point of my rant, is that I keep wishing for a cooler that could keep my q9550 @ 3.4-3.84 closer to a 20c idle and 45c max and so far have not seen anything close. I know water cooling would help but I have my doubts there too as well as the fact that I have an Antec nine hundred that I love but does not allow for great WC setups.