best small 775 heatsink ?

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nightwalker

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im looking for a nice looking smallish 775 heatsink to fit in my lian-li pc-65, i have a dfi dk p35 board so it has a tall northbridge and mosfet coolers on it.

i only plan on overclocking a e2180 with it and no voltage increases or anything so it doesnt need to be a beast like a ultra 120 extreme lol.

recommendations please i cant take this ugly intel one anymore:p
 
i guess you can consider ac7 pro a small heatsink. I'd recommend that. Good performance overall, cheap too.

how about a scythe mine. looks pretty small (height) compared to my ninja.
 
i went with a cooler master hyper tx 2 seeing as its only like 20 bux and only intend using it till i can afford the rest of my watercooling stuff.

ive seen alot of reviews on there complaining about the push pins saying they dont lock properly and how they bend the mobo really bad.... i wonder if this is them just being mentally challenged and not knowing how to install a 775 hsf properly or there really is a problem ?
 
Well, the pins do bend the motherboard, that's how they apply the pressure for contact between sink and cpu, and sometimes they can be a royal pita to push in. I always like mounting brackets for this reason. If you're going watercooling soon there shouldn't be too much of a problem though.
 
Thermalright XP90 with the LGA775 retention module.

Smallish, uses a 92mm fan. I believe Noctua has a 92mm version of their P12.
 
nightwalker said:
i went with a cooler master hyper tx 2 seeing as its only like 20 bux and only intend using it till i can afford the rest of my watercooling stuff.

ive seen alot of reviews on there complaining about the push pins saying they dont lock properly and how they bend the mobo really bad.... i wonder if this is them just being mentally challenged and not knowing how to install a 775 hsf properly or there really is a problem ?
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No, they're telling the truth. It took me about 30 min to install my TX2. I was glad of the intel heatspreader, b/c without it, I definately would have crushed my core with the shitty angle and intense pressure that it took to get the TX2 on. Here's a tip: take off the plastic shroud for installation. It's the only way that you can be able to push directly down on the push pins--and you're going to need to be able to push with all your might for the thing to seat.
It's a decent cooler mind you. I'm pretty sure mine needs to be reseated though, but I'll be damned if I'm going to go through all of that hassle again.
 
Luder[PAK9];1032048197 said:
No, they're telling the truth. It took me about 30 min to install my TX2. I was glad of the intel heatspreader, b/c without it, I definately would have crushed my core with the shitty angle and intense pressure that it took to get the TX2 on. Here's a tip: take off the plastic shroud for installation. It's the only way that you can be able to push directly down on the push pins--and you're going to need to be able to push with all your might for the thing to seat.
It's a decent cooler mind you. I'm pretty sure mine needs to be reseated though, but I'll be damned if I'm going to go through all of that hassle again.
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lol shit..... if it ends up being that bad then im just gonna send it back
 
i agree with whoever said the ultima 90. its a great performing cooler that is only 1-3 degrees warmer than the thermalright Ultra 120. its small, pretty light and if you get a good fan, its perfect
 
friedchicken03 said:
i guess you can consider ac7 pro a small heatsink. I'd recommend that. Good performance overall, cheap too.

how about a scythe mine. looks pretty small (height) compared to my ninja.
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I agree with the AC7/AC7 Pro. Both excellent choices, and pretty cheap to boot.
 
ive seen alot of reviews on there complaining about the push pins saying they dont lock properly and how they bend the mobo really bad.... i wonder if this is them just being mentally challenged and not knowing how to install a 775 hsf properly or there really is a problem ?
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I lean towards the former. And a check of Intels Mechanical and Thermal Guidelines document for the Core 2's will tell you why the board looks (and is) bent after installing a properly made push pin heatsink on a board not screwed down.

I have done hundreds of these and the only problem I have had is where the large aftermarket heatsink itself is in the way (overhangs) the pins. That is a challenge. Otherwise they are a snap, saving time and money for low end and midrange performance systems.

On high performance enthusiast boards they sometime create another challenge due to the preload causing mosfets to fail to contact heatpipes/heatsinks the manufacturer provides but that is a design failure of the board/manuf not the push pin heatsink. You will notice on some X48 board the manuf finally got a clue and put stiffener plates under the mosfet cooling. So everything has its tradeoff.

If you intend to really push the board and intend to redo ALL the board thermals I would recommend a spring loaded Heatsink mounting system with a backplate.
 
forrehmmnd said:
The scythe ninja mini ?
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Seconded. I just grabbed one for my Antec NSK2400 and it's currently just being cooled by the case-fans that are beside it.

FYI, for the intel socket heatsink "pegs", using a long and thin flat object (a slot-cover, maybe) you can put adequate pressure on the intel pegs regardless of size and shape of the heatsink overlapping them. Getting the Scythe Mine to clip into the board in my P180 was a headache until I used this technique, then it was cake.
 
nightwalker said:
im looking for a nice looking smallish 775 heatsink to fit in my lian-li pc-65, i have a dfi dk p35 board so it has a tall northbridge and mosfet coolers on it.

i only plan on overclocking a e2180 with it and no voltage increases or anything so it doesnt need to be a beast like a ultra 120 extreme lol.

recommendations please i cant take this ugly intel one anymore:p
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If you're looking for something small and "looks" good, you may want to try this:

http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/cooling_products/ocz_tempest_cpu_cooler-eol


The e2180 is my next chip, should perform really well when overclocked. Have you tried the stock cooler to see how far it can be pushed?

You may be suprised, I'm running what I guess is now an old school Pentium 805D (2.66Ghz) with the stock Intel HS/fan at 3.5Ghz perfectly stable, it boots into Windows at 3.625Ghz but crashed under full load.

I do have an OCZ Vendetta which I will throw on shortly, hopefully I get some good gains.
 
Dual-Core_Danny said:
If you're looking for something small and "looks" good, you may want to try this:

http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/cooling_products/ocz_tempest_cpu_cooler-eol


The e2180 is my next chip, should perform really well when overclocked. Have you tried the stock cooler to see how far it can be pushed?

You may be suprised, I'm running what I guess is now an old school Pentium 805D (2.66Ghz) with the stock Intel HS/fan at 3.5Ghz perfectly stable, it boots into Windows at 3.625Ghz but crashed under full load.

I do have an OCZ Vendetta which I will throw on shortly, hopefully I get some good gains.
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i like the looks of that, where can i buy it ? ..... im using a e2180 right now and love it, ive noticed no real world difference to my e6600, i would use the intel cooler but its fan noise is so jarring and its so ugly lol.

i think i feel more comfortable with the whole push pin things now... my intel cooler was a piece of cake to install i think its just people not knowing how to install them properly, especially after reading newegg reviews too it seems alot of those people arent exactly the brightest bulb in the tanning bed... but i could be wrong:p
 
Yeah, push-pins are adequate, I just love having 1) no bend on the mobo, and 2) the security of the bracket mounting system.
 
please, msot people who write those reviews are the same idiots who buy the crap off ebay for 150% more.
 
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