e6600 C2D overclocker CPU Fan

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Fan for under 60 bucks. Im looking for something that will help me overclock my cpu from 2.4 to 3.2. Now I dont knwo much about overclocking but will once i put my pc together (with some help ofcourse). I have FINALLY settled on the cooler master cernturion case with the handles on the side. The 532 i think? Anyways this only comes with one 120mm fan, should I get another, on top of getting a 60 bucks or under cpu cooler for OC.
 
many choices, but top 2 would be tower120 or scythe infinity if going air.
 
any of these i can get on newegg? Also since my case only has one 120mm fan and none for the back, should I get another 120mm fan? If so, which one or just any?
 
troisanh said:
many choices, but top 2 would be tower120 or scythe infinity if going air.
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tower 120 looks like its missing a fan or is this fanless? Also as far as air cooling goes, the best available is the scythe Infinity? Where can I get this at? Im going to be buying parts from newegg


btw this 120mm fan would go in the back of the case as it only has one fAN IN THE FRONT
 
That's a fairly mild OC. The Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro should do you just fine for that and alittle more. I'm currenty at 3.4 with mine with idle temps @ 39-40 and load @ 50-52. Which is quite good for a $35 cooler.

It can be had at Newegg.com for $35 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835186134


As far as the "Best" available goes, that verys with opinion. I would say the Tuniq Tower 120 and the Scythe Infinity as stated above are among the best. The Tuniq is $65 at the egg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835154001 And the fan is sandwiched in the middle. The Scythe Infinity is $58 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185027

Good luck.
 
Depends on your specific chip. Some people are able to get 3.6 to 3.8 easily on air. I can hit 3.8 stable on air, but with load temps in close to 70. 3.6 at slightly over 60, neither of which I like. So I run at 3.4 with full load at 52.

It seems to be pretty comon to hit 3.4 on air these days with good temps, so I think that should be attainable for you. Especially if you go with one of the bigger coolers, your temps should be more reasonable.

This all of course depends on other factors, such as your MB, Power supply etc.

I guess what I'm saying is, Yes, it's possible. But there are many factors in your own system that may help or hinder that kind of OC. If you wish to try to go farther, you would be wise to get the best air cooling solution you can right from the start. The Tuniq Tower or The Scythe Infinity.

Good luck.
 
Right now you CANNOT get the AC freezer 7 Pro at new egg for 35 bucks. They want 69 which is way too much,IMO. It was for sale for 29 at the Egg about 6 weeks ago and now is much higher.
I have two AC Freezer 7 Pros and I have one on an e6600 OC to 3.2Ghz, it works really well and keeps the load temps at 40 C.
Check Performance-Pcs, I think their price is 35 bucks. FrozenCpu was out of stock the last time I looked but they also sell for the suggested retail price of 35 bucks.
The thing I like about the Freezer Pro is it is so easy to install and requires no extra backplate or other hardware.
 
If i were you i'd get either the Tuniq Tower or Scythe Infinity, as others have mentioned. The thing about the Infinity, though, is the mounting mechanism; it uses push pins. It can be modded, but if i buy a colour i don't want to have to modify it quite a bit just to get it mounted tightly. The advantage with the Infinity, however, is that another fan can be added to the back of it, which drops the CPU temperatures, in some cases, even lower than what a Tuniq Tower can. It depends if you're willing to compromise on the mounting mechanism to get (slightly) better cooling, on a cooler that can have fans added to if you want to OC some more sometime down the road, or just go with the Tuniq Tower, or something completely different.
 
With that setup, if you want the potential to achieve your maximum OC without having to upgrade later, get the Tuniq Tower or the Infinity now. I love the AC Freezer 7 Pro for the size and price, but it is deffinitely not the "Best" air cooling available. The Tuniq uses a backplate to mount, but it is 100% compatable with that board, easy install, i've done it. The Infinity uses no backplate and just pops in like the stock HSF. That mb overclocks great, so combined with that chip, that good 800mhz ram and that great PSU you should be able to push a high clock. Not to get your hopes up, but I would safely think 400x9=3.6 with decent temps in that case with either of the above coolers providing your chip can do that, which I havn't seen many that won't.

Good luck and have fun.
 
Tuniq Tower man. You don't want to go cheap, and then have to reinstall another cooler later on.

Tuniq Tower 120 or Thermalright Ultra 120.
 
Can the Tuniq Tower be installed on an eVGA 680i and use the backplate as well? Because, i seems to heavy to mount without a backplate.
 
Mansize_tissue said:
Can the Tuniq Tower be installed on an eVGA 680i and use the backplate as well? Because, i seems to heavy to mount without a backplate.
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Its way to heavy to mount without a backplate. Its also very tall. It just barely fits inside my case but I also have a 25cm fan in my side panel.
 
Kumakichi said:
Its way to heavy to mount without a backplate. Its also very tall. It just barely fits inside my case but I also have a 25cm fan in my side panel.
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Okay, thank you. It's funny, then, how coolers like the Scythe Infinity come with no backplate when they are just as heavy...

I'm thinking of getting the same case as you, how is the clearance with the cooler installed against the 25cm side fan?
 
magoo said:
Right now you CANNOT get the AC freezer 7 Pro at new egg for 35 bucks. They want 69 which is way too much,IMO. It was for sale for 29 at the Egg about 6 weeks ago and now is much higher.
I have two AC Freezer 7 Pros and I have one on an e6600 OC to 3.2Ghz, it works really well and keeps the load temps at 40 C.
Check Performance-Pcs, I think their price is 35 bucks. FrozenCpu was out of stock the last time I looked but they also sell for the suggested retail price of 35 bucks.
The thing I like about the Freezer Pro is it is so easy to install and requires no extra backplate or other hardware.
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The EGG has them for $35 right now. I ordered one from Performance PCS on the 13th. they waited till the 15th to tell me they were out of stock!!! :mad: I'm sticking with the mighty EGG. :D
 
Mansize_tissue said:
Can the Tuniq Tower be installed on an eVGA 680i and use the backplate as well? Because, i seems to heavy to mount without a backplate.
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The Tuniq Tower 120 fits on the 680i board just fine, and you need to use the backplate.

I run that particular setup with no issues!
 
Its pretty snug. I can close the door but it pushes against the fan a little bit. It doesn't seem to interfere with it at all. Right now I just have the bottom latch engaged and the top one isn't on my door. It looks to me that if you bought an Armor with just the regular door this would fit in just right. I didn't expect the Tuniq Tower to be so tall. It works great though. The airflow thru my case is a bit oddball right now with 1 120mm fan up from pulling air in, 1 120mm at the back pushing air out, the fan inside the TT 120 pushing air right at my rear fan, a couple 80mm fans up in the top part of the case moving air away from the psu and that huge 25cm fan gently pulling air out thru the side. Its not ideal but its just how things worked out. At some point I'll probably give WC'ing a try so that will add more value to that 25cm side fan. Btw the 120's and 25 fan are pretty quiet. The 2 80's are just run of the mill fans so they make a little bit of noise. Nothing obtrusive. But my vid card fan howls like an air raid siren. Anyways good luck with your build.
 
orion23 said:
The Tuniq Tower 120 fits on the 680i board just fine, and you need to use the backplate.

I run that particular setup with no issues!
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Okay, thank you for the confirmation! Is the case you're using the original Stacker or 830/832 version?

Kumakichi said:
Its pretty snug. I can close the door but it pushes against the fan a little bit. It doesn't seem to interfere with it at all. Right now I just have the bottom latch engaged and the top one isn't on my door. It looks to me that if you bought an Armor with just the regular door this would fit in just right. I didn't expect the Tuniq Tower to be so tall. It works great though. The airflow thru my case is a bit oddball right now with 1 120mm fan up from pulling air in, 1 120mm at the back pushing air out, the fan inside the TT 120 pushing air right at my rear fan, a couple 80mm fans up in the top part of the case moving air away from the psu and that huge 25cm fan gently pulling air out thru the side. Its not ideal but its just how things worked out. At some point I'll probably give WC'ing a try so that will add more value to that 25cm side fan. Btw the 120's and 25 fan are pretty quiet. The 2 80's are just run of the mill fans so they make a little bit of noise. Nothing obtrusive. But my vid card fan howls like an air raid siren. Anyways good luck with your build.
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That's good to hear, i'm thinking of using a similar configuration but i don't know if i'd be better off with CM Stacker 830 case, instead. How good is the Armor case?
 
Different rig actually.

With that, I use a Centurion 5 Case. Small case. But I tried a Tuniq Tower in my Original Stacker as well with no problems.
 
Mansize_tissue said:
That's good to hear, i'm thinking of using a similar configuration but i don't know if i'd be better off with CM Stacker 830 case, instead. How good is the Armor case?
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I've never owned a Stacker so I can't say either way. How good is the armor? When I shopped for cases I didn't like anything that was out there. When I orderd the Armor I felt like I was settling. When I finally got it out of the box I was really impressed. Pictures just didn't do the case justice. Its far from a perfect case but its pretty good. A lot of people remark they don't care for that big 25cm fan on the side because it blocks the view of there impressive components. They may have a point but keeping things cool was pretty important too me too. Its got plenty of room inside and some nice little touches like the quick releases for the peripheral cards, the removeable hard drive cases and the quick releases for the peripherals in the front of the case. My biggest goals were to get a case that didn't look too bad, get a larger case to allow for water cooling and to get a case that would let me hide wiring as best as possible. I'll have to mod my case a little but it comes pretty close to what I wanted.
 
Kumakichi said:
I've never owned a Stacker so I can't say either way. How good is the armor? When I shopped for cases I didn't like anything that was out there. When I orderd the Armor I felt like I was settling. When I finally got it out of the box I was really impressed. Pictures just didn't do the case justice. Its far from a perfect case but its pretty good. A lot of people remark they don't care for that big 25cm fan on the side because it blocks the view of there impressive components. They may have a point but keeping things cool was pretty important too me too. Its got plenty of room inside and some nice little touches like the quick releases for the peripheral cards, the removeable hard drive cases and the quick releases for the peripherals in the front of the case. My biggest goals were to get a case that didn't look too bad, get a larger case to allow for water cooling and to get a case that would let me hide wiring as best as possible. I'll have to mod my case a little but it comes pretty close to what I wanted.
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Thank you for the overview. How difficult would it be to fit a 1KW PSU in there? Is there much room left with your OCZ 850w in there?
 
This Artic Freezer 7 Pro is a very nice, and relatively inexpensive heatsink/fan. I just got mine today from a place called eWiz.com after searching and doing a bit of homework. It cost me $23.85 delivered and dropped temps on my E6600 from 48/47 degrees C to a much more respectable 35/34 degrees C. No other changes were made and the fan was changed within five minutes to verify that room temp was not an influencing factor. Nice find.
 
Mansize_tissue said:
Thank you for the overview. How difficult would it be to fit a 1KW PSU in there? Is there much room left with your OCZ 850w in there?
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The 850w OCZ fit in there with room to spare. The 850 is the same size as there 700 and 600w psu's. You could probably pull up the dimenions on this psu somewhere on the internet. I have read some people who have larger psu's had to take out the top usb/fan assembly to fit there psu in the case. I looked at this and don't really understand how they couldn't clear it without disassembly. It still looks like there is plenty of room even with a larger psu. If you find pictures of this area of the case the psu is usually obscured because one of the hard drive cages covers it up. This cage is removable and in fact I don't have mine in my case right now. I'm only running one HD (although I should pick up another) and its up in the front hard drive cage. I posted a pick from Newegg's site just to help out. I hope they don't mind.


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Kumakichi said:
The 850w OCZ fit in there with room to spare. The 850 is the same size as there 700 and 600w psu's. You could probably pull up the dimenions on this psu somewhere on the internet. I have read some people who have larger psu's had to take out the top usb/fan assembly to fit there psu in the case. I looked at this and don't really understand how they couldn't clear it without disassembly. It still looks like there is plenty of room even with a larger psu. If you find pictures of this area of the case the psu is usually obscured because one of the hard drive cages covers it up. This cage is removable and in fact I don't have mine in my case right now. I'm only running one HD (although I should pick up another) and its up in the front hard drive cage. I posted a pick from Newegg's site just to help out. I hope they don't mind.
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Thanks again, Kumakichi. How much room do you have spare with your PSU in there? I believe your PSU is about 150mm long, whereas the one i'm looking at (Silverstone Olympia 1KW) is 220mm long.
 
You can get the Artic Freezer 7 Pro at ewiz for $19.05+shipping (still much cheaper than newegg)

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edited, Saabjock already posted about it, but i'll leave link here in case you need it
 
I like the cooling fan that I have in my sig. It cools well, it's not that big, and I didn't have to remove my motherboard to install it.
 
Another vote for the AC Freezer 7 Pro, especially at that Ewiz price. It is not the absolute best air cooler, but its more than adequate for overclocking to 3.2 Ghz. It comes with good thermal compound preapplied which is what I am using (but I admit AS5 is a little better) and installation is easy (no backplate required). I hit a stable max of 3.51 Ghz with my system.

I have this Centurion case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119106
The Freezer 7 Pro fits nicely, after you remove the plastic air funnel from the side panel of course.
 
get the tuniq tower 120. I was on the fence for awhile myself until I did some research. TT120 performs the best. find some cooling comparisons with google, you'll see
 
hmm, I wonder if that armor side fan really makes a difference...I bought my armor for $125 with no clue one with a side intake fan even existed. I wonder if it makes that big of a deal, and I wonder why they decided to release one WITH a side fan and one without a side fan. if I had known about the side fan, I probably would have paid the extra $25 or so for it. would anyone with the armor +side fan be willing to measure their idle/load temps with the fan on/off and PM me? I don't want to hijack this thread anymore than I have...
 
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