Need help choosing a CPU heatsink

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Foz2001

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I am looking for some advice. I wanna get something to upgrade my stock intel HSF to get a better OC.

I dont need top of the line because it's not really in the budget, im in Canada and I have a budget of about $40 before taxes CDN. I would also like it to be fairly easy to install, I have heard a few horror stories about the difficulty in installing some of these large towers. I will spend the extra few dollars for a bolt-thru kit, but again it has to be available for me in Canada.

I'm already ordering a PSU from www.infonec.com, so if there is something on that site that any of you would recommend that woudl be great, save on shipping.

Motherboard is a : Gigabyte 965P-DS3 rev 3.3
Case: Antec Sonata II (Case is decently wide, I dont think I'll have a problem with clearence.)


So far I'm looking towards the sycthe ninja, or the thermalright ultima-90.

Thanks for any input,

Foz
 
Problem with the gigabyte is finding a cooler that will clear the insanely intricate piping that they got going on around the north and the mosfets. The ultima should clear though because it's only got the width of a 90mm fan.
 
piping? I think your thinking of the P35. This one doesn't have any piping that im aware of.
 
I am EXTREMELY happy with my Tuniq Tower I just bought. I am running my E6750 @3.2 GHz undervolted to 1.3v with load temps at ~43C.

If you can afford one, get it or the Ultra 120
 
I think I may go with the thermalright ultra 120a because its available on the site I like. So this will come with a mounting kit I assume and will fit on my 965p-DS3?
 
Foz2001 said:
I think I may go with the thermalright ultra 120a because its available on the site I like. So this will come with a mounting kit I assume and will fit on my 965p-DS3?
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Yeah, it'll fit fine. Be advised that you do need to get a fan for it as well since it doesn't come with one.
 
Yah, I have a 120mm fan that pushes over 130CFM, im gonna hook that up via a fan controller, should make benchmarking fun.
 
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