Need hlep picking a better HS

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watertown28

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Currently I have a Zalmans 9500 HS on my 6700 C2D. Oced it to 3.2 and once i got past that the temps went above 60C orthos load after a hour or 2...to me that is totally unacceptable.

SOOO with that said I was looking at this at egg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185038

Would this do better then What I have now? I am looking more at load then I am at idle temps...to me that means nothing cuz I run F@H anyways so both cores will be under 100% load most of the time.

Also, any other segestions? These need to be in stock cuz I am ordering this tonight. I have also seen these pelt/HS combos at frozencpu and egg and was wondering if it is worth the extra 200 bucks ( for the HS and the 250w Bay PSU i would get just for that )
 
I have it and its great!

The best part is that you can add up to 4 fans if you have the room.
 
the pelt assisted HS are ghey.

pelts dump out an unbelievable amount of heat, I won't even go near one.
 
they ahve new one that had a TDC? built into the HS now so they cost about 150 bucks...from the reiviews I have seen is that they seem to do great but i like some real life peoples input on it cuz you know how bias review sites can be ( would say anything is great as long as I keep getting free stuff to test :p ) they have deticated control panel and will automatically turn off the pelt if it fails and the HS still will cool the cpu though not as well as the pelt woul;d
 
Actually, the Scythe Ninja might worsen your temps because of the poor mounting mechanism.

Your best bet of getting some good improvement is to get a Tuniq or a Thermalright XP 120 Plus.
 
The Ninja is quite good. Definitely less noise than the Zalman, and costs less, and performs even better than before with a good fan. Anandtech review results:

http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/scythe%20ninja plus revision b_04100790459/14412.png
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/scythe ninja plus revision b_04100790459/14411.png
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/scythe ninja plus revision b_04100790459/14408.png
At the bottom chart, they said "Measured noise levels in this chart should be considered worst case. Measurements were taken with an open side of a mid tower case 6" and 24" from the HSF. Real world would be a completely closed case resulting in a further reduction in noise."

However, if you want the best, go with the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme or Enzotech Ultra-X
 
o man , i absolutely love my ninja. i have my x2 4400 at about 2,88 ghz and without the fan i idle at 29c and load around 39. my votes for the ninja
 
CR2500 said:
There's an easy mod found at xtremesystems that will fix this ;)
Click to expand...

I know. I did the mod and lapped my CPU. Check out my thread on xtremesystems:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=133430

Doing the mod lowered my temps by around 12c but it should be able to do that out of the box. Scythe messed up Rev B. Rev A was the bomb but Rev B has big problems with socket 775. There is also a big chance that the Rev B bracket may not fit a LGA 775 mother board. I had to file my bracket down just so it fit on my DS3.

My point is, there are better alternatives out there. I spent an extra $20+ and many hours of work just so I could get some decent temps. Without the mod, the stock Rev B would be up in the 70's in load. No joke...

Get the XP 120 Plus. No worries, better cooling, save time, and ultimately save money.

I swear to you, if you get the Ninja Rev B, you will regret it.
 
I've not used the ninja so I can't talk about it , but I have a Enzotech Ultra-X and it is the best I've ever used. I've seen some reviews where it was the best and some where it is in the top three, but either way I'd look into it.
 
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