Recommend a CPU Heatsink/Fan

If the stock 720 does have heatpipes, then it should get you a decent OC, but not max. For max, probably the Dark Knight is the best bang for buck. If the Freezer64 pro was $20 like it should be, then thats also a good choice, though not as good as the dark knight.
 
Well, here is a review from frostytech on the hyper 520. (link). It seems to get decent reviews.
 
Seraphic said:
Which one is overpriced?

Anyway, I am kind of liking the coolmaster. Two fans and $15 mail in rebate.
If it's anything like the V8 Coolmaster, should work well. Don't want to spend too much.
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Did you not read the review? :confused:

If you like rebates, the Hyper N 520 is $30AR, and the HDT-S1283 is $34AR... for $4 more, you get better performance, so I'd go for that instead.
 
Don't like rebates, just final cost works out to be lower. Also, I really hate fan clips.
My other heatsink (thermalright 120 Extreme) has clips and I could never get them to attach correctly.
So I have been using ruberbands to attach the two fans to the heatsink.
 
The HDT-S1283 does not use fan clips. :confused: The Xigmatek cooled a whole 7ºC better than the Cooler Master... that would be worth the extra $4 IMO, since heat is what kills chips. :p
 
Any comments on this one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185125

Also, I'm not sure how much room I have in the Antec 300 for large heatsinks like these.
Not sure what will fit and what won't. Another issue is that a lot of the reviews for these heatsinks on newegg say they block one or two memory slots.
Using two slots for now, but plan to fill all four slots at some point, so this is a problem.
 
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The Freezer 64 should be ~$20, and isn't that good. The Newegg reviewers are idiots, ignore them. You will have plenty of space assuming your board doesn't use a strange layout.
 
The HSF should clear the northbridge heatsink and be sitting parallel to the RAM slots once installed. You may have to put the fan on the "back" side so it does not overhang the RAM slots, but it should not be an issue.
 
In the case of the dark knight cooler and the x3 720 CPU:

Cons: the am2/am3 mounting system only allows you to mount it sideways blocks two memory slots on my am3 gigabyte 790fx
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...Sucks? Sorry, I don't run AMD, haven't since S939. Can't help you with their idiotic mounting system.
 
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