The best AirCooling avaliable?

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I was gonna try Watercooling but decide not to kind of complicated, so I'm looking for the best AC heatsink solution right now for my i5 and need yout opinion. I want to try to hit 4.0 on my i5.



Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120 Revision C

Noctua NH-U12P

CoolerMaste V8

What are your recomendations??
 
Despite that review, I still would not consider buying a Zalman. I know the review says they come out on top, but something about that cooler freaks me out for some reason.

I don't know if the Revision C TRUE has been tested against the Prolimatech Megahalem, but I think it would be a close call. Certainly both of them are very good heatsinks, and the difference between them would probably be minuscule.
 
Most of the i7 1366 cpu heatsink sell bracket for 1156 plus my mobo support 755 sockets too.

I need the best fan but one that I can quite down since I will not overclocking 24/7 and I want to keep my machine silent while not Oc
 
So...wait...you're going to overclock the CPU for some of the time, but when you don't want the OC you're going to reboot, go into the BIOS, and reset the clocks to stock for normal use?!
 
I would do water cooling. It may seem complicated at first, but imo it's really not. Just post a thread over in W/C that's what i did to learn. [H] ftw! :p


I would go with the Corsair H50. I had one before, and it worked great. I'm like 99% sure that they have a 1156 bracket out. You'll get both of worlds, the ease of installing and water cooling.
 
I vote for the True.

I think the H50 is also a good idea, the review here kinda panned it but the actual user experiences paints a much better picture with many people having good results. Warning - if you become addicted to water it never ends.

Reminder for the peanut gallery: - do proper board prep before putting it in the case, rework the heatpipe and other heatsinks with proper fasteners and redo the thermal compound. Make sure the mosfets area/heatspipe/sink has some air movement over it to replace the "blow by" of the stock downwards blowing Intel heatsink.
 
King Icewind said:
I would do water cooling. It may seem complicated at first, but imo it's really not. Just post a thread over in W/C that's what i did to learn. [H] ftw! :p


I would go with the Corsair H50. I had one before, and it worked great. I'm like 99% sure that they have a 1156 bracket out. You'll get both of worlds, the ease of installing and water cooling.
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Thank you I did consider the H50 until I saw the review here, then I decide go WC and post a tread like you said but only got 2 replays that's why I decide go Aircooling. For me to go WC I need guidance through the process for me to do it selecting the right parts that meet my requirements etc.

Thread Here

So I may go today to get and H50 at BB. :confused:
 
Mr. Pedantic said:
So...wait...you're going to overclock the CPU for some of the time, but when you don't want the OC you're going to reboot, go into the BIOS, and reset the clocks to stock for normal use?!
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My Motherboard Bios have an option to save OC settings so I will just need to save then and reload them any time I want so that won't be hard.
 
My Motherboard Bios have an option to save OC settings so I will just need to save then and reload them any time I want so that won't be hard.
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I know. Mine does as well. That doesn't mean that I use it to store default settings which I revert to whenever I don't 'need' my overclock. If you OC it so that you can find a compromise between better performance and still reasonably low power consumption/heat (a good place to stop is if you have to bump up Vcore, because that increases power a lot), then it's more convenient just to stay with that overclock all the time, rather than switch between the two.
 
Mr. Pedantic said:
I know. Mine does as well. That doesn't mean that I use it to store default settings which I revert to whenever I don't 'need' my overclock. If you OC it so that you can find a compromise between better performance and still reasonably low power consumption/heat (a good place to stop is if you have to bump up Vcore, because that increases power a lot), then it's more convenient just to stay with that overclock all the time, rather than switch between the two.
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That make sense right now I go it up to 3.1 withouth touching the voltages
 
Hey, just curious, given that that article says the Zalman CNPS9900 was the best performer, why are all responses here ignoring it's existence? I'm asking in all seriousness as I don't currently use an intensive cooler, but would like to get a feel for the industry, and am feeling like some piece of the story is missing given how nearly every post ignores the cooler's existence despite great test results.
 
I always buy Zalman honestly, they've never done me wrong. They are also virtually silent, well at least my CNPS9700 is.
 
fullvietFX said:
I always buy Zalman honestly, they've never done me wrong. They are also virtually silent, well at least my CNPS9700 is.
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try turning the fan on high. wont be so silent. i know my 9500 was loud as hell. i had to put a fan controller on it to slow it down to about 1/3. any higher and it was as loud if not louder than my old stock 8800gt fan.
 
I have a Coolermaster V8 on my i7, and while it's good - it's no match for some of the highest end air coolers. It is pretty quiet and it looks cool, though.
 
I got my V8 as part of a bundle I bought through iBuypower. It was the best cooler they had.
You can google temps, but I have my I7 920 at 3.6 ghz (with turbo it's closer 3.8) and my Prime95 temps don't go above 75. There are better coolers out there, but if the V8 still does a pretty decent job. If I had my choice and was buying a-la-carte, I'd go with the Thermalright.
 
Domingo said:
I have a Coolermaster V8 on my i7, and while it's good - it's no match for some of the highest end air coolers. It is pretty quiet and it looks cool, though.
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I almost went with the V8 myself, but then decided on the Noctua NH-U12P SE2. (For future proofing when I move to an I7 in a few months.) It's allowed me to get a 3.65 stable OC on my q9550. (Could barely hit 3.0 on stock fan.) Temps stay at or below 55C while gaming. (65C when stressing with IBT.)

Seems I made the right decision. Only thing is the colour of the fans, cream (Or w/e) wouldn't be my first pick, but not my last either. (Had I just been buying fans.)
 
That make sense right now I go it up to 3.1 withouth touching the voltages
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Yup. If you're using the stock Intel cooler, then if (when) you get a third party heatsink then you can probably push it a bit more without having to increase voltages. Maybe.
 
right now the battle it's between the H50 and TRUE but thanks for your suggestions.
 
I've used both True rev B and Mega. Mega wins by a good margin. True and IFX-14 are known to have some non-flat base issues whereas Mega does not. I'd suggest getting a Mega but True also works. Get Rev C if you do happen to go w/ True. The mounting system on True 1st and rev B is pretty lousy compared to that of Mega.
 
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