HSF ideas wanted

Deleted member 74752 · Aug 24, 2010

Soon to be constructed:

Thuban 1090
ASUS Crosshair III
Coolermaster Scout

Looking for ideas for a good air cooler you folks may have tested in the past. This build will be mainly used as a gamer with some overclock from time to time. (Links if possible please)

Kantastic · Aug 24, 2010

If you're not going to overclock it 24/7 a Hyper 212 Plus is enough for you. Get it for $28 shipped @ eWiz right now with the coupon code HIGH5.

ebolamonkey3 · Aug 24, 2010

Veno X is pretty good now that it comes with the AMD brackets. Or anything by Noctua will work too, like the U12P or NH-D14.

Radical_Edward · Aug 24, 2010

Agreed on the 212+, Performance PCs still has it in the $30 range as well.

Deleted member 74752 · Aug 24, 2010

Thanks guys - I have not used the stock cooler before...how do these compare to it? A club member has bought a Coolermaster V6, but I have no reports of it's performance as of yet.

pantherx12 · Aug 24, 2010

Any high end Noctua

Any high end Alpenfóhn

Any high end Thermalright

Those are my personal recommendations, other brands don't strike me as quite as high quality.

Although I don't mind xigmatek I wish they at-least made the effort to adjust the fin array slightly so it looked like something other than an OEM tower heatsink.

Radical_Edward · Aug 24, 2010

I have no idea on the V6, but I haven't heard very much praise for the V8.

The Hyper 212+ is great for the price and is nearly on par with cooling solutions that are double the price. Plus, then you have plenty left over to put on a second fan, or 2 fans of your preference.

Deleted member 74752 · Aug 24, 2010

This Hyper 212...not seeing it on the Performance PC's site. Is that it's true name or brand?

Radical_Edward · Aug 24, 2010

It's the Cooler Master Hyper 212+

Hold on, I'll link you. There you go.

Deleted member 74752 · Aug 24, 2010

Thank you very much...let me check this one out.

This appears to be it on the Egg... COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel... ...Price is right if everyone is in agreement. Is the supplied fan ok as is?

ebolamonkey3 · Aug 24, 2010

Fan on the 212 is loud, at least IMO. I don't know how much you care about noise, if you do, go with Noctua or buy a heatsink and get Scythe Gentle Typhoon fans. If that's too expensive, the the Hyper 212 is a cheaper alternative, but again, loud fans (IMO).

Anandtech did a review on the Hyper 212, shows that it keeps up w/ the top end coolers until you start overclocking closer to 4ghz, then it doesn't perform as well.

Right now I'm running an core i7 860 with a Megahalems and a pair of Scythe GT AP-15 fans.

Deleted member 74752 · Aug 24, 2010

Somehow I doubt it would be any louder than the fan on the Saaphire 5870 that will reside in it lol. Observations noted tho...

DannibusX · Aug 24, 2010

I'm using a CM V6GT on an AMD 965BE @ 3.8GHz 1.38v and am seeing idle temps from 32 - 38 degrees depending on the temp in my apartment, and load temps in the mid to upper 40's. I like the cooler.

EDIT: It's a bit loud though.

Deleted member 74752 · Aug 24, 2010

DannibusX said:
I'm using a CM V6GT on an AMD 965BE @ 3.8GHz 1.38v and am seeing idle temps from 32 - 38 degrees depending on the temp in my apartment, and load temps in the mid to upper 40's. I like the cooler.

EDIT: It's a bit loud though.

Do you have temps from the stock cooler? I saw a review where the V6 just clears the Scout's side panel.

DannibusX · Aug 24, 2010

Unfortunately, I don't. I've never used the stock HSF for this build. When I get home tonight I'll run some benches and get some better numbers for you on this cooler.

It's pretty big, there seems to be less than an inch of clearance on the side panel of my Cosmos as well.

Deleted member 74752 · Aug 24, 2010

Just got got word from a club member that he uses a Hyper 212 on a AMD 550 @ 4GHz and he has doubts that it will suffice for my 6 core. Are any of you currently using one of these on a Thuban?

Radical_Edward · Aug 25, 2010

ebolamonkey3 said:
Fan on the 212 is loud, at least IMO. I don't know how much you care about noise, if you do, go with Noctua or buy a heatsink and get Scythe Gentle Typhoon fans. If that's too expensive, the the Hyper 212 is a cheaper alternative, but again, loud fans (IMO).

Anandtech did a review on the Hyper 212, shows that it keeps up w/ the top end coolers until you start overclocking closer to 4ghz, then it doesn't perform as well.

Right now I'm running an core i7 860 with a Megahalems and a pair of Scythe GT AP-15 fans.

The stock fan is only loud if you run it at 100%, at 70% it's nearly silent.

Edit- I hear the X6's run cooler than the X4's.

System Name	Dust Collector
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Motherboard	Asus B550I Aorus Pro WiFi AX
Cooling	Alpenfohn Black Ridge V2 w/ Noctua NF-A9x14
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3200MHz/CL16
Video Card(s)	Power Color Red Dragon RX 5700 XT
Storage	Samsung EVO+ 500GB NVMe
Display(s)	Dell S2721DGF
Case	Dan Case A4
Power Supply	Corsair SF600 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Logitech G613

System Name	Norbert
Processor	Intel Core i7 920
Motherboard	Gigabyte X58A-UD5
Cooling	Corsair H50 with 2x Scythe GT AP-14
Memory	3x 2gb G.Skill 1600Mhz C9 DDR3
Video Card(s)	MSI Twin Frozr II GTX 465 GE & EVGA GTS 450 SC
Storage	2x 1Tb Samsung Sprinpoint F3 7200rpm
Display(s)	Dell U3011, Dell 2408WFP, Samsung 2693HM
Case	Lian Li V1020R
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium
Power Supply	Seasonic X-750
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

System Name	GLaDOS
Processor	AMD FX-9590 X8 4.7GHz
Motherboard	ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
Cooling	Corsair H80i v2
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 24GB (2x8GB, 2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz
Video Card(s)	ASUS ROG-STRIX-RX580-O8G-GAMINGOC
Storage	WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB Internal PC SSD
Display(s)	2 Acer S231HL 23" LED backlit LCD's on a Dual LCD stand
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Onboard - Corsair Void Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Corsair 850HXi 850W
Mouse	Corsair Sabre RGB
Keyboard	Corsair K70 LUX RGB
Software	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit

System Name	My pc
Processor	Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	Asus Rog b450-f
Cooling	Cooler master 120mm aio
Memory	16gb ddr4 3200mhz
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 3x 3070
Storage	2tb intel nvme and 2tb generic ssd
Display(s)	Generic dell 1080p overclocked to 75hz
Case	Phanteks enthoo
Power Supply	650w of borderline fire hazard
Mouse	Some wierd Chinese vertical mouse
Keyboard	Generic mechanical keyboard
Software	Windows ten

System Name	GLaDOS
Processor	AMD FX-9590 X8 4.7GHz
Motherboard	ASUS Sabertooth 990FX
Cooling	Corsair H80i v2
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 24GB (2x8GB, 2x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz
Video Card(s)	ASUS ROG-STRIX-RX580-O8G-GAMINGOC
Storage	WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB Internal PC SSD
Display(s)	2 Acer S231HL 23" LED backlit LCD's on a Dual LCD stand
Case	Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Onboard - Corsair Void Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Corsair 850HXi 850W
Mouse	Corsair Sabre RGB
Keyboard	Corsair K70 LUX RGB
Software	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit

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System Name	Aluminum Mallard
Processor	Ryzen 1900x
Motherboard	AsRock Phantom 6
Cooling	AIO
Memory	32GB
Video Card(s)	EVGA 3080Ti FTW
Storage	SSD
Display(s)	Benq Zowie
Case	Cosmos 1000
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	Corsair CX750
VR HMD	HTV Vive, Valve Index
Software	Arch Linux
Benchmark Scores	31 FPS in Dalaran