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Enzotech ramsinks FTW!:toast: I stick those things anywhere I can. My sound card has doubled in weight!
 
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Those geforces on the red rig...
why are they not sli ed???

Two reasons:
1) It is a P45 motherboard.
2) They aren't the same cards. One is a 9600GT, the other is the 8600GT. I use the second one to drive a third display.
 
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To get the best airflow performance , the cut out of the grills is a must

 
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I has a pentium D 820, AC FPro7 and 38 degree ambients .. is that good?
 
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Whee, I got me an Arctic Cooling Accelero Extreme 4870X2. Keeping my HD4870X2 under 50c in GTA IV. I love this cooler, even if the installation wasn't much fun. I need to snap a few photos of it.
 
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All air cooling in my rig.

Intel Q9550 with Zalman CNPS 9700 LED (with custom Green LED Fan)

2 HD4770s with TR HR 03 Rev. A (without fans mounted)

2 Scythe DFS123812-3000 "ULTRA KAZE" 120 x 120 x 38 mm 1 in rear exhaust 1 intake on side for GPUs

2 Scythe SY1225SL12SH "Slipstream" 120 x 120 x 25 mm front intakes

1 SILVERSTONE FM121 120 x 120 x 25 inside case doubled up with front Scythe front fan blowing air through HD4770s.

1 Nexus WaveAir 80mm PCI fan set up inbetween HD4770s as dedicated exhaust fan.

1 Large fan on top of Antec 900 case.

All air baby! :D









 

1Kurgan1

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Your 4770's really passive cooled?
 
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Scythe GentleTyphoon

I read that these fans are very quiet yet have better static pressure then other low noise fans which do not. In particular the Scythe GentleTyphoon D1225C12B5AP-15 @ 1,850 rpm offering a suggested noise leve of 28dB.
Below is 500 rpm Scythe GentleTyphoon fan



source

I think these fans provide the lowest power consumption too.
 

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I'm using the Cooler Master GeminII, and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a cheap, high-performance cooler. It's running my Q9400 at full load at 38C in a 23C room, I picked it up for $20 shipped from CM ($9 + shipping :p). I'm running 2 low RPM 120mm fans on it, with the high-rpm fans it kept the quad at 33C loaded. Almost every enthusiast has spare 120mm fans, so for $20 it can't really be beat. And it keeps the northbridge and memory cool.
 
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Those GT's are the best fans I have used in a long time. They are absolutely quiet...now the noisiest thing in my cabinet is my 4870.

You can barely hear them at full flow.
 
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How about some Noctua NH-D14 love?

 

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Yea Baby yea!! Got one of those this week for my new build. Actually, aside from the 3 SSD's, I bought the Noctua before MB case etc. Got the Tuniq TX-3 Cooling Thermal Compound and 2 x 120 mm Noctua fans for the side of the Coolermaster HAF 922 that I need to buy. I must be a goof buying parts helter skelter in no real order. I will need you guys to help me with the raid thing, but that is for another time, another thread. i am impressed with this forum, you guys know your stuff.
 
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It really was a good change from my V2 with a CM R4 fan. I would hit high 80C running ~1.325 vcore. Only changing the cooler with the same AS I can run 1.425 vcore bios before I see mid to high 80C. 24C ambient for both temperature readings.
 
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add me gigabyte G-power 2 pro , xigmatic dark night
 

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in the thermal paste section, you can add MX3 and to the side notes you can add akasa TIM clean i found it to be better than the articlean on CPU chips and on GPU memory
 
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nice thread, thanks!

Count me in with my A-C Freezer Extreme 2.0.

Has never given me a problem, easy to mount and silent.
 

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One thing I should have done is including mounting hardware for them. As not all are created equal. You want mounting hardware to be simple yet effective for full HS contact. Yet none proprietary. So that if you decided to get another HSF you can switch them without having to take out the MB.

Buying heatsinks (as expensive as they are) is not something folks will do regularly. But the idea of just switching out a HSF within a 5 minute time span is still ideal if one chooses to do so (for cleaning, etc).
 
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@east wad is your recomendation for my build i7 2600k n 4x2gb g.skill trident
which doesn't interfere with the ram slot
since u mentioned about the mounting hardware fit for 1156/1155
i'm looking for one dat is already built in rather than sold separately
thanks
 
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I don't normally use air coolers but picked one of these up for a build recently... Thermaltake Frio Overclocking-Ready Intel Core i7 ...

I have some bench screens I will dig up of a 1156 875K cpu with RealTemp recordings.






While I am here, can anyone tell me of an air cooler that will fit 1156 in a Silverstone SG07? Something maybe that will hold a steady 3.8GHz?
 
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One thing I should have done is including mounting hardware for them. As not all are created equal. You want mounting hardware to be simple yet effective for full HS contact. Yet none proprietary. So that if you decided to get another HSF you can switch them without having to take out the MB.

Buying heatsinks (as expensive as they are) is not something folks will do regularly. But the idea of just switching out a HSF within a 5 minute time span is still ideal if one chooses to do so (for cleaning, etc).

Practically I don't think that will happen unless some group like JEDEC some along. Having gone from a OCZ Vendetta 2 to a Noctua NH-D14 I like the idea of separating the heat sink from the mount. It is far easier to take off, clean, and reapply with the mount separate (like the Noctua) in stead of integrated like most do today.
 

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Good thread. I use a CM Hyper 212 + for my CPU and plan on getting a HR 03 Plus for my 8800gtx.
 

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@east wad is your recomendation for my build i7 2600k n 4x2gb g.skill trident
which doesn't interfere with the ram slot
since u mentioned about the mounting hardware fit for 1156/1155
i'm looking for one dat is already built in rather than sold separately
thanks

That could depend on the MB. But the general rule should be that you shouldn't have a problem from any of them. Just check the clearance of the MB to make sure that whatever HS you buy doesn't promote a problem. Also keep an eye out on any user reports. I'll update this thread if I come across anything.


Practically I don't think that will happen unless some group like JEDEC some along. Having gone from a OCZ Vendetta 2 to a Noctua NH-D14 I like the idea of separating the heat sink from the mount. It is far easier to take off, clean, and reapply with the mount separate (like the Noctua) in stead of integrated like most do today.
It's wishful thinking I know. But it's just that we've been doing this for far to long not to see any consistency in mounting HS by now :shadedshu. It would be nice to see something like that one day though...
 
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another cooler , Noctua NH-D14

 

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