Recommend me a CPU Cooler!

catnipkiller · Mar 7, 2011

i use a zelman 9900 and its fine. I got it on sale so it was well worth it.

Dogshitjoint · Mar 8, 2011

xXxBREAKERxXx said:
@Dogshitjoint
I live in Germany. But im not German English language is more easy for me to spell/write then Deutsch. That why im sticking in English speaking forums

Alrighty then thx for claryfying that 4 me, I mainly though you would live/come from within EU then gussed on Sweden becourse of teh prices u converted are like that here in Sweden more or less.

I also like hanging in English speaking forums...e.g HERE :cool:

Do u mind saying what your country of origin are as it were necessary to point out "But im not German" like being German is something foul, becourse of teh ol´German history of warfare/nazism? (It´s interesting about the fact that many people who are ashamed of what their ancestors did are also feeling guilty themselves on their behalf).

Well enough spoken.

See Ya

//Dog

Dogshitjoint · Mar 8, 2011

xXxBREAKERxXx said:
Noctua Loosing to Megahalem (x2 Noctua fans)
I think right now H70 or Megahalems + 2x Typhoon 3000rpm

I am thinking (now) more about teh future cooling systems as there are apparently lots of new solutions in production, like Corsair working w. CoolIT on a new product for monitoring your fans, so they might come up with some other stuff...but well all the technologies evolves on a daily basis ofc.

But yeah it seems like a neat solution you came up with, as they are all great coolers & whichever wins doesn´t really matter, as long you as the buyer are satisfied with your product based on the factor [Price v.s Performance/] + teh Looks & "Braggin´rights" & thats exacly what I personally beleive you will get with either of teh solutions you have on your mind. e.g...you WILL be a happy consumer ["Jedi Mind-Trick"]. :twitch:

Long live teh makers of "HQ Cooling Solutions". :toast:

I ramble t00 much I know

//Dog

Dogshitjoint · Mar 8, 2011

catnipkiller said:
i use a zelman 9900 and its fine. I got it on sale so it was well worth it.

As long as you are satisfied then :toast:

I have used a load of Zalman Fans CPU/GPU over a decade & they have served me well.

However when teh need for speed got me h00ked in full, I went for a Sunbeamtech Tuniq Tower 120 that held my E6550 @ 3,34GHz superchilled I were trhilled to say teh least.

So I were in teh "the bigger C00ler the better C00ler wins" for a long time & still to some extent are.

But now after getting my feet wet as to speak, with closed water-cooling solutions coupled w. high performance rated fans, then I am stoked & gloriously happy. :rockout:

So we wait and every now and then get some glimps of what teh future holds in it´s ehh claws for us & then gets materialised. :twitch:

Ill better sew me a skirt instead of being on TPU now. :laugh:

//Dog

GSG-9 · Mar 8, 2011

Undead46 said:
Noctua NH-D14 is the best air-heatsink.

The NH-C14 out performs the D.

xXxBREAKERxXx said:
Noctua Loosing to Megahalem (x2 Noctua fans)
I think right now H70 or Megahalems + 2x Typhoon 3000rpm

The D14 losses. The C14 wins. The thing is a beast. I think it is the most efficient cooler you can get right now. Check out the reviews. :toast:

xXxBREAKERxXx · Mar 8, 2011

Dogshitjoint said:
Alrighty then thx for claryfying that 4 me, I mainly though you would live/come from within EU then gussed on Sweden becourse of teh prices u converted are like that here in Sweden more or less.

I also like hanging in English speaking forums...e.g HERE

Do u mind saying what your country of origin are as it were necessary to point out "But im not German" like being German is something foul, becourse of teh ol´German history of warfare/nazism? (It´s interesting about the fact that many people who are ashamed of what their ancestors did are also feeling guilty themselves on their behalf).

Well enough spoken.

See Ya

//Dog

The point of "Im not a German"becouse i hardly speak their Language (very hard for me).
History is a History, don't care much about old things.
Im a Bulgarian anyway

sneekypeet · Mar 8, 2011

Dogshitjoint said:
snip

please learn the art of the multi-quote button, triple posting is not something we like to see

Dogshitjoint · Mar 8, 2011

C00l m8

Yeah I believe u, I mean "Raus,Shnell,Schweine" + counting to 10 is about all I manage to speak/write + some more but not many in Deutsh

English seems to have been given naturally to me already when I were a toddler so maybe the same for u?.

Sure I see your point of view about history and old stuff, so I will not bug ya anymore with such matters. (It´s also offtopic)

I have had a friend + his family who came from Hungary...off-topic again:/

Well I´ll take my leave now & see ya around m8.

//Dog

Dogshitjoint · Mar 8, 2011

sneekypeet said:
please learn the art of the multi-quote button, triple posting is not something we like to see

OK I understand sneeky...I´ll try to remember that (but I´can be a bit slow

)

Should I consider this as an official warning? as I honestly haven´t read teh forum rules :eek:

Edit: I am almost on my way to do it again, Ill leave this thread out of fear for not obeying you m8.

//Dog

brandonwh64 · Mar 8, 2011

I hate to sound like a broken record in threads like this but i love my Corsair A70! Very low temps on a 4ghz i7 920

cyriene · Mar 8, 2011

For air cooling I like my Noctua NH-U12P better than my megahelams, or some of the other cheaper heat pipe coolers I have tired. Noctua fans are quiet and work very well. Good temps on and i7 920 at 4GHz.

erocker · Mar 8, 2011

Dogshitjoint said:
OK I understand sneeky...I´ll try to remember that (but I´can be a bit slow)

Should I consider this as an official warning? as I honestly haven´t read teh forum rules

Edit: I am almost on my way to do it again, Ill leave this thread out of fear for not obeying you m8.

//Dog

It's a friendly reminder of forum etiquette. It's a "rule" that everyone follows and we ask you to do the same. :toast:

Thanks.

PaulieG · Mar 8, 2011

I'd recommend the Venomous-X. I've owned the TRUE, Megahalems and several others, and it's the best air cooler I've ever used, without question...and the only thing that MAY beat it is the D-14 which is far larger.

xXxBREAKERxXx · Mar 8, 2011

brandonwh64 said:
I hate to sound like a broken record in threads like this but i love my Corsair A70! Very low temps on a 4ghz i7 920

http://img.techpowerup.org/101201/maxtemp.jpg

http://www.it-world24.de/product_info.php/info/p418587_Corsair-Air-Series-A70---Prozessorkuehler-----Socket-775--Socket-1156--Socket-AM2--Socket-1366--Socket-AM3----CAFA70-.html
Looks good for that price.

xXxBREAKERxXx · Mar 8, 2011

4 days Left before buying something. Please need more info. In test that i google* every manufacturer beats another one.
Just curious will Noctua with GT AP-29 beat H70 with same Fans ? Any idea ?

Dogshitjoint · Mar 9, 2011

@ erocker: Yeah I figured that out myself a while ago, but I will follow the etiquette & learn myself to do Multi-Quotes (I haven´t been on a forum with that function until I registered here, other forums have had much less options) cheers back @ you.

@ brandonwh64: I understand that u find those temps cool (I have no exp. with the iCore CPUs), but have you tried IntelBurnTest 2.5 @ Max Stress, as it made my Prime Blendtest stable OC going down the drain, pushing temps way more than Prime, as it uses Linpack64 & also with custom setting w. a small amount of ram lets say 32MB, it tests for instability in L2 Cache NB etc. with small FTT´s. Do both tests! + it also takes lesser time than Prime to complete, just a friendly advice that I´d recommend to everyone.

Laterz

//Dog

Dogshitjoint · Mar 11, 2011

Soo which cooler did u get xXxBREAKERxXx? or are u still figuring/working on it?

//Dog

bokou · Mar 11, 2011

had a Thermaltake V1 and just got myself a Noctua NH-D14. Aside from it being more difficult to put in than a snap-on cooler, the thing is a freaking BEAST!! Had the fans off last night painting them black (because let's face it... the brown color scheme doesn't go with ANYTHING) and the thing was STILL cooler without fans than my Thermaltake was. Just throwing that opinion into the mix

Dogshitjoint · Mar 11, 2011

bokou said:
had a Thermaltake V1 and just got myself a Noctua NH-D14. Aside from it being more difficult to put in than a snap-on cooler, the thing is a freaking BEAST!! Had the fans off last night painting them black (because let's face it... the brown color scheme doesn't go with ANYTHING) and the thing was STILL cooler without fans than my Thermaltake was. Just throwing that opinion into the mix

Yeah I beleive ya bokou, the Noctua c00ler is great according to most tests/reviews/users (much like the Tuniq Tower 120 I had before to my E6550).
+ I puke at those brown/beige colours, so how do the end result look (the fans)? Maybe u have a pic.? It would be :pimp:

//Dog

Trigger911 · Mar 11, 2011

I like the venomous

Dogshitjoint · Mar 11, 2011

I haven´t read about teh venomous, so I will do a note about it!

Man I do wonder what c00ler xXxBREAKERxXx have decided on (maybe he is putting us on hold before posting)?

/Dog

Trigger911 · Mar 11, 2011

Yea i got a true rev c but I have tried the cooler on my system .... it works great and its very purdy

xXxBREAKERxXx · Mar 11, 2011

Still thinking.. Becouse Video Card is not Oredered Yet (stupid shops don't have anything what i want).

Dogshitjoint · Mar 11, 2011

xXxBREAKERxXx said:
Still thinking.. Becouse Video Card is not Oredered Yet (stupid shops don't have anything what i want).

Well as Its better to wait & get some quality stuff, so you are doing right with "chillaxing"

Thx for letting me/us now...

:toast:

m8

//Dog

brandonwh64 · Mar 11, 2011

Dogshitjoint said:
@ brandonwh64: I understand that u find those temps cool (I have no exp. with the iCore CPUs), but have you tried IntelBurnTest 2.5 @ Max Stress, as it made my Prime Blendtest stable OC going down the drain, pushing temps way more than Prime, as it uses Linpack64 & also with custom setting w. a small amount of ram lets say 32MB, it tests for instability in L2 Cache NB etc. with small FTT´s. Do both tests! + it also takes lesser time than Prime to complete, just a friendly advice that I´d recommend to everyone.

Laterz

//Dog

I actually ran IBT 2.5 two weeks ago on max mem and 8 threads and still had the same temps. i really love this cooler. if you need a screen shot let me know i will rerun for ya

*EDIT* here is a test i have done a while back

System Name	INTEL/AMD
Processor	I7 4790k stock / 1100T@3.8GHZ(on air)
Motherboard	GIGABYTE GAMING 5 / GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 / zalmen 9900
Memory	4x4 GB 1600 / 4x4gb 1600
Video Card(s)	GTX670 x2 / ATI 5870 x2
Storage	2xcorsair ssd 120gb raid0 /2x adata ssd 120gb
Display(s)	55Iinch LCD / 22inch acer
Case	CM 690 II Advanced (USB 3) / Anteck 900
Power Supply	Enermax 800EWT / 750 zalman
Software	Win 10

System Name	[HELIX]
Processor	Intel Core i5 4690K @ Stock
Motherboard	Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z97
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 [2x140mm]
Memory	Kingston HyperX 16GB 1866Mhz CL10 XMP Beast Series
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G [2x100mm Semi-Passive] \| Intel HD4600
Storage	Intel 520 120GB SSD \| WD Green 2TB \| WD Green 1TB \| Samsung SP F1 640GB \| Seagate BD 150GB
Display(s)	DELL U2412M (24" 1200p @ 60Hz) \| Samsung SM 940BW (19" 1440x900 @ 60Hz)
Case	Fractal Design Arc Midi R2, Black, Windowed [3x140mm/4x120mm]
Audio Device(s)	Creative Recon 3Di \| Marantz SR3001 A/V Rcv. \| TANNOY Mercury MX-M 7.1 Spk.\| QED Cbl. \| COAX.
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W [1x140mm Semi-Passive, Modular, 80+ Gold]
Software	OS:Win7x64EESP1 \| 4GB SanDisk Cruzer USB-Stick w. Win7x64 (OS Installer)
Benchmark Scores	NEW [HELIX]: COMING SOON OLD [PARALLAX]: 3DMARK11:P4054 [http://3dmark.com/3dm11/588204]

System Name	[HELIX]
Processor	Intel Core i5 4690K @ Stock
Motherboard	Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z97
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 [2x140mm]
Memory	Kingston HyperX 16GB 1866Mhz CL10 XMP Beast Series
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G [2x100mm Semi-Passive] \| Intel HD4600
Storage	Intel 520 120GB SSD \| WD Green 2TB \| WD Green 1TB \| Samsung SP F1 640GB \| Seagate BD 150GB
Display(s)	DELL U2412M (24" 1200p @ 60Hz) \| Samsung SM 940BW (19" 1440x900 @ 60Hz)
Case	Fractal Design Arc Midi R2, Black, Windowed [3x140mm/4x120mm]
Audio Device(s)	Creative Recon 3Di \| Marantz SR3001 A/V Rcv. \| TANNOY Mercury MX-M 7.1 Spk.\| QED Cbl. \| COAX.
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W [1x140mm Semi-Passive, Modular, 80+ Gold]
Software	OS:Win7x64EESP1 \| 4GB SanDisk Cruzer USB-Stick w. Win7x64 (OS Installer)
Benchmark Scores	NEW [HELIX]: COMING SOON OLD [PARALLAX]: 3DMARK11:P4054 [http://3dmark.com/3dm11/588204]

System Name	[HELIX]
Processor	Intel Core i5 4690K @ Stock
Motherboard	Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z97
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 [2x140mm]
Memory	Kingston HyperX 16GB 1866Mhz CL10 XMP Beast Series
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4G [2x100mm Semi-Passive] \| Intel HD4600
Storage	Intel 520 120GB SSD \| WD Green 2TB \| WD Green 1TB \| Samsung SP F1 640GB \| Seagate BD 150GB
Display(s)	DELL U2412M (24" 1200p @ 60Hz) \| Samsung SM 940BW (19" 1440x900 @ 60Hz)
Case	Fractal Design Arc Midi R2, Black, Windowed [3x140mm/4x120mm]
Audio Device(s)	Creative Recon 3Di \| Marantz SR3001 A/V Rcv. \| TANNOY Mercury MX-M 7.1 Spk.\| QED Cbl. \| COAX.
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W [1x140mm Semi-Passive, Modular, 80+ Gold]
Software	OS:Win7x64EESP1 \| 4GB SanDisk Cruzer USB-Stick w. Win7x64 (OS Installer)
Benchmark Scores	NEW [HELIX]: COMING SOON OLD [PARALLAX]: 3DMARK11:P4054 [http://3dmark.com/3dm11/588204]

System Name	Livingston
Processor	i7-4960HQ
Motherboard	macbook prp retina
Cooling	Alphacool NexXxoS Monsta (240mm x 120mm x 80mm)
Memory	16Gb
Video Card(s)	Zotac Arctic Storm Nvidia 980ti
Display(s)	1x Acer XB270HU, 1x Catleap, 1x Oculus
Benchmark Scores	http://www.3dmark.com/fs/770087

Recommend me a CPU Cooler!

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Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!!

System Name	Naruto Fan
Processor	Intel I7-2700k
Motherboard	ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME-Z
Cooling	Corsair H-100
Memory	PDP PATRIOT Viper 9-10-9 27 8GB DDR3
Video Card(s)	ASUS 6990 // ASUS MATRIX GTX 580SLI
Storage	WD Caviar Black WD6402AAEX - 640GB // SSD 120 GB Vertex II
Display(s)	LG w2343T (SOON 3D)
Case	Big Blue Tower (from the bin)
Audio Device(s)	Motherboard one for now
Power Supply	Antec 1200w
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

System Name	EVA-01
Processor	Intel i7 13700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus Z690 HERO EVA Edition
Cooling	ASUS ROG Ryujin III 360 with Noctua Industrial Fans
Memory	PAtriot Viper Elite RGB 96GB @ 6000MHz.
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 24GB OC EVA Edition
Storage	Addlink S95 M.2 PCIe GEN 4x4 2TB
Display(s)	Asus ROG SWIFT OLED PG42UQ
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 TG
Audio Device(s)	Realtek on board > Sony Receiver > Cerwin Vegas
Power Supply	be quiet DARK POWER PRO 12 1500W
Mouse	ROG STRIX Impact Electro Punk
Keyboard	ROG STRIX Scope TKL Electro Punk
Software	Windows 11

System Name	PrettyH8Machine/GameOn
Processor	i7 920 D0 4.2GHz/i7 920 D0 4.0GHz
Motherboard	X58A-UD7(v1.0)/X58A-UD3R
Cooling	RRT Chrome EK Supreme HF/EK Supreme HF
Memory	G.Skill Pii 3x2GB 1600 cas7/G.Skill Pii 3x2GB 1600 cas7
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte HD4550/XFX 6950 2GB Crossfire
Storage	Corsair F120SSD/Samsung F3 1TBx2 RAID1
Display(s)	Dell U3011 & Dell 2407WFP
Case	Coolermaster HAF 932/Mountain Mods Duality
Audio Device(s)	Onboard/Corsair HS-1 Headphones
Power Supply	Corsair HX620W/Corsair TX850W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmark Scores	I should run some of these sometime...

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090
Storage	WD m.2
Display(s)	LG C2 Evo OLED 42"
Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
Audio Device(s)	Topping E70 DAC, SMSL SP200 Headphone Amp.
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Tester84
Software	Windows 11

Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
Cooling	EK AIO 360 (2)/EK AIO 240, Arctic Cooling Freezer II 280/EVGA CLC 280/Noctua D15/Cryorig M9(2)
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX3060/EVGA 970(2)/Asus 750 ti/Old Quadros
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB/WD Black M.2 NVMe 500GB/Adata 500gb NVMe
Display(s)	Acer 1080p 22"/ (3) Samsung 22" 1080p
Case	(2) Lian Li Lancool II Mesh/Corsair 4000D /Phanteks Eclipse 500a/Be Quiet Pure Base 500/Bones of HAF
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850G(2)/EVGA Supernova GT 650w/Phantek Amps 750w/Seasonic Focus 750w
Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu

System Name	The Beast 2
Processor	AMD Phenom II 965 OC'd: 3.9ghz
Motherboard	ASUS Crosshair IV Formula
Cooling	Noctua NH-D14
Memory	G-Skill Ripjaw DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon HD 6970
Storage	WDl 7200rpm 500gb
Display(s)	Acer 21" LCD, Westinghouse 21" LCD
Case	Coolermaster HAF932
Audio Device(s)	On-board 7.1 SupremeFX
Power Supply	Xion 800w Modular
Software	Windows 7, Steam, BFBC2, TF2, Adobe CS5
Benchmark Scores	20k+ on 3dMark06, will have to look at exact number

System Name	Gen0cide
Processor	AMD Phenom x4 920 2.8 @ 3.36 1.44v
Motherboard	Asus M2N-Deluxe + WiFi
Cooling	Thermoright True Rev C
Memory	2x 2gig of Gskill DDR2 1066 @ 5-5-5-15 20 2.125v
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 250 GTS 1 Gig
Storage	5x 730gig 7,200 RPM Raid 5 Western Digital Black
Display(s)	Neovo F-417
Case	Antec Twelve Hundred
Audio Device(s)	On-Board
Power Supply	SeaSonic M12 SS-600HM
Software	Windows 7 x64 / Arch Linux-fluxbox(duel Boot)