Noctua NH-U12P Dual fan Vs Megahalems single fan

[trt740]

the scythe I run is 110CFM at 1900. Just saying trt, there are better solutions, and your i7 will like it

I will add a second and quiet is my middle name and these are near silent.

 

[sneekypeet]

DOesnt look like Im going to convince you but this fan is near silent too, not up to Noctua quiet but way less than the blue LED tri-cools from the front of my 900. Just trying to help out and help your i7 breathe even better than it is

 

[trt740]

DOesnt look like Im going to convince you but this fan is near silent too, not up to Noctua quiet but way less than the blue LED tri-cools from the front of my 900. Just trying to help out and help your i7 breathe even better than it is

I might try them give me a newegg link and Peete look at this my old cooler would be overwhelmed and error at this voltage with a D0 this is a stable clock 24/7. Unreal gonna try for 4.3ghz but let this prime a bit more and re post. I learned my lesson from now on yours and Pauls advice moves to the top of the heap now that the old monkey is gone into retirement.

 

[Cold Storm]

I have one of these strapped to mine, and the GPU fan at 40% stock speed is louder than my Mega at full RPM. http://www.jab-tech.com/Scythe-KAZE...mm-Case-Fan-SY1225SL12SH-1900rpm-pr-3945.html

That fan is quieter than both the yates and my old tri-cools.

There you go TRT, SP linked it in the thread on page one.... To tell the truth, that's the best price to grab them at, and I've done ton of buys from them, so if your iffy on the site, I can say they are great.

 

[trt740]

found it here aswell http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185060 37 dba seems loud to me the tri cool are 30 but I can give them a try but i do like my leds. I cannot believe 4.2 ghz is going to prime on air with one fan that's crazy. It now time to try to hit near 4.3ghz. Dual fan testing coming added a second fan using a rubber band.

 

[sneekypeet]

nice, glad to see its all going well

 

[trt740]

nice, glad to see its all going well

4.3 ghz is going to be doable 24/7 with two moderate fans amazing. I have a better chip than I thought. When I say this I'm shaking my head because my Noctua would have been well over 95c ( and the chip near death) and this heat sink with two fans now is keeping the hottest core at 89c using 1.336v at 4.3ghz . The most I could use with the Noctua is 1.288v at 4.1ghz and it would be screaming hot 93c or so.

Update temps are beginning to rise nearing 88-89c on one core still amazing. If I took the case side off it would drop a bunch may try that if it hits 90c just to see if 4.3ghz can be achieved. Lowest core is currently at 81c


here is a quick prime 20+ minutes with dual fans on the meg closed case.

Now I'm gonna remove the case side. to see how much it drops. not a giant drop so air flow in the case must be decent

 

[trt740]

4.3 ghz is going to be doable 24/7 with two moderate fans amazing. I have a better chip than I thought. When I say this I'm shaking my head because my Noctua would have been well over 95c ( and the chip near death) and this heat sink with two fans now is keeping the hottest core at 89c using 1.336v at 4.3ghz . The most I could use with the Noctua is 1.288v at 4.1ghz and it would be screaming hot 93c or so.

Update temps are beginning to rise nearing 88-89c on one core still amazing. If I took the case side off it would drop a bunch may try that if it hits 90c just to see if 4.3ghz can be achieved. Lowest core is currently at 81c


here is a quick prime 20+ minutes with dual fans on the meg closed case.

http://img.techpowerup.org/090907/meg dual fan 4.3ghz797.jpg

Now I'm gonna remove the case side. to see how much it drops. not a giant drop so air flow in the case must be decent

http://img.techpowerup.org/090907/4.3 dual fan case side off.jpg

Okay I'm done now.

 

[pantherx12]

Hey I'm not sure if I read thurther up right cos I'm tired, but if your after LED fans that are quiet check out the hiperFLOW fans by Hiper group.

They're 20 dba and push 45 cfm ( same amount of air as tricools on medium speed) but 8 dba quieter!

 

[Kantastic]

Hey I'm not sure if I read thurther up right cos I'm tired, but if your after LED fans that are quiet check out the hiperFLOW fans by Hiper group.

They're 20 dba and push 45 cfm ( same amount of air as tricools on medium speed) but 8 dba quieter!

Then you better check these out, I'm getting them for a TRUE Black soon.

 

[pantherx12]

Cool, shame you can only really get them on ebay in the UK. : [


These are the Hiper fans if anyone is still interested, I got specs wrong by the way.

19dba 49cfm

http://www.hipergroup.com/products.php?lv=3&cate=15&type=16&pid=53

 

[Naelex]

Those temps are insane, how did you apply the thermal paste exactly?

 

[trt740]

Those temps are insane, how did you apply the thermal paste exactly?

small drop dead center of heat shield, set the heat sink on the drop and gave a few twists.

 

[trt740]

gotta tell ya boys 24/7 4.2ghz is screaming fast burned a dvd in 11 minutes.

 

[sneekypeet]

OK now you're just bragging

Get some better fans on her and see what 4.4GHz 24/7 is like

 

[Kantastic]

I suggest earplugs with the order!

 

[sneekypeet]

I suggest earplugs with the order!

not when you know what fans to buy

 

[trt740]

OK now you're just bragging

Get some better fans on her and see what 4.4GHz 24/7 is like

No actually I can run it at 4.3ghz 24/7 now thats bragging. I just wanted to back her on down a bit. and you gotta give me a while I just added a second Icage to the front of my case , a new cooler and new psu. My funds are running a bit low. I need to sell this finely crafted Noctua. Peete you ever owned one of their coolers ? It's crazy how much accessories that company gives you and the quality is crazy. They remind my of Zalman in the old days. I told you how I like the mount. Well with AMD you can also mount it in any direction. Something the TRUE didn't do tell recently.

 

[sneekypeet]

lmao....yup I sit here corrected!

 

[mlee49]

Thanks TRT, theres proof now that the Megahalem is the i7 air cooler supreme. I'm surprised of the drastic differences, is it at all possible the Noctura had a bad seat? Or perhaps thermal paste wasn't just right? I'm quite as surprised as you are.

Thanks for the numbers and the sweet wallpaper.

 

[revin]

the scythe I run is 110CFM at 1900. Just saying trt, there are better solutions, and your i7 will like it

I can confirm to this fan[12SH] also, I've had mine since waaay back, came with my Ninja RevB,
and have been thru a LOT of fan's trying to cool the XazerV case, and especially the AI-7/P4EE and except for my Ultra Kaze 3000's that I have on a custom controller it is the best flow vs noise for a hot situation.
The Q6700 I was using[back on the EE for now] was Very cool with the Ninja/Kaze 12SH combo.
I have been told here a few times on both setups, that unless I build a good custom water setup, not to even bother changing either cooler or fan combo

Now if I can just figure how i'm gonna mount this Ninja on the i7 920!!!

 

[trt740]

Thanks TRT, theres proof now that the Megahalem is the i7 air cooler supreme. I'm surprised of the drastic differences, is it at all possible the Noctura had a bad seat? Or perhaps thermal paste wasn't just right? I'm quite as surprised as you are.

Thanks for the numbers and the sweet wallpaper.

No it would take my I7920 C0 to 3.9 ghz and then my D0, that ran hotter but needs less voltage (my current chip overclocks like mad but is hot hot), to 4.0ghz . I also had it on my old Q9550 4.0ghz , Qx9650 4.0 ghz , E8500 4.2 and E8600 4.3 ghz (both of these would bench at 4.8ghz) and it matched my old True step for step. These new chips are just hot as hell.

 

[johnnyfiive]

Because that wouldn't be true at all the Noctua has just as good if not better a mounting system in fact they are very similar.

The problem with the U12P is the surface. It NEEDS to be lapped to perform at its best, especially with an i7. The i7 CPU's heatspreader has a arch in the middle, its not 100% flat. The U12P doesn't cool as well as it should because of this very reason. If you mounted the U12P horizontal instead of vertical, you should see a 2-3C difference in temps. Lapping the CPU will give a 2-3C difference as well.

 

[trt740]

The problem with the U12P is the surface. It NEEDS to be lapped to perform at its best, especially with an i7. The i7 CPU's heatspreader has a arch in the middle, its not 100% flat. The U12P doesn't cool as well as it should because of this very reason. If you mounted the U12P horizontal instead of vertical, you should see a 2-3C difference in temps. Lapping the CPU will give a 2-3C difference as well.

sold it and no reviews use it lapped.