Recommended CPU cooler (not water)

CMcguire · Post by **CMcguire** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:04 am

I don't think i'm ready to take the plunge (get it water... plunge... i'm hi-larious) into water cooling.. so i was wondering what Air CPU coolers would you recommend for a q6600? I'm using a scythe ninja rev b at moment and while it works it really doesn't have any room for overclocking (i.e. 70C under load with stock speeds).. and i would like to maybe get up to about 3ghz on it at some point.

vbironchef · Post by **vbironchef** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:11 am

people on this site seem to like zalman 9700 or 9500. I have the 9500 and it works ok for a q6700. I fold 24/7 on smp client so my cores get really hot so I have to turn the fan on high. If you don't fold all the time the zalman will work just fine at low and quiet speeds.

For oc I would go under water.

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:58 am

There was a thread in the general computer forum not to long ago, bio linked to a air cooler round up. There is a fair amount of info there.

http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=10105

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:55 pm

Zalman 9500 here with E6700 mildly OC'd @ 3.2ghz idles at 37C (Antec Sonata II case not the best coling).

KnightRid · Post by **KnightRid** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:53 am

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=FAN-AC7PRO&src=Deal

on sale for $22

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 pro - E6600 overclocked to 3.2ghz, rarely ever hits 42C!!!

Dont see why you should have to spend a fortune for air cooling when this thing is just awesome!

Mike

It is big - on the Gigabyte P965-DS3 Rev 3.3 it actually covers some of the chipset heatsink, but still fits great. I dont need a fan on the chipset with how cool it runs anway, so no big deal.

Post by **DMB2000uk** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:27 am

Personally I'd get the U120x, but its up to you.

Anandtech has the U120x beating everything else, and the main difference they did to the 25 cooler mega showdown Hexus had up, is that they don't use the stock thermal paste. So might give a more accurate run down of cooler performances (negating variances in application of TIM).

Anandtech Results

Dan

CMcguire · Post by **CMcguire** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:55 pm

What fan would you go with on the 120 extreme?
I'd say you'd need around a 2000rpm fan.. though i know its the cfm thats more important

Does anyone know if there are some upcoming heatsinks etc.. that it might be worth waiting for not in that much of a rush.

kappage · Post by **kappage** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 2:27 am

I recently got an Asus StarIce and it lowers my temps from about 65-70 Degrees C at 100% cpu load to about 45-50 at max, its a pretty cool cooler (no pun intended) it even looks cool. Especially when i got it from a sale for $30 Au$.

But you need to make sure you have the space.

http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/asusicecooler/

CMcguire · Post by **CMcguire** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:26 am

Well i just ordered the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme with a scythe 1600 rpm 120mm fan.. hope it was worth it

Anyone know if it fits in the p182 case with bad axe 2 in the vertical position i.e. so fan is blowing backward not up?