Best Quietest Air Cooler
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Best Quietest Air Cooler
Forgive me I haven't air cooled in at least a year. Needs to cool a C2D at 3.0Ghz, and be quiet. 120MM fans perfered. And while were at it suggest a fan too.
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ordered a Ninja. Everyone says it works well with just a Yate, and since I have one here in the closet, and this hairdryer, I mean Intel Stock Cooler is driving me up a wall already, it'll be here Friday. The Zalman was a little too expensive, and I only need to hit 3.0GHZ on this to be happy. Thanks Dgood though
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I really like my Tuniq Tower. Of course it's hard to judge how loud it is when you have it running inside an Antec Nine Hundred. ;)dgood wrote:no problem I just really like the look, how quiet they are, and yeah, but I wasn't going ot say it was the only one, figured others would chime in with Tuniq tower and scythe ninja etc.
Along with the Scythe Ninja and Tuniq Tower 120, I would also recommend the Enzotech Ultra-X and Scythe Infinity.
Here is a chart from Firinqsquad:
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/cor ... /noise.gif
Here is a chart from Firinqsquad:
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/cor ... /noise.gif
lol, man Dicecca, good things happen to people that can wait!
I would have personally gone with the Thermalright Ultra 120 and pair it with a Nesux fan. If you were patient, maybe you could have waited for Thermalright to release the IFX-14. Now THAT'S a cooler
Don't forget to post some temps/pics whenever you get your cooler!
I would have personally gone with the Thermalright Ultra 120 and pair it with a Nesux fan. If you were patient, maybe you could have waited for Thermalright to release the IFX-14. Now THAT'S a cooler
Don't forget to post some temps/pics whenever you get your cooler!
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Because way back when I decided to WC, I did it for the silence. This was the error of the 8x0 and 9x0 series and there weren't any low noise air coolers or even any 120mm fan coolers, the xp-120 wasn't out yet. Now with the Ninja, Tuniq Tower, et al, I can achieve that. Clocks never mattered for me, I'd be happy with the stock 2.13 of the e6400, the 2.8 is just a bonus.
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Big Typhoon 120vx
u need a big case for it its friggin huge !!!
and works great
u need a big case for it its friggin huge !!!
and works great
My System:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 @ 3.33Ghz (1333fsb 333x10)
Thermaltake BigTyp 120vx CPU cooler
BFG Nforce 680i SLI (p31 bios)
4Gb ram DDR2-1067Mhz Corsair pc8500C5D + Dominator fan
Inno3d 2x 8800GTX SLI (169.12 driver)
2x 250gb HDD (raid 0) + 1 750gb hdd
Antec 1000w psu (with racing stripe) lol
thermaltake Armor full tower
Fusion Dual Digital 4 HDTV tuner
Acer 24" widescreen lcd 1920x1200
Logitech G15 keyboard, LX7 mouse and 5.1 surround speakers
Vista Ultimate 64bit
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 @ 3.33Ghz (1333fsb 333x10)
Thermaltake BigTyp 120vx CPU cooler
BFG Nforce 680i SLI (p31 bios)
4Gb ram DDR2-1067Mhz Corsair pc8500C5D + Dominator fan
Inno3d 2x 8800GTX SLI (169.12 driver)
2x 250gb HDD (raid 0) + 1 750gb hdd
Antec 1000w psu (with racing stripe) lol
thermaltake Armor full tower
Fusion Dual Digital 4 HDTV tuner
Acer 24" widescreen lcd 1920x1200
Logitech G15 keyboard, LX7 mouse and 5.1 surround speakers
Vista Ultimate 64bit
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smokin_mitch wrote:Big Typhoon 120vx
u need a big case for it its friggin huge !!!
and works great
I agree, it's HUGE! But, it's very quiet over all of the other case fans in my machine.
The unit has been running for a few weeks now with no complaints. I really enjoy the OC it gives over the standard cooler the machine had. The Northwood isn't a really big OC'er CPU, but I do have it at a stable 3.275Ghz above the 3.00Ghz processor rating.
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Re: Best Quietest Air Cooler
nice thread revival stev
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Re: Best Quietest Air Cooler
I only revived this thread since it related to my NEW cooler rather than starting a new one.
This thread isn't THAT old either.
This thread isn't THAT old either.
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