The best after market Heatsink

[Thor.]

Hello i have a problem, maybe you can help me out

 

My problem is i am not going to use the stock heat sink that came with the 8350 or my older 1100T, which actually the stock heat sink was really good. i managed to get to 4ghz stable with it. Might go water cooling or fans, not sure what do decide on.

 

I haven't used a after market heat sink before, i always went with stock... ???? new path i'm taking??

 

I've done some research but i would like some opinions first from you techies out there http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/biggrin.gif I'm very uncertain which to decide on, soo many options. I would mainly like quiet and cool.. Not noisy and loud, so water cooling is up for discussion???

 

example, not sure sure if its socket specific??? that to would be a good idea???

 

http://www.tigerdire...43343&CatId=499

Edited December 14, 2012 by Thor.

[Shadiva]

Would totally go for water, i bought new parts in the summer and my new Intel Core i5-2500 @3.30GHz runned very warm even idle,

used Core Temp to see the temperaturs and used it to realy stress the pc and with the

Khuler 920 it was a world of diffrance

and very stable temperatur + it is so so silent

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835209054

 

 

recommend that product for you, hope any of this was of help to you

[Thor.]

Thank you for that Antec model, its perfect for my Antec twelve hundred gaming case, It'll fit natively for sure.

 

JOOOOYYY!!!

 

http://www.eteknix.com/wp-content/uploads/vb/1817-1200_front_q_lights.jpg

 

But sigh i rather get one locally-tigerdirect.ca. To bad they don't have any antecs in stock http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/sad.gif

 

Might get this one instead, sense its socket specific for my build

 

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=581559&CatId=499

Edited December 14, 2012 by Thor.

[Shadiva]

text got scrambled again, must be my browser making it, or site hate me for editing to much <img class="bbc_emoticon" alt=":biggrin:" src="http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/biggrin.gif"> Edited December 14, 2012 by Shadiva

[Shadiva]

Aye it is, it's so easy to intall, was abit slow at the socket but then click click swoosh swoosh

got a nice chassi, and is perfect in it, with changeble colors on the Antec logo haha using green atm :P

Edit: a name is nice!! haha

 

NZXT Phantom 410

 

 

 

http://www.komplett.se/img/p/800/226c73ba-bf0b-454a-9b4e-21080947b519.jpgMy oversized iPhone lol :biggrin:

[Thor.]

One thing going locally, if it brakes or it doesn't work, you can take it back for refund.. unlike online shopping http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/thumbsup.gif rather play it safe.

 

Tigerdirect has a really good return policy http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/biggrin.gif

 

 

Edited December 14, 2012 by Thor.

[hoofhearted4]

if you go W/C your best just getting the H100(i) its the only one of the series that can actually perform at or beat the high level air coolers. not sure if your Antec supports a top 120x2mm rad. i would assume it does, but just something too check. and make sure is has 15mm spacing. its a standard that most cases follow but again, something to check,

 

other then that go air cooling. the Havik 140 is a great Cheap Air cooler. only like $65 and performs at the line of the D14 (which is much cheaper now, was $100 a couple months ago) and the H100. and is prettier to look at then the D14 (both color wise and it only has one tower vs two). the Havik is also smaller and more likely to fit into a case then the D14.

Edited December 14, 2012 by hoofhearted4

[Thor.]

No I'm going with that model, its easy to install judging by the video bellow. And the socket specifics is what I'm looking fro to, sense my Asus 990fx motherboard nativeley supports this type of cooling, so does my case.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWWFjsJONYc

 

 

that's what you get for getting a 200$ motherboard http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/thumbsup.gif

 

http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/61/08/39/18/0061083918114_500X500.jpg

Edited December 14, 2012 by Thor.

[hoofhearted4]

No I'm going with that model, its easy to install judging by the video bellow. And the socket specifics is what I'm looking fro to, sense my Asus 990fx motherboard nativeley supports this type of cooling, so does my case.

 

that's what you get for getting a 200$ motherboard http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/thumbsup.gif

if by "that model" you mean the single 120mm rad, then well ok. i would still suggest getting the 120x2mm rad or a high end air cooler. those 120mm single rad coolers just cant do as much. i would only recommend those if your case Cant fit a 120x2mm rad and has a window (imo heatsinks look ugly) if you dont have a window, go heatsink or the 120x2mm rad.

 

on top of that, just about any high end cooler (ie the three that i had named) and most coolers in general for that matter, will come with back plates for an AMD bored so. its the cooler you need to make sure have the part for the board. the board itself has nothing to do with it. a cooler that can fit an AMD board will fit an $200 board and a $50 board. the price of your board nor the manufacturer has anything to do with it.

 

as for ease of installing, CLC systems are all easy. for the most part its, put the back plate on and put the block on. no giant tower in the way so its a lot easier.

 

lastly if you are getting Corsair, get the new "i" versions. theyve tested to get slightly cooler. have better, integrated software, and a full color LED. the old ones have only White, AND to change the fan speed, you HAVE to push the button on the block. in addition, the fans for the new "i" series, are much better and are variants on their Corsair Air Series fans, which are some of the best fans on the market.

[Thor.]

Hmm you mean something like this, not all caases support two x fan mounts you know.. i think mine only supports a single slot fan??

 

No reviews of this model

 

http://www.tigerdire...13643&CatId=499

unless they can be split up or different locations.

 

Yup mine only supports a single unfortunately

 

i think I'll stick with the model i chose, the reviews are to good to pass up. Also here is a pdf manual of my case, it might shed some light on compatibility.

 

http://www.antec.com...EN%20manual.pdf

 

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You convinced me to get this model http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/teehee.gif

http://www.tigerdire...13646&CatId=499

 

Kind of excited now http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/teehee.gif Still a week away though. the wait is hurting bad http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/wallbash.gif http://forums.nexusmods.com/public/style_emoticons/dark/teehee.gif HA HA HA HA HA

Edited December 14, 2012 by Thor.