How will you air cool your Conroe?

[blackstone]

For those of you planning Conroe based builds, how will you air cool it? I am thinking about the vapochill micro myself.

 

[mcgruff]

With the market moving towards lower power CPUs, passive coolers like the Scythe Ninja are going to come into their own.

 

[capnbfg]

I plan to buy an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.

Now I just need to find a home for the Thermaltake S939 cooler I bought a while back. I got it in December for the purpose of taking measurements for a water block I was designing, and had no intentions of buying an Intel rig at the time. :roll:

I'm sure I'll find some kind of use for it...

 

[ANIA_fanboy]

I've got my cooler. It's all about air again. I'm going with the Zalman CNPS9500. I like the weight and I like the reviews. It's too bad that the AM2 version looks alot better.

 

[kukito]

I plan to use the same cooler I have now, the Cooler Master Hyper L3 (RR-LCH-P9E1). This cooler is whisper quiet at idle or moderate CPU load on a Pentium D 830, which is as hot a CPUs as you can get. The Conroe running so much cooler should (hopefully) make it operate at the lower fan speed even during more CPU intensive tasks.

 

[ANIA_fanboy]

I bought my Zalman with the intensions of cooling my Presscott space heater but as it turns out my PSU took out my motherboard (that was a REALLY bad weekend) so the upgrade to Conroe and its lower temps should do just fine for future OC endeavors!

 

[jaguarskx]

With the market moving towards lower power CPUs, passive coolers like the Scythe Ninja are going to come into their own.

Ditto

I'll be passively cool my E6600 with the Ninja.

 

[lbax]

I plan to stay with high end aftermarket air cooling. Probably Zalman this time around.

 

[floge03]

I was planning on using stock for my future E6600 but after reading some of these other people's ideas.. I might go with a scythe.. my only question is what is the difference between the Scythe Ninja and Scythe SCMN-1000?

 

[mcgruff]

The Mine is designed to be used with a fan whereas the Ninja can be used with or without. The Mine is pretty quiet but you can't beat passive cooling for the ultimate silent PC.

Thermaltake Sonic Tower is another passive cooler.

 

[lbax]

The main difference is the included fan & it's mounting.
The Ninja (SCNJ-1000) comes with a 120mm Fan @ 1200rpm.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185001

The SCMN-1000 comes with a 100mm Fan @ 1500rpm.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185023

 

[mcgruff]

Are you sure? AFAIK the Mine not designed to be used fanless. The fins are quite closely spaced compared to the Ninja.

 

[Nitro350Z]

I will probly go for a custom watercooling setup, most likely with the swiftech storm wb, dual 2x120mm fan DD or swiftech rad and a danger den D5 pump.

 

[lbax]

Sorry, I am not sure of the design intent. A friend of mine is running a low power rig without the fan.

 

[mcgruff]

Maybe it will be OK but be careful..

 

[JonathanDeane]

For those of you planning Conroe based builds, how will you air cool it? I am thinking about the vapochill micro myself.

I would wait to see what everyone else was getting with what equipment (See if the investment is worth it over the stock cooler) I guess the stock cooler is working well enough for decent overclocks now for the luck people who have them maybe someday I will have one to play with lol *rubs his hands together*

 

[nick_000000]

8O That ninja is one big ass heatsink.

Watercooling all the way , some HDDs (raptors) make more noise than quiet 120mm fans anyway, so I would keep a silent fan over the heatsink no? Why don't you just use a fan controler to throttle the fans at the min speed, I can't even hear my akasa silent 120mm fans when they are at minimum on the fan controller.

 

[floge03]

My hard drives only make noise when they are loading programs, but right now they are dead silent while I am writing this review. All I here is my PSU, 120mm fan and my CPU FAN.

That is my point exactly. I don't care how much noise my computer makes when I am playing games or listening to music because I have the volume cranked up. However, when I am trying to get some sleep in my room, I would like my computer to be silent, which in turn is why I think the silent fanless/ fan scythe heatsinks are great.

Finally, who cares about how big it is... its not like your living in your computer.

 

[pengwin]

My hard drives only make noise when they are loading programs, but right now they are dead silent while I am writing this review. All I here is my PSU, 120mm fan and my CPU FAN.

That is my point exactly. I don't care how much noise my computer makes when I am playing games or listening to music because I have the volume cranked up. However, when I am trying to get some sleep in my room, I would like my computer to be silent, which in turn is why I think the silent fanless/ fan scythe heatsinks are great.

Finally, who cares about how big it is... its not like your living in your computer.

scythe wont fit in some cases.(pun unintended)

anyways, as far as quiet goes 1 word. Zalman

 

[Clob]

(Repeat from my other post)

I didnt see anyone recommend the Thermalright SI-120?!?

I already have a Silverstone 120mm fam for it when I get my conroe!

 

[mesarectifier]

anyways, as far as quiet goes 1 word. Zalman

It doesn't get much more silent than a big lump of metal, surely?

Ninja all the way - plus it's only 30 quid! Bargain. Some of those Zalmans arer almost £50, and are fan cooled.

 

[TheMaster]

Zalmans are overhyped in my oppinion. A Wanna-be enthusiast brand.
Those premounted fans are a pain in the rear when you want put a vantec tornado on your heatsink. :lol:

Also, what do you do if that fan stops working?

My vote goes to scythe and thermalright for offering a heatsink where the user is given the freedom to chose what type of fan he/she wants.
Whether, it is fast and loud or slow and quiet.

 

[Clob]

I agree... Simply the option to use any fan I wish is what realy buys me into it...

 

[blackstone]

Actually, Anandtech reports that, using the Tuniq Tower 120 cooler (it is massive!), the E6600 2.4 Ghz chip can be overclocked to 4Ghz! That cooler also allows you to use any fan you want. So I think that is the cooler I will use.

 

[Clob]

Did they give some temps of the cpu and a comparason between other coolers?!?

Just because its bigger doesnt mean its better...