Advice on replacing noisy stock cpu heatsink and fan

[jimmy7]

Advice on replacing noisy stock cpu heatsink and fan.

 

[1Tanker]

Advice on replacing noisy stock cpu heatsink and fan.

What's the question? :? My answer....yes, do it.

 

[jimmy7]

What would be the best brand to buy?

 

[1Tanker]

What would be the best brand to buy?

What motherboard/CPU is it for?

 

[jimmy7]

I have E6700 on a P5W DH Deluxe

 

[endyen]

And how quiet do you want? thermalright has a unit that can even be run fanless.

 

[endyen]

You sir, are very welcome.

 

[1Tanker]

What would be the best brand to buy?

There are several great HS/F's on the market, that all offer superb cooling.

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro: $29.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835186134

Thermalright Ultra-120: $59.99 (fan not included).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835109125

Scythe Infinity: $57.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185027

ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED: $63.99 (expensive, but most owners love it).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118223

Thermaltake Big Typhoon: $39.99 ($48.99 after this weekend).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106061

Most of these coolers are quite large, therefore make sure you have a wide enough case so they don't hit the side panel. GL

 

[1Tanker]

Newegg has the Zalman 9500 on sale for 15 bucks off....

One advantage to the Zalman and Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro are the weights ---

The F7 weighs in at 520 g without fan
9500 weighs in at 530 g with fan

The thermaltake big typhoon comes in at a whopping 825 and the Scythe at 960 grams.

For tower/mid tower cases, lighter fans are helpful/useful.

Yeah, i'm definitely a Thermalright fan.(pardon the pun). But i don't like the fact that the tower-style HS/F's usually don't cool the mobo components. That's one thing i like about my XP-120.

 

[turpit]

Advice on replacing noisy stock cpu heatsink and fan.

There are several HSF reviews around the web

http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&articID=419
http://www.frostytech.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1851&page=4
http://www.behardware.com/articles/568-1/test-25-cpu-coolers.html
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/coolers/display/5-cool.html

The Scythe Ninja gets alot of good reviews from most everywhere. I put in the Zalman CPNS9500 and am overall pleased. I would only recommend it in a few circumstances though.

However, the Scythe Ninja is huge--it wouldnt fit in my old case (a full tower at that) and other people have had the same problem

 

[jimmy7]

Thanks for all the useful comments.

 

[poup23]

I am running the Big typhoon for two years now and I found it very silent and efficient. It keeps my CPU (AMD, not Intel unfortunately for you) below 33°C most of the time while it was around 40-45°C with the stock fan. But be very sure for the space around your CPU, it's very big!!!