Hi,

Need help please. My system is as follows:

Gigiabyte 965 DS3 rev2
OCZ Platinum Rev 2 DDR800 4-4-4-
Evga 8800gts
2 x Westerndigital 250GB HDD's
XFI Sounf card - Fatal1ty
Enermax noisetaker 600 Watt PSU
Generic huge Server case

I want to get a good heatsink for doing some overclocking.

Here are my options:
1. Coolermaster AQUAGATE (RL-HUC-E8U1/E8U2)
2. Any Termaltake HSF
3. Any Zalman HSF

These are basically all the products I can get in my area.

I mught land up maving my PC alot so I dont know what to go for.

I have my eye on the aquagate.

Can anyone tell me if its good or not, it not please make a few suggestions.

Bye the way whats a good gaming KB as well.

Logitech G15, Razor Tarantula, Zboard......

Thanks

Maybe better english might help me:

Gigabyte 965 DS3 rev2
OCZ Platinum Rev 2 DDR800 4-4-4-15
Evga 8800gts 640MB
2 x Westerndigital 250GB HDD's
XFI Sound card - Fatal1ty
Enermax noisetaker 600 Watt PSU
Generic huge Server case

I want to get a good heatsink for doing some overclocking.

Here are my options:
1. Coolermaster AQUAGATE (RL-HUC-E8U1/E8U2)
2. Any Termaltake HSF
3. Any Zalman HSF

These are basically all the products I can get in my area.

I might land up moving my PC alot so I dont know what to go for.

I have my eye on the aquagate.

Can anyone tell me if its good or not, if not please make a few suggestions.

By the way whats a good gaming KB as well.

Logitech G15, Razor Tarantula, Zboard......

Thanks

Your English is fine, don't worry about that.

Bump^

http://www.anandtech.com/casecooli [...] spx?i=2932
Here is a review of some of the top-perfoming air coolers, most likely any of these will do the job, but you can see for yourself the Tuniq tower has outstanding price/performance.

Read the question that the OP stated. The Tuniq was not on the option list. He said that only a Coolermaster Aquagate or coolers from Thermaltake or Zalman are available to him.

To the OP, I haven't read anything about the Coolermaster Aquagate so I can't comment on that cooler, but Thermaltake has a cooler similar to the Tuniq Tower, the ThermalTake CL-P0024, which should do what you want. The Zalman 9700 is also good, but a bit more expensive and doesn't cool quite as well.

Thanks for the reply.

Sadly forsome strange reason the supplier doesnt have the cl-p0024.

But they do have the following:

cl-p0025 : according to the website it can do 775
cl-p0114
cl-p0086
cl-p0071

any ideas which is best?

Thanks again

If the CL-P0071 with its optional fan can fit into your case, it will do a fair job. If not, then the Zalman 9700 will work pretty good. I run a 9500 and it does fine on my FX60, and a 9700 would give 2-3c cooler temps.

Might not fit, its very big. Also if I move my pc it might fall off!

Any ideas on the coolermaster hyper tx intel

Hyper TX (Intel) (RR-PCH-S9U1-GP)

http://www.coolermaster.com/index. [...] 28Intel%29

I'm running the cooler master Aquagate (can't remember the model offhand, it's the LGA775 version) and, so far, haven't been having any problems moving it around or using it.

I'm keeping a Pentium D 805 2.66GHz (OCed to 3.3GHz @ FSB166) at around 37°C idle, up to 47°C under load. The PC goes into work 2 or 3 times a week as a display piece, and no problems so far ITO moving it around.

Takes up 2 5.25" drive bays, but you've got a server case so you can get away with internal installation. If you decide to go external with it, it allows that as well (no modification needed) and has nice little non-leaking plugs for the pipes - just make sure you take them off using a cloth to prevent spills.

So far, the negative points are that the fan is incredibly loud on full and noticeable on medium, plus internal installation *requires* a full-tower or server case, otherwise the bastard won't go in properly. It also adds a fair amount of weight onto the box ITO moving it around, but at least you won't have to worry about some huge heatsink snapping your CPU off the motherboard in transit.

I took Arctic Cooler Pro. And I'm happy. Three times cheaper than Zalman and almost as good.

My south african brother,

you say it will do the job.

Will I get some decent ocing as well?

Sonic Informed is selling it dirt cheap.

Is this better to use instead of air cooling?

Basically is better than the best aircooling around?

Got mine from Sonic... you in JHB or Cape Town?

It does the job pretty well. I was only capable of around 2.8~3GHz (FSB140~150) on air, temps spiking as high as 75°, now they're dead stable at 3.3GHz/45° (right this moment).

The only air cooling that will work better will be more expensive, and won't let you OC as high either.

In JHB,

Sonic has no stock :-( end of march they say.

By any chance do u have one for sale now?

Need some arctic silver 5 as well. Where can I get?

Sonic CPT has, our shop (EITS) sells them for R740. Problem is, I don't trust the couriers we have down here, not since they demolished an Inspiron 2650 for me in '02. Other problem is that we're based in the Strand.

I'm pretty certain we can work something out though. If you have access to a tame reliable courier/someone on holiday down here, PM me.

AS5 in SA is a complete rarity - the only people I know who use it had to order it online - I'm using some JetArt nanosilver product which has (so far) given me pretty good service. The Aquagate comes with a tube of pretty nice silicon-based gel, though. I'm also convinced they were assuming they were going to be dealing with heavy-handed idiots, as I've used it on about 8 PCs so far (ran out of thermal paste at the shop) and still have about 2/3 of a tube left. The JetArt stuff I normally use, one tube = ~30 PCs.

If your PC components are still new, then I would advise letting it all run at stock speed for the first two to three months to let the components 'settle'. This should also give you some breathing space with the Aquagate.

It's not among the choices the OP listed. Did you read his question?

Hi again. I'm not sure if the Coolermaster Hyper would do as good a job as a Zalman 9700. Check the price difference and choose from there. The tower type coolers are pretty big and require a larger case to fit properly, but they are the best among air cooled heatsinks. But, if its too big, then it doesn't matter.

It looks like someone replied that has experience with the Aquagate, so he can answer those questions better. Noise is a problem for me, as I like as quiet a computer as I can get, but noise is something that affects everybody differently, i.e. what one person thinks is noisy, another thinks is just fine.

I am in love with my Big Typhoon. A. its Big and B. it kept my E6600 under 40 OCed at 2.8 I have a Tarantula and love it and keep away from ZBoard like the plague they are money piuts more than a 76 sailboat

Tarantulas are ok. I know a few people who keep spiders on their boats so the spiders eat up any bugs that get on board. Well fed spiders, happy sailers. The boat may seen like a money pit, but I don't think its much worse than my house. Besides, you can't beat making landfall in Tahiti and having a bunch of half naked girls come swarming on board the boat.

here's what I think you should wait on
http://www.coolermaster.com/index. [...] er_title=0
The thermaltake and zalman are way too overrated, and the augate mini doesn't have a good radiator on it to properly cool the coolant, so I'd take that out of the picture. What I would consider would be either the zalman or thermalright, but the thermalright has far better priceerformance. As for gaming keyboard, I love logitech, and have heard a lot of good things on the g15, and will be getting their g7 mouse or one of their mx revolution mice in the upcoming weeks

I know off topic but where did you get your Avatar pic Tacos Could i get a copy to show soem of my friends i have told them and we have had some serious laughs.