Which is the best ASUS CPU fan out of these...

[bhavv]

Hi, I want to know which of these four is the best. I've already got a Silent Knight II on my E8400 preorder, but would like to make sure I'm getting the best one. The four available are:

Silent Knight II
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=676904

Silent Kight AL
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=727859

Arctic Square
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=727862

Silent Square
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=727860

As I have a windowed case I am only considering one of these for the looks and the light. I went with the Copper one because copper usually tends to perform better then AL, but since the whole order will be shipped after the CPU arrives, I have some time to rethink.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Evilonigiri]

The Silent Knight II is decent, and it's better than the Silent Knight AL.

Here's a review on it: http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1254/6/page_6_testing_results/index.html

 

[bhavv]

I was considering changing to the Silent Square EVO though because of its nickel plated surface and the blue light on it matches my cathodes.. I would really like to see a comparison between all 4 of these but I dont think one exists. I'll stick to the copper one.

Now if it has a copper base, do you think it would be better to apply a copper thermal grease (Geil), or Arctic Silver 5? I have both of these thanks to getting a free tube of Geil thermal grease with some ram and wouls like to use it up. I've seen reviews which show that its a degree or two behind arctic silver, but these reviews dont test between the different heatsink surfices.

So I'm looking for some technical insight into whether or not a copper to copper contact would dissipitate more heat then silver to copper. If anyone could find me an answer this wold be appreciated.