First quad core system, opinons on heatsinks? Q6700/780i. TEC anyone ?

I may be building a new machine based around a q6700, evga 780i, Patriot Viper 5-5-5-15 ddr2 1066 2x2gb (maybe 4x2 later) 1x evga 770mhz 9800 GTX (maybe another down the road, or perhaps a 9900??)

Anyway, I have been thinking about these TEC units,

Particularly the Ultra Chill TEC/ vigor gaming monsoon II/ amanda titan...

they all appear to be the same thing, just sold under different brands...


I imagine they would be better than a normal heatsink for OC, i do plan on doing a bit of mild OC'ing

I just wonder if 1.) the memory will get in the way of the cooler ( if it does i think i can flip the cooler and then flip the fan so that it still pull air through the cooler toward the back of the case)

I'm just wondering if i'll have any issues using memory with tall heat spreaders and large cooler, or if any one can shed some light on what kind of cooler to use with a q6700.

ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820220299


THG's own review on one of these:

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,1565.html

I'm not sure if i want to find a unit with the drive bay screen or PCI style interface... IMO if i can view core temps via software when running, i see no reason to have that hideous drive bay. Just hate to use up a PCI slot, afaikthe PCI style uses the bus for power and nothing else.

I wish THG had tested this one VS all the air coolers in their big heatsink 3 part article. In the picture of the setup they show the amanda titan, but alas no comparison.

Xigmatek 1283 or Thermalright Ultra extreme are you best cooler choices.

Price just dropped on the Q6700 so it's now a great choice. Makes me wish I had one


But the Q6700 was way overpriced at $500 back when I purchased my Q6600.


Buy the DDR2 800 CAS3 Corsair Dominator RAM. The ICs are much better, but will cost you twice as much per GB. Also, none of the 4gb kits use really great ICs for overclocking and the old Micron ICs (such as the ones in the Dominators I mentioned) are dissapearing fast.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145173

Those TECs are rather noisy, and to top it off, inefficient. So get the TRUE instead.

For ram, 2x2 sets are rather hard to OC, and if you're not going to do anything major to them, I don't see why any ram would work. Perhaps Crucial?

I have yet to see a 2x2 do 1000MHz with 4-4-4-12 settings. Know any?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820145197

i bought these.

great deal on zoomzipfly actually.