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Best heatsink + fan combo for the i7 920

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computernewbie   05-25-2009 at 05:12:27 AM

I need a heatsink + fan combo for the i7 920 in a HAF 932, i wanna know the best heatsink + fan combo, as in best cooling

I also heard you can mount two fans on a heatsink, is it true? i thought u can only mount one...

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RetiredChief   05-25-2009 at 05:34:24 AM

Do you plan on high overclock on your I7, and how much do you want to spend. The reason I say this is for a mild oc, there may only be a few degrees diff between a good HSF and the Best, but the "Best" may be considerably more expensive.

Yes there are some that use two fans in a push-pull configuration
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp [...] 6835608007

Check out the HSF "roundups" or evals and or comparision charts.
You can also check newegg to see what seams to be the most popular, read reviews - just take with a grain of salt.

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croc   05-25-2009 at 06:17:29 AM

I can vouch for the Noctua that RetiredChief pointed to. If OC'ing, it holds its own with everything ATM except the thermalright IXF-14... And that sucker is huge, probably very expensive as well as it comes with no included bracket or fans. The Noctua has everything included including two of some of the quitest fans out there.

Running 8 prime95 sessions, on mine, I get a 4c temp rise measured on realtemp.

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micky_lund   05-25-2009 at 01:36:34 PM

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/880/12/
noctua nh-u12p even beats the 'reveared' TRUE 120 ....
id say its the one to go for :D

------------------------------ MICK
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Helloworld_98   05-25-2009 at 07:06:53 PM

^ yeah until they test the Scythe Godhand, damn that thing is big.

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computernewbie   05-25-2009 at 08:48:04 PM

lol scythe godhead is HUGE, still dunno which cooler to pick

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computernewbie   05-29-2009 at 02:33:40 AM

i heard the V8 was kinda hard to install, np for me, but i think thermaltake or noctua might be betta

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Mark_k   05-29-2009 at 12:44:19 PM

Hard?

Well if you mean that you have to take the mother board out of the case to install the back plate yes you have to do that.
Juat like I show in the link to my post above.

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geofelt   05-29-2009 at 03:28:51 PM

computernewbie wrote :

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/c [...] oup-test/7

seems in this review the true 120 is ahead of everything...



Also note that a push/pull fan may not add much, if any cooling.

retired-chief had some good advice. No need to go crazy on cooler unless you are looking for record overclocks.

Add to your list of good coolers the Xigmatek S1283V dark night:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6835233029

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computernewbie   05-29-2009 at 10:06:24 PM

yes, but i dont want to OC and find out my temp is too high :P, anyway, i like things kool ;]

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