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LGA 1156 and it's poor selection of coolers????

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Bronze Overclocking badge OvrClkr   11-13-2009 at 04:30:33 PM

Can someone give me some insight on WHY it is so hard to find a good selection of coolers for the P55 platform??? Many are having a hard time choosing due to RAM clearance, compatibility, pricing, and many coolers that do not come with the bracket needed for installation. I don't know about you guys but this is unacceptable, normally the coolers are available before the mobo hit's e-tailors... So whats the holdup???

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JohnnyLucky   11-14-2009 at 06:29:52 AM

Here is a link to a very good web site with a lot of useful information and technical reviews of cpu heatsinks:

http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm

You can use the embedded search engine to find information about socket specific cpu heatsinks. Here is an example of search results for the Intel LGA 1156 socket:

http://www.frostytech.com/heatsink [...] sinks#1437

As you can see there are plenty of cpu heatsinks available for the Intel LGA 1156 socket.

Ram clearance is only a problem with memory modules that have those extra tall heatspreaders that sort of look like combs. They are much taller than standard specifications and should not be used with the newer tower style heatsinks.


Message edited by JohnnyLucky on 11-14-2009 at 06:30:47 AM
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Bronze Overclocking badge OvrClkr   11-14-2009 at 08:44:27 PM

Yea, I have been to that website many times, the issue is not the cooler itself but the missing bracket. Many of those coolers on frosty are not even sold in the US and that is the main issue. Just because some LGA 775 coolers are compatible does not mean it will work out-of-the-box. Companies should provide all the necessary hardware to make sure it works w/o any issues whatsoever. People do not want to recur to AC or Coolermaster for their coolers, they want a TRUE, Thermalright, Zigmatek, etc....


Message edited by OvrClkr on 11-14-2009 at 08:46:16 PM
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Bronze Overclocking badge overshocked   11-14-2009 at 09:23:59 PM

What really gets me is how intel made the socket size bigger... they could have easily gotton away with the size of 775 or 1366.

1156 platworm is litterally 3mm larger than 775. That is unacceptable for intel to do that imo


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RJR   11-14-2009 at 10:49:23 PM

Here's a good one:
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/ [...] _Item.html

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Bronze Overclocking badge overshocked   11-14-2009 at 11:59:27 PM

^yeah, and its $80....

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RJR   11-15-2009 at 01:07:58 AM

overshocked wrote :

^yeah, and its $80....




NO, with shipping about $85, wonna play you gotta pay ;)

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Bronze Overclocking badge overshocked   11-15-2009 at 02:07:11 AM

Yeah, but the ccf is such a steal!

Its like $15 on new egg right now! Why cant they all be that cheap.

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JohnnyLucky   11-15-2009 at 09:45:08 AM

OvrClkr - Have you looked at the different "revisions"? Manufacturers have been coming out with revised models for different sockets. Here is an example:

The revised Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B. Intel CPU Heatsink now comes LGA 1156 ready:

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/ [...] d=6Rx74q8W

Arctic Cooling is like that too. On the other hand Thermalright still requires the $9.99 LGA 1156 bolt through kit. I still use my original Thermalright Ultra 120. During my last upgrade it was definitely cheaper to pay $9.99 for a bolt through kit than pay for a new cpu heatsink.


Message edited by JohnnyLucky on 11-15-2009 at 09:58:03 AM
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Bronze Overclocking badge overshocked   11-15-2009 at 10:02:34 AM

Hey, ovrclkr...

Didnt know you were getting an 1156 platform. You gunna bench with it?

Are you going to get it now or wait til january when 32 nm 1156 are out?

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Bronze Overclocking badge OvrClkr   11-16-2009 at 05:57:09 PM

Im waiting on 32nm, and Fermi...Hopefully by March but who knows... It's a waiting game like always...

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