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I've been looking into the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus for about three weeks now, and I was pretty set on it a few weeks back until the price went from $30 and free shipping on Newegg to $59 and a $7.50 shipping charge. Shortly thereafter it went out of stock, which I'm assuming is why they hiked up the price. Seems like a pretty popular cooler.
I do prefer to buy from Newegg. I have a line of credit which allows me to be a bit more flexible on purchase dates, but I won't buy if I can't pay it off in the statement period that I buy hardware in. Because it's a Newegg preferred account, I get free rush processing on all orders. It's also convenient when it comes to sales tax from my state come tax time - all of my internet purchases are in one place and I don't have to hop to multiple sites to calculate what I owe. So I would like to stick with Newegg.
With that out of the way, my budget is around $50 including shipping. Not really willing to go over that.
My processor is a Phenom II x2 555BE. I have successfully unlocked the additional two cores, and it remained stable for the half hour that I ran Prime95 before I decided CPUTIN @ 60c (24c ambient) was hotter than I would like it to be. Same with ACC disabled and a 3.8ghz overclock (1.375 vcore) that hit core temps of around 65c. For some reason, at least when I'm running it as a dual core, my CPUTIN is always lower than my core temps, which is why I was concerned with the quad core CPUTIN temps.
With that said, I don't plan on going over 1.45 vcore and 4.2ghz, and I'd say it's more likely that I won't go over 1.4 vcore and 4ghz (if I can make it to that point) with ACC disabled. As a quad, assuming it lasts a full 8 hours of prime at 3.2ghz just so I'm more comfortable with it's unlocked stability, I don't plan taking it over 3.6ghz. It will end up being a pretty light-weight overclock
On cooler size, I'm sure it won't be an issue because the larger ones tend to be more expensive, I can't go much if any larger in width than the Hyper 212 Plus because my case won't accommodate it. I have a top mounted PSU and I'm slightly concerned about my northbridge heat sink height causing clearance issues. I have a fairly wide case (7.25" from the top of the CPU to the case cover), so I'm not as worried about cooler height.
In my LGA 775 system I have an original Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro on a C2D E6550 running at 1.2975 vcore at 2.96ghz and at load it would top out at 50c. I've considered the Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2, but I haven't found many positive reviews on it overall, and none that really include AMD systems to the degree that I would like to see. However, the Freezer 64 Pro has caught my eye a time or two, and I'm almost to the point of buying this open box HSF due to the low price and my experience with the original Intel model.
I'd be very interested in your budget recommendations, and to a certain degree your pricier recommendations with justification. I don't think I need that monster cooler (Noctua NH-D14 / Prolimatech Megahalems for example), but I'm not opposed to the suggestion and waiting a few weeks to increase my budget a bit if I'm moved.
In the case that it may help, here is my case and motherboard.
Thanks a ton for your input, I really appreciate it.
I do prefer to buy from Newegg. I have a line of credit which allows me to be a bit more flexible on purchase dates, but I won't buy if I can't pay it off in the statement period that I buy hardware in. Because it's a Newegg preferred account, I get free rush processing on all orders. It's also convenient when it comes to sales tax from my state come tax time - all of my internet purchases are in one place and I don't have to hop to multiple sites to calculate what I owe. So I would like to stick with Newegg.
With that out of the way, my budget is around $50 including shipping. Not really willing to go over that.
My processor is a Phenom II x2 555BE. I have successfully unlocked the additional two cores, and it remained stable for the half hour that I ran Prime95 before I decided CPUTIN @ 60c (24c ambient) was hotter than I would like it to be. Same with ACC disabled and a 3.8ghz overclock (1.375 vcore) that hit core temps of around 65c. For some reason, at least when I'm running it as a dual core, my CPUTIN is always lower than my core temps, which is why I was concerned with the quad core CPUTIN temps.
With that said, I don't plan on going over 1.45 vcore and 4.2ghz, and I'd say it's more likely that I won't go over 1.4 vcore and 4ghz (if I can make it to that point) with ACC disabled. As a quad, assuming it lasts a full 8 hours of prime at 3.2ghz just so I'm more comfortable with it's unlocked stability, I don't plan taking it over 3.6ghz. It will end up being a pretty light-weight overclock
On cooler size, I'm sure it won't be an issue because the larger ones tend to be more expensive, I can't go much if any larger in width than the Hyper 212 Plus because my case won't accommodate it. I have a top mounted PSU and I'm slightly concerned about my northbridge heat sink height causing clearance issues. I have a fairly wide case (7.25" from the top of the CPU to the case cover), so I'm not as worried about cooler height.
In my LGA 775 system I have an original Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro on a C2D E6550 running at 1.2975 vcore at 2.96ghz and at load it would top out at 50c. I've considered the Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2, but I haven't found many positive reviews on it overall, and none that really include AMD systems to the degree that I would like to see. However, the Freezer 64 Pro has caught my eye a time or two, and I'm almost to the point of buying this open box HSF due to the low price and my experience with the original Intel model.
I'd be very interested in your budget recommendations, and to a certain degree your pricier recommendations with justification. I don't think I need that monster cooler (Noctua NH-D14 / Prolimatech Megahalems for example), but I'm not opposed to the suggestion and waiting a few weeks to increase my budget a bit if I'm moved.
In the case that it may help, here is my case and motherboard.
Thanks a ton for your input, I really appreciate it.
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