Star ice cooler

[deak]

Hi

I am building a new computer or in the process of picking componets and have a Star ice cooler on my cuurent rig socket 775 lga. The new board i am looking at is going to be socket 1156 I know they will not be useable on the new board unless an adapter is made. Does asus make adapters or did they stop making these jet engines and I am stuck with it as a paperweight?

Deak

 

[bilbat]

Yeah - it would appear to be discontinued:
http://alrightdeals.com/Item.htm?Id=S1_Fans_CPU.Fan.Compact___34158
http://www.excaliberpc.com/552352/asus-starice-copper-cpu-cooler.html#TabSpecification
http://www.xpcgear.com/asusstarice.html
It would appear to no longer be on their website, either:
http://usa.asus.com/ProductGroup2.aspx?PG_ID=mKyCKlQ4oSEtSu5m

You might, however, be able to get along with a different mount kit:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835101032
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835101031
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103058
...they are cheap enough so you could just 'scattershot': buy a bunch in the hopes one will work out!

 

[deak]

I guess i was also hoping it wouldn't work so I could find a quieter one that still worked well with o/c How does coolermaster rate? Zalaman seems overpriced
Deak

 

[ragsters]

Go with this cooler. Great cooler cheap price.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065&Tpk=coolermaster%20212p

 

[deak]

This works ok with overclocking?

 

[deak]

anybody use scythe coolers?

 

[bilbat]

People obsess way too much over getting the cooler that removes one more erg of heat - it's unnecessary! Anything you get aftermarket will be head and shoulders above the supplied Intel 'rotary postage stamp', and it really, to all intents and purposes, doesn't matter - anything will work for speeds you're likely to attempt, unless you really plan to 'crank it' - and if you really plan to crank it, you should likely be considering putting it 'under water', anyway...

 

[deak]

Thanks for that i think you saved me 40 bucks

 

[bilbat]

Don't worry - if you're at all like me, something else will crop up almost immediately to spend it on