Well, it's the last step, right?
Installing my new mobo/processor in the next few days, and just wanna make sure that I have adequate coolilng. I have an Antec P182 case (http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?Type=Mg==&id=Ng==), with some pretty good airflow that I'm quite happy with, but I'm pushing an i5-760 and a factory overclocked GTX460, and I'm sure the two are gonna start generating some heat. I'm looking so keep my CPU temp down, I can worry about the graphics card as I use it and see what temps look like.
In any case, I'm torn between the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus, and the Thermalright MUX-120, after reading the comparison article here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/lga-1156-heatsink,2535.html
The main thing I'm concerned about is space (which I gather is fairly normal), since I've never installed an after-market CPU cooler before. I'm sure that I can figure out how to get it in there and connected, but I'm worried that a cooler is gonna be too big for my case (probably an idle fear, since my case is pretty humongous). Temp is more important that noise, but of course, the quieter the better.
Any helpful hints?
Installing my new mobo/processor in the next few days, and just wanna make sure that I have adequate coolilng. I have an Antec P182 case (http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?Type=Mg==&id=Ng==), with some pretty good airflow that I'm quite happy with, but I'm pushing an i5-760 and a factory overclocked GTX460, and I'm sure the two are gonna start generating some heat. I'm looking so keep my CPU temp down, I can worry about the graphics card as I use it and see what temps look like.
In any case, I'm torn between the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus, and the Thermalright MUX-120, after reading the comparison article here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/lga-1156-heatsink,2535.html
The main thing I'm concerned about is space (which I gather is fairly normal), since I've never installed an after-market CPU cooler before. I'm sure that I can figure out how to get it in there and connected, but I'm worried that a cooler is gonna be too big for my case (probably an idle fear, since my case is pretty humongous). Temp is more important that noise, but of course, the quieter the better.
Any helpful hints?