[Solved] Help with cooler

Hey guys!

I need help on deciding for a new cooler. Currently have the Thermaltake Frio which is great but a bit too loud. Kept it on medium setting but still uneasy and feels like such a waste. Anyway currently running Phenom II 965 at 3.8 averaging at 35c at room temp of about 14c. Hoping not to stray too far from current temps. There are also plans on migrating to new system, still waiting on dozer to decide. As such the two coolers I actually have in mind are the Antec Kuhler 620 or Noctua NH-D14 cooler. My case is the HAF X so I can pretty much accommodate most anything. I generally want silent cooling since I'm running reference 6970 and add to that the frio and you get one head humping sound. I can still hear it while I play using my headset. Please give suggestions, thanks in advance guys.

~Drex

I'm running a Xigmatek Gaia SD1283 on my i7 990x @4.0GHZ with 2 fans (mounting hardware for an extra fan is included.) The Cooler is fairly small and doesn't block any mem slots. Best thing is, it's very quiet, with an ambient of 18c, idle temps are ~21c and load temps while folding@home don't go above ~42c.... oh, and it's way inexpensive.

@nethelio1 its really that good?wow, those numbers for that price. How small is fairly small? Little larger than the stock cooler?

@trihedral Wow, it looks a bit crowded there, thats the phantom right? That case is huge, and it still looks like that? How is the general noise level?

I read the review of the silver arrow over at frostytech and it states there that its better to lap the base. Did you have yours lapped?

Heres the review
http://www.frostytech.com/articlev [...] 568&page=5

hehehe, thanks for the info. Yup, they level the base. At least seeing your own results I can safely say regardless of being lapped or not that it still is cool and is quiet. Thanks for the heads up.

btw, nice mobo. i wish i had the program TurboV EVO.

do you know where i can download it without an Asus board?