Which Model do you Prefer?

[casualbuilder]

Hey guys, im just starting this for fun. Everyone always has their preferences, so im looking for prefs on the top 4 HSF i see always recommended here.

Rules:

YOU MUST HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE with this first hand. (e.g. personal/friend ownership, installed/worked on)

Price is not of the issue, as this is what works BEST for OC'd cpu's.

Please keep comments to a minimal on thread, this is a voting poll only.

All items can be found on newegg.com if you need to "re-aquaint" yourselves with the product.





**HAVE FUN!**

 

[Toxxyc]

Well I have the 212+, and it's awesome, but apparently the Noctua is quite the cooler. I'd not mind to get one someday and test it out, they are fair fairly rare in South Africa.

 

[cats_Paw]

Thou personally if i had to choose 1 non liquid cooler, id go for Prolimatech Genesis probably.

 

[henydiah]

I use local cooler, OEM from spire thermax eclipse II , in my country no name , no finishing, and other with finishing called PCCOOLER .. It's good for me. I swapped my Tuniq tower 120 extreme. And use pccooler .. He he funny name of cooler. Performance very very good than tuniq for my phenom 1055T.
That cool and cool. Just sharing.

Edit: pict delete , alway's keep in my box

 

[Rizlla]

I would say the Zalman. I own one and it works great. My CPU never overheats and it looks great in my case too as it adds even more to the blue theme of my setup. I have an Antec 902 so everything is blue.

 

[nordlead]

If money wasn't an issue and I was deciding between the 4, it would be the Zalman. It looks the coolest, and it isn't overly massive like the Noctua.

 

[lozz08]

Henydiah,

I can't believe that temperature. With that cpu at 1.65v, and a cooler equal with a D14, I'm gonna say you either live on the moon, or you're seeing some serious thermal throttling on that beast.

 

[4Ryan6]

Neglecting Price, Which Model do you Prefer for OC'ing?

Overclocking What?

Overclocking how much, little, medium, max?

Some platforms require much more cooling than others, and some platforms going for the max, none of your options will get you there.

 

[casualbuilder]

Neglecting Price, Which Model do you Prefer for OC'ing?

Overclocking What?

Overclocking how much, little, medium, max?

Some platforms require much more cooling than others, and some platforms going for the max, none of your options will get you there.

This is simply for OC'ing a cpu to its max potential at STABLE performance (Prime95 for minimum 2hrs). I do realize that water cooling gets you farther, but i wanted opinions on the 4 Air cooling systems i have set up there, as i see them most often in the forums. I guess for gaming systems looking for that 4.0GHz target, either AMD or intel, as i think at least the noctua and the zalman are co-compatible. Sorry if i was a bit shady with the info, stick to AMD cpu's for this thread.

 

[4Ryan6]

OK I voted for the Noctua.

 

[henydiah]

Henydiah,

I can't believe that temperature. With that cpu at 1.65v, and a cooler equal with a D14, I'm gonna say you either live on the moon, or you're seeing some serious thermal throttling on that beast.

It's all up to you, no trush no problem for me ... I use only 4core and disabled 2core, it will give more cool for my cpu, and cpu is batch gold he he .. Just lucky for me .. This is sharing about cooler. And I vote top noctua nhd-14 for @casualbuilder