Best cooling for lga 1155 i7 quad sandy bridge
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The SA and D-14 are too close to call a winner.
The SA has better fans imo =quieter
Cheaper then the D-14 anywhere you care to look!
Thermalright Silver Arrow
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=58634&vpn=Silver%20Arr...
Personally i'd never pay over $60 to cool an already cool and efficient cpu.
But that's your call!
The SA has better fans imo =quieter
Cheaper then the D-14 anywhere you care to look!
Thermalright Silver Arrow
http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=58634&vpn=Silver%20Arr...
Personally i'd never pay over $60 to cool an already cool and efficient cpu.
But that's your call!
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cybneo
December 23, 2011 6:53:11 PM
alot of people go with the COOLER MASTER Hyper 212, but i've been using zalman coolers for years with no issues... plus i just like the look of the fin type fans. I currently have this zalman http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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aboslute best now goes to Phantek. its the same concept as the noctua but just does a better job.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
test results
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/phanteks_ph_tc1...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
test results
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/phanteks_ph_tc1...
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madchemist83
December 28, 2011 5:34:43 AM
DoomsWord89
December 28, 2011 7:46:23 PM
As suggested above, Phanteks recently released their coolers here in the states. They perform very much the same as the NH-D14. However, they also allow you the choice of several different colors.
For example, here is a unit in red: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
For example, here is a unit in red: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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To be honest you are really wasting money spending over $50 to cool a Sandy Bridge chip. They run really cool and pretty much any aftermarket cooler will get them to their max overclock. Heat is not generally the limiting factor in overclocking them. Save the $$ and get a better video card.
Just remember to keep the voltage under 1.4v.
Just remember to keep the voltage under 1.4v.
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anort3 said:
To be honest you are really wasting money spending over $50 to cool a Sandy Bridge chip. They run really cool and pretty much any aftermarket cooler will get them to their max overclock. Heat is not generally the limiting factor in overclocking them. Save the $$ and get a better video card.Just remember to keep the voltage under 1.4v.
false i hit uncomfortable temps before i will bsod. it can do anything at 5.0 but it hits 80 plus temps. temperature is more damaging then voltage is
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cbrunnem said:
false i hit uncomfortable temps before i will bsod. it can do anything at 5.0 but it hits 80 plus temps. temperature is more damaging then voltage isHeat does kill but overvoltage introduces a phenomon called electromigration. The rate of electromigration is largely determined by the current density. Your individual chip may or may not be susceptible to it but it has been seen in Sandy Bridge at 1.4v and up. Anything lower and there seems to be no risk. There is also little reason to go beyond 4.5Ghz as an everyday overclock as the gains are too small to be noticeable.
This article explains better.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/automatic-overclock...
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sublime2k
December 29, 2011 4:02:45 PM
cybneo said:
alot of people go with the COOLER MASTER Hyper 212, but i've been using zalman coolers for years with no issues... plus i just like the look of the fin type fans. I currently have this zalman http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...I'm planning to get this one as well. Deciding which CPU fan to get was one of the toughest decisions in my mission to build a computer on my own, I must've spent at least 20 hours researching various reviews and benchmarks and Zalman 9900 MAX seems to be the best choice in that price range.
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sublime2k
December 29, 2011 4:13:22 PM
sublime2k
December 29, 2011 6:33:24 PM
madchemist83
December 29, 2011 8:46:06 PM
DoomsWord89
December 29, 2011 9:07:26 PM
DoomsWord89
December 29, 2011 10:32:21 PM
sublime2k
December 29, 2011 10:36:44 PM
robthatguyx said:
crosair vengance def not low profile lolIf you still haven't bought RAM, definitely consider getting low profile Vengeance if it's available in store where you're buying.
I myself wanted low profile so I could use Corsair A70, but there aren't any in my country so I bought the regular ones (and decided to go with different CPU cooler instead because A70 covers 2 DIMM slots).
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sublime2k
December 30, 2011 12:41:45 AM
Good, NewEgg has them (of course). Only $1 more expensive than regular ones:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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robthatguyx said:
ordering everything off newegg in one buy overnight shipping lol very soon very soonEnjoy your new toy!
I got mine a year ago and had to deal with the defective motherboard fiasco. It was fun building in January and then having my motherboard's SATA ports degrade to the point where I could only have the SSD connected with no backup drives. Even then it would fail to boot about every other time. Thankfully newegg and Gigabyte fixed it as soon as they had new hardware out. Still had to completely rebuild in April though.
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I got it for Bitlocker, automated backups and Windows XP mode.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/co...
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/co...
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DoomsWord89
December 30, 2011 5:22:17 PM
^ This
For gaming 8GB is fine. In fact few games benefit from more than 4GB but a few do and DDR3 is dirt cheap right now so you might as well go with 8GB and futureproof. If you use Photoshop or will be doing video rendering or running other memory intensive programs then you might want to think about 16GB.
For gaming 8GB is fine. In fact few games benefit from more than 4GB but a few do and DDR3 is dirt cheap right now so you might as well go with 8GB and futureproof. If you use Photoshop or will be doing video rendering or running other memory intensive programs then you might want to think about 16GB.
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DoomsWord89
December 30, 2011 8:28:38 PM
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