Best Heatsink

[garcian]

So, my local store is having a bunch of sales, and I have no knowledge with determining which Heatsink is good or not. I listed all of the Heatsinks that had a significant amount of sales. If anyone could help me decide which one of these I should get, that would be a real help.

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Zalman FATAL1TY FS-C77 Copper CPU Heat Sink 120mm Fan 2400RPM 42.5DB Red LED
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=16410&vpn=Fatal1ty%20FS-C77&manufacture=ZALMAN%20TECH

Zalman CNPS9900NT CPU Cooler 120mm Green LED Fan LGA1366 1156 775 AM3 754 939 940 2000RPM 38DBA
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=45205&vpn=CNPS9900NT&manufacture=ZALMAN%20TECH

Zalman CNPS9500A LED LGA775/1156/1366 AM2/AM3 I7/I5/PHENOM Copper Heatpipe CPU Heatsink Cooler
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=54274&vpn=CNPS9500A%20LED&manufacture=ZALMAN%20TECH

Zalman CNPS8900 Extreme Pure Copper Blue LED 110MM Fan CPU Cooler LGA1156 1155 1366 775 AM3 AM2 FM1
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=67720&vpn=CNPS8900%20Extreme&manufacture=ZALMAN%20TECH

Zalman CNPS7700-CU LED CPU Heatsink Fan Cooler LGA1156 1155 775 939 940 1000-2000RPM 22.7-37.1DBA
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=53340&vpn=CNPS7700-CU%20LED&manufacture=ZALMAN%20TECH

Zalman CNPS5X-SZ COPPER/ALUMINUM 3-HEATPIPE 92MM Hydraulic Bearing Fan LGA1155/1156/1366/775/AM2/AM3
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=60868

Zalman CNPS11X Performa PURECOPPER/ALU 12CM Fan CPU Cooler V Heatsink LGA2011 1156 1155 1366 FM1 AM3
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=67642&vpn=CNPS11X%20PERFORMA&manufacture=ZALMAN%20TECH

Zalman CNPS 14X Pure Aluminum 140mm Ultra Quite Fan CPU Cooler LGA1156 1155 775 AM3 AM2 FM1
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=75234&vpn=ZM-CNPS14X&manufacture=ZALMAN%20TECH

Zalman CNPS10X Optima Pure COPPER/ALUM 12CM Shark Fin Fan CPU Cooler LGA1155 1156 1366 FM1 AM3
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=67639&vpn=CNPS10X%20OPTIMA&manufacture=ZALMAN%20TECH&promoid=1267

Scythe Mine 2 CPU Cooler 8 HeatPipes LGA775 1155 1156 AM3 AM2+ AM2 W/140MM Pawn Fan
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=60092&vpn=SCMN-2000&manufacture=Scythe&promoid=1387

Scythe Reeven Direct Touch Heatpipe CPU Cooler LGA1366/775 AM2+/940/939/754 120mm Fan 1500RPM
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=42813&vpn=RCCF-1201SP&manufacture=Scythe&promoid=1387

Corsair Cooling Air Series A50 Performance CPU Cooler LGA775 LGA1155 LGA1156 LGA1366 AM2 AM3
http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=53611&vpn=CAFA50&manufacture=Corsair&promoid=1267

And in case you need my specifications, here they are.

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CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K Unlocked Quad Core Processor LGA1155 3.4GHZ Ivy Bridge 6MB Retail
Motherboard: Biostar TZ77A Z77 S1155 4DDR3 2600(OC) HDMI+DVI+VGA 2PCI 2PCIE 2PCIEX16 2USB3.0 Motherboard ATX
RAM: Kingston KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX 8GB Kit 2X4GB 1600MHz DDR3 240PIN DIMM Unbuff Hmp HyperX CL9
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Fermi 850MHZ 1024MB Superclocked GDDR5 PCI-E 2.0 2XDVI-I Mini-HDMI Video Card
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB Cache 3.5IN Dual Proc Hard Drive OEM
Optical Drive: Sony Optiarc 18X DVD-ROM Black SATA OEM
Power Supply: XFX 550W PRO550W Core Edition Single Rail ATX 12V 44A 24PIN ATX Power Supply 80PLUS Bronze
Case: COOLER MASTER Storm Scout SGC-2000-KKN1-GP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
Heatsink:

Thanks in advance.

 

[nna2]

http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=75234&vpn=ZM-CNPS14X&manufacture=ZALMAN%20TECH this was the best one i could find on sale

 

[inzone]

http://ncix.ca/products/?sku=45205&vpn=CNPS9900NT&manufacture=ZALMAN%20TECH

I'm going to go with this one as being one of the best of your list and there may be a couple that you could get that would do close to the same job. I think it's going to make a difference if your going to be overclocking or not , because if you are then you will have to look miore closely at the choices to get the most efficient one.

 

[garcian]

Yeah, I'm overclocking.

I just listed the ones on sale since I assumed it'd be the best choices, but if you don't mind looking through, there's a list of all the CPU Heatsinks over here. I'd prefer to spend under $50, though.

 

[amuffin]

V6GT.

 

[inzone]

http://www.ncix.ca/products/?sku=59537&vpn=KUHLER%20H20620&manufacture=Antec&promoid=1198

http://www.ncix.ca/products/?sku=67333&vpn=CNPS12X&manufacture=ZALMAN%20TECH

The Zalman is a bit over the budget but it would be a good choice for getting rid of a lot of heat from overclocking.
The Antec Kuler is a closed loop cooler and would be a good choice for overclockers.

 

[garcian]

The Zalman CNPS12X is too much over my budget. The prices are pretty strict, so unfortunately I cannot make any price adjustments.

I have no knowledge regarding Water Coolers and to be honest, so I feel uncomfortable with the Antec Kuhler. What are the pros and cons of having a Water Cooler?

Anyways, I think I might just get the Zalman CNPS9900NT CPU Cooler. How much will I be able to overclock with the Zalman compared to the Antec Kuler?

 

[inzone]

The Antec water cooler should be looked at as just another heatsink because you do nothing to it and there is no maintenence , it's a closed loop and you would install it the same as you would a fan/heatsink. Four screws over the cpu with a bracket and then mount the radiator with the fan at the rear fan position and that's it.
The benefit of having the water cooler is that the circulating water will absorb more of the heat and it will be dissapated in the radiator and the fan will blow the heated air out the rear fan hole.
With a conventional heatsink the fan is blowing through the fins of the heatsink and some of the heated air is going iside the case and some will go to the outside with the rear fan blowing out.
The water block will do a better job with overclocking and will take away more heat then the regular heatsink. So you will be able to overclock to a higher speed woth the water cooler. You most likely won't be able to get over 4.3ghz -4.5ghz with the Zalman.

 

[garcian]

Oh, is that right?

I knew that Water Coolers were better, but I figured they also take up much more space and constant work. If what you say is true though, I don't think there's really much of an argument, Antec wins.

How much will I be able to overclock with the Antec Kuler?

Anyways, thank you for convincing me, as well as for all the help. =]

 

[inzone]

The amount that you will be able to overclock your cpu will depend on the cpu and your ability to overclock , I really can't say what you can get to for the top speed but I will say that it will be more than you can with air. You will have to take it slow and easy taking your time and you will be rewarded with a good stable overclock and the Antec Kuler will help with the heat.