Heatsink

[shotkalla]

Trying to get a good suggestion for a heatsink. Ranmpage extreme 3 MOBO w/ i7-950 and 2 radeon 6950 GPU in a Thermaltake Armor+ (Alum).
Thanks

 

[rolli59]

Maybe this is helpful http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm

 

[shotkalla]

Thanks

 

[tecmo34]

What is your budget?

For the price... Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus is hard to beat!!

Highend... Noctua NH-D14

 

[shotkalla]

The Noctua Looks interesting. What do you think about cooler masters v Series heatsinks???

 

[tecmo34]

CM V series are overpriced for their performance... IMO. I would go with the CM Hyper 212+ over any of them.

 

[shotkalla]

21 Bucks Thats it??? you'd recommend that over the noctua also??

 

[minitron815]

Xigmatek or 212+

 

[galeener]

212 + seems to get great reveiws all the time.
If I was sill on air thats what I would have.
Tons of reveiws out there.

 

[tecmo34]

21 Bucks Thats it??? you'd recommend that over the noctua also??

Price to performance... Specially if your overclock is below 4.0GHz. You want air over 4.0GHz, the Noctua and a few others are the only way to go!!

 

[shotkalla]

techmo, If I OC over 4.0Ghz how stressfull is that on the processor?? i7 950

 

[tecmo34]

Not stressful with the appropriate cooling... If you know what you are doing, you should be able to have a stable 4.2GHz overclock using the Noctua with the i7 950. Each chip overclocks differently so your results may vary

 

[shotkalla]

That's my problem..I don't know what I'm doing. I know really nothing about OC-ing, I didn't know what a heatsink was before last week and I have been reading and trolling for til my eyes bleed. I just stumbled across this site recently and am soooo glad to have found it.

 

[tecmo34]

I would go with the Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus and call it save. I won't worry about trying a 4.0GHz plus overclock to start

Checkout the Overclocking forum for helps and tips...

 

[shotkalla]

good answer, I'll do that thanks

 

[shotkalla]

Best answer selected by Shotkalla.