CPU coolers

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A general discussion thread about CPU coolers because sometimes the stock heat sink just doesn't cut it

I use a Zalman cnps9700 led www.zalman.co.kr/ and it does a good job of cooling the CPU. Relatively easy to install but you do have to pull the mobo out because it comes with it's own backing plate.
At standard clock speed I had the fan on it's lowest setting and you can barely hear it but when you wind it up to full you get a bit of high pitched hum. It does look good and really fills out the case.
yup .

WATERCOOLING ! (:

gah .


have to wait till my friend gets online .

surely you should know the intel stock on idle is around 40-60 depending on ambient .
We need someone to do a road test on these "cheaper" water cooling kits.
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i would if you told me at the start of the holidays ..

yr 12 coming up soon .

ROOK1E said:
have to wait till my friend gets online



This made me lol irl.

I'm not doubting you can pull all sorts of cool (gettit?) numbers out about processors and temperatures and heat dispersion and the rest of it, but until we see some cold hard facts (lulz), I won't be convinced.

SiR409 said:

ROOK1E said:
have to wait till my friend gets online


This made me lol irl.
I'm not doubting you can pull all sorts of cool (gettit?) numbers out about processors and temperatures and heat dispersion and the rest of it, but until we see some cold hard facts (lulz), I won't be convinced.



yeahh

no worries mate .
Can anyone reccomend to me a cooler that would do better than the stock intel for the best price possible, i want it for cool temperatures while overclocking my E8400
how much would be you ideal price ?
Xigmatek SD943 or 944. Both less than $40 and perform very well. I'm hoping to get one soon.

ROOK1E said: how much would be you ideal price ?



Around $60 if possible

iaculch said:

ROOK1E said: how much would be you ideal price ?


Around $60 if possible



I got my Zalman cnps9700 led for $65 from CPL and that was at the last eGames so I'm sure a few dollars have been trimmed off that price by now.
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matt , your cooler is still at 65 (: well at msy .

and 79 at CPL O_O

maybeh cause of our crappy value in us ..

ROOK1E said: matt , your cooler is still at 65 (: well at msy .
and 79 at CPL O_O
maybeh cause of our crappy value in us ..



It may have been on sale because I bought it at CPLs eGames stand, that stand was filled with some very nice rigs

ROOK1E said: matt , your cooler is still at 65 (: well at msy .
and 79 at CPL O_O
maybeh cause of our crappy value in us ..



That is pissing me off on all fronts! First the E8400 goes from $205 to $265 and then yesterday I found out a 24 slab of Dr Pepper has gone from $44 to $72!! What teh hells!!

Why the hell do people invest in the US dollar in recession if the recession is BORNE of the US!? Whats wrong with the bloody Euro? Ditch the US dollar and let it fall in due course of the recession of their own making and let us benefit rather than suffer for it! We almost reached parity damnit...

ROOK1E said: lol , i'm just warning people .
i know of a few who just decided to buy a $70 watercooling and thier idle temp was extremely poor compared to the stock intel cooler .
screen of what .



You do realize that the amount of cooling provided by a liquid cooling setup is dependent on the size of the radiator and to some extent the liquid used, it has nothing to do with the pump, and very little to do with the volume of liquid used, you can buy complete liquid cooled computers, and decent ones, designed with the gamer in mind for $800, obviously not top of the range graphic card wise, but $800 is also very comparable to the $500 budget systems you see every where


usually cheap systems are for the "starters" but i strongly recommend using a more expensive and decent system .

yes it doesn't matter about the pump , just as long as it goes through the radiator before it gets too hot .

bigger radiator = more cooler. some liquids tend to stay cooler or maybe at the same temp sometimes when they go through the waterblocks .

i'm currently running two loops on one reservoir . one on the GPU and the other on the CPU/RAM and NB in that specific order . reason why i put the gpu on itself as you might know those things can get a lot hotter than CPU's and a lot quicker .
I'm planning a case mod... probably won't get the funds or time and weather to do it, but here is my concept:
img149.imageshack.us/

It's an old school full tower case. So there is a lot of room to make a good air cooling system - Proper airflow to the motherboard and hard drives because all components are fairly isolated.
that will be cool to see the end product of. i like the idea of the heat reflective paint.
sure you dont want to go chrome???

schnappy said: I'm planning a case mod... probably won't get the funds or time and weather to do it, but here is my concept:
img149.imageshack.us/
It's an old school full tower case. So there is a lot of room to make a good air cooling system - Proper airflow to the motherboard and hard drives because all components are fairly isolated.



keep me posted .

btw , what's the current case that's going to be modded ?

Guyver said:


iaculch said:


ROOK1E said: how much would be you ideal price ?


Around $60 if possible


I got my Zalman cnps9700 led for $65 from CPL and that was at the last eGames so I'm sure a few dollars have been trimmed off that price by now.



That cooler is 118 at my local store! www.computeronline.com.au/

How much better would that be compared to stock E8400 cooler?
i don't know if i have a cooler

impo said: i don't know if i have a cooler



if you didn't your CPU would die and burn in 30 seconds ..

ROOK1E said:

impo said: i don't know if i have a cooler


if you didn't your CPU would die and burn in 30 seconds ..



3....2....1.... so i do have a cooler
what is a cooler?
open up the side case of your computer .

can you see this big piece of metal on the board with bars of silver with a fan on top ?

that is a cpu cooler .
CPU's with no cooler

Guyver said: CPU's with no cooler



do not try that .

really hard damage on your cpu .

might not even start no more ..
 
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